Sunday, 29 November 2009

Mother Courage and Her Children

I saw this performance on 28 November at the National Theatre Olivier.

An absolutely superb performance, marred only by one thing: the theatre was absolutely freezing with members of the audience shivering and putting on overcoats.
At one point we were treated to a welcome blast of hot air from an on-stage flamethrower, only once unfortunately.

That aside, Fiona Shaw as Mother Courage gave an astounding performance; Duke Special's music was perfect. The stage set was superb and gave the impression of a real war taking place.

But please National Theatre management, put the heating on!

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