Mother Courage and Her Children - West End Creative Team

Bertolt Brecht was a German playwright, director, and poet who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century theatre. Born on February 10, 1898, in Augsburg, Germany, Brecht was the son of a Catholic father and a Protestant mother. He studied medicine at the University of Munich but soon turned his attention to writing and theatre. Brecht's first major success as a playwright came with his play "Drums in the Night," which premiered in 1922. The play was a critical and commercial success and established Brecht as a major figure in German theatre. He went on to ... read more Theatre: Caroline, or Change (Olivier Award nomination for Best Costume Design), Beginning, Groan Ups—all West End; La Bohème Gothenburg Opera House; Ocean at the End of the Lane, Pericles, I Want My Hat Back National Theatre; Appropriate Donmar (Evening Standard Award nomination for Best Set Design); Tao of Glass with Philip Glass Manchester International Festival; Image of an Unknown Woman Gate (Winner Off West End Award Best Set Design); The Glass Menagerie Headlong; A Streetcar Named Desire, Our Town Royal Exchange; Macbeth RSC and Barbican; The Winter’s Tale Royal Lyceum; Othello Shakespeare’s Globe.