Amazing reviews of Mother Courage and her Children produced by Ensemble ‘84

The ground breaking production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and her Children by Ensemble '84, based in Horden, County Durham has received incredible reviews. We thought you ought to see them.

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