MÈRE COURAGE

Bertolt Brecht, Lisaboa Houbrechts

Book event

Ticketing opens on 5/12/25 at 12:00 PM

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A BUSY AND DISTURBING PANORAMA OF THE WAY WAR DISTORTS, REACHING INTO THE VERY DEPTHS OF A HUMAN BEING.

Anne Fierling is the ultimate expert in the art of crossing enemy lines with her canteen cart. She sells food, beverages and essential items, and the war being waged around her provides her with an invaluable source of income. Such is the heroine, Mother Courage, in one of Bertolt Brecht’s best known plays, set at the time of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). The cunning canteen lady does business without asking too many questions. The director Lisaboa Houbrechts sees her as an ambivalent character, both guilty and a victim with her two children killed, both worker and mother. Her production of the complete version of the play including the songs composed by Paul Dessau shows how war is not just a matter for nation states and populations, but also wreaks havoc within the family circle and in the private domain of the female body.

Hugues Le Tanneur

Duration

02:00

Price

From €8 to €33

Schedules

15:00, 20:00

Place

TDV-Sarah Bernhardt - Great hall

Language

In French, Dutch, Hebrew, Kurdish
Overtitled in French

Texte Bertolt Brecht
Mise en scène Lisaboa Houbrechts

Dramaturgy Dina Dooreman, Erwin Jans
Scenography Lisaboa Houbrechts
Adviser for scenography Ralf Nonn
Music Paul Dessau, Alain Franco
Lighting Fabiana Piccioli
Costumes Oumar Dicko

With Lubna Azabal, Lisi Estaras, Laura De Geest, Koen De Sutter, Alain Franco, Joeri Happel, Aydin Isleyen, Pietro Quadrino

Direction de production Ella De Gregoriis
Régie de scène Carlo Bourguignon Régie lumière Margareta Andersen Régie son Brecht Beuselinck
Surtitrage Inge Flore Traduction Irène Bonnaud (français), Gerrit Kouwenaar (neerlandais) Amit Lebleng (Hébreu) Aynur Bozkurt (Kurde)
Stagiaire Assistant mise en scène Daan Haeverans & Ludwig Sander

Production Kvs & Toneelhuis
Coproduction Théâtre De Liège, Le Phénix Scène Nationale de Valenciennes, Théâtre De La Ville Paris, Perpodium
Avec le soutien de The Taxshelter Of The Belgian Federal Government Via Cronos Invest, la Communauté flamande et la Région Hauts-de-France.

Bertolt Brecht est publié et représenté par L’ARCHE – éditeur & agence théâtrale. www.arche-editeur.com