Performed in Maltese
Ma Kuraġġ u Wliedha (Mother Courage and Her Children) is the antiwar stage-play written by exiled German dramatist Bertolt Brecht, now translated into Maltese by Loranne Vella. Set in seventeenth-century Europe, the play follows Anna Fierling, our Mother Courage. Along with her three children, Anna operates a rolling canteen business during the Thirty Years War. Played by veteran actor Josette Ciappara, she fiercely travels across Europe in a covered wagon, selling goods to locals and alcohol to soldiers to make a head-earned living.
This is a Teatru Malta co-production with Teatru Manoel.
CAST
Josette Ciappara, Rebecca Camilleri, Matthew Dimech Genius, Jamie Cardona, Simone Spiteri, Mark Mifsud, Madga von Kuilenburg, Lara Agius, Victor Debono, Bradley Cachia, Kurt Castillo.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Direction: Jean-Marc Cafa’
Translation: Loranne Vella
Musical Direction: Aleandro Spiteri Monsigneur
Musicians: Luca Zerafa, Christian Luke Gatt, Raffaella Baldacchino and Stephen Scerri
Vocal Coach: Sean Borg
Costume Designer: Giulia Orsi
Set Design: Romualdo Moretti
Light Design: Chris Gatt
Sound Design: Sergio Costa
Movement Direction: Mariele Zammit
Movement Advice: Rochelle Gatt
PRODUCTION TEAM
ASM: Denise Perini
Projections: MadAboutVideo
Props Manager: Sefora Mannino
Hair: Michael & Guy