Schauspiel Kiel - Berthold Brecht: Mother Courage

Director: Carlos Wagner
Musical direction: Ninon Gloger

Written by Brecht in exile in Sweden in 1938/39 with the help of Margarete Steffin and first performed at the Zurich Schauspielhaus in 1941, this drama shows the hopelessness and futility of human virtue in the face of the atrocities of war. In the dehumanised world of the Thirty Years' War and a devastated Europe, the sutler "Courage" learns that war has no winners.

Press reviews:

"... In the middle, death in the form of a skeleton costume has taken a seat at the piano. This is the most impressive image of the production (...) The musical performances in particular are among the strongest moments of the performance". - Lenard Brar Manthey Rojas (taz)

"A multi-layered production (...) in which the pianist Ninon Gloger, dressed in a skeleton leotard, dabs at fragile tones or maltreats the strings in various ways, bringing out all the brutality of Paul Dessau's music". - Ruth Bender (KN)