by Bertolt Brecht
in a translation by Tony Kushner

 4 STARS
Daily Express, Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent, Metro, Sunday Times  

‘Brecht's tragedy of war is brought up to date with a bang.' Guardian

‘Fiona Shaw delivers an astonishing performance.' Independent

‘An exciting, moving and formidable theatrical experience.' Daily Express

‘Tony Kushner's adaptation combines with Deborah Warner's staging to catch war's unpredicablility, fever, ferocity - and perverse magnetism.' The Times

Mother Courage, one of the most astonishing stage creations of the twentieth century, drags her cart across the battlefields, profiteering from a war that destroys her children, one by one

It isn't easy, starting a war, but nothing worthwhile is easy. And once you're in, you're hooked like a gambler, you can't afford to walk away from the crapshoot once you're deep into it.

Fiona Shaw returns to the National to take the title role in Tony Kushner's inventive and vigorous translation of Bertolt Brecht's uncompromising masterpiece. New live music by Duke Special and his band infuses this wildfire production from the team whose many international credits include Happy Days and Medea.

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