Forthcoming Shows
National Theatre Education Mobile production
in collaboration with Filter Theatre Company
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE
by Bertolt Brecht
in a version by Frank McGuinness
A servant-girl sacrifices her own safety and the love of her sweetheart to protect a child abandoned in the heat of civil war. Order restored, she is made to confront the boy's biological mother in a legal contest over who deserves to keep him. The comical judge calls on an ancient tradition – the chalk circle – to resolve the dispute. Who wins?
A morality masterpiece, The Caucasian Chalk Circle powerfully demonstrates Brecht’s pioneering theatrical techniques. Sean Holmes directs this inventive new production for the National Theatre, in collaboration with the theatre collective, Filter – renowned for their unique fusion of music, movement and video imagery.
‘Sean Holmes’ production is deeply moving and completely unsentimental.
Do not miss it.’ Sunday Times on Translations
National Theatre will be providing an extensive range of education activities to support this production. For further details please call Dundee Rep’s Education Officer Wilson Macduff on 01382 342660 or email wmcduff@dundeereptheatre.co.uk
