FIRST LOOK: Josie Lawrence in Mother Courage and her Children

Mother Courage and her Children at Southwark Playhouse

We are pleased to bring you these great First Look production images by Scott Rylander of Tony Kushner’s new translation of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and her Children which opens tonight at Southwark Playhouse. Mother Courage and her Children stars Josie Lawrence and is directed by Hannah Chiswick, musical supervision and arrangements by David Randall, set and costume design by Barney George, lighting design by Robbie Butler and sound design by Patrick Ball. Mother Courage and her Children will play at Southwark Playhouse from 2 November to 9 December 2017. BOOK NOW FOR MOTHER COURAGE AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE      

Josie Lawrence to star in Mother Courage and her Children

Josie Lawrence to star in Mother Courage at Southwark Playhouse

Multi award-winning actress Josie Lawrence is to star in a new production of Mother Courage and her Children at Southwark Playhouse from November 2 – December 9, 2017. Bertolt Brecht’s classic play is translated by Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright whose epic play Angels In America is currently playing at the National Theatre. Josie said: “I first read Mother Courage when I was an 18-year-old drama student and immediately fell in love with the play. Now I feel ready to play her. It’s a major tick on my theatrical bucket list.” In a land ravaged by war, Mother Courage pulls her cart with her three children in the wake of the army, trading with soldiers and attempting to make profit from the war. Widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, Mother Courage And Her Children has been described as the greatest anti-war … Read more