Cast announced for MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN at Shakespeare's Globe

Shehrazade Zafar-Arif 31 March, 2026, 13:41

Shakespeare's Globe has announced the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of Mother Courage and Her Children, opening at the Globe Theatre as part of its 2026 summer season.

Photography by Felicity McCabe and Art Direction by Kim Garrity.

About Mother Courage and Her Children

Written by Bertolt Brecht and widely considered one of his best works, Mother Courage and Her Children is an epic drama set during the Thirty Years War in the 17th century. Mother Courage runs a commissary business, profiting off both sides of the war and doing whatever it takes in order to survive and keep her children alive. But as the war claims them one by one, she's confronted with the heartbreaking reality that no one can profit from war without suffering its terrible costs.

Mother Courage and Her Children was first performed in 1941 and still remains relevant as a harrowing commentary on the horrors of war. The Globe production is translated by Anna Jordan (Succession, Yen, Lost Atoms), and will mark the first time one of Brecht's works has been performed on the Globe stage.

The cast

Globe Artistic Director Michelle Terry (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, Hamlet) will star in the titular role of Mother Courage. The rest of the cast includes Rawaed Asde as Swiss Cheese, Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge as Sargeant / Clerk / Man, Eiden River-Coleman as Child, Rachelle Diedericks as Kattrin, Sarita Gabony as Woman / Soldier, Keaton Guimarães-Tolley as Recruiter / Fur Coat / Soldier, Vinnie Heaven as Eilif, Nadine Higgin as Yvette, Sienna-Rae Kenna-Braithwaite as Child, Daniel Rainford as Ensemble / Cover, Ferdy Roberts as Minister, Max Runham as Narrator, Simon Scardifield as General / Bloody Nose / Yellow Sergeant, Nicolas Tennant as Chef, and Ayla Wheatley as Ensemble / Cover.

The creative team

The play is directed by Globe Associate Artist Elle While (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet). The rest of the creative team includes James Maloney as Composer, Fly Davis as Costume Designer, takis as Designer, Rachel Bown-Williams as Fight and Intimacy Director, Becky Paris as Casting Director, and Anna Morrissey and Lucy Cullingford as Movement Directors and Choreographers.

In addition, Shakespeare's Globe will be holding a one-off Globe Talk on Shakespeare and Brecht, in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company, on 28 May. Mother Courage and Her Children will run from 7 May to 27 June 2026.

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