Lazarus Theatre Company

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Bertolt Brecht,
translated by Frank McGuinness

28th March - 1st April 2017
The Greenwich Theatre

A girl must make a choice… to take the child and run, or leave him behind in the fury of civil war.

Brecht’s thrilling and revolutionary play follows a young girl who makes the biggest decision of her life. Set against the back drop of war and mutiny, Grusha seeks refuge and asylum.

Her crime: saving the son of the fleeing establishment.

Her reward: The Chalk Circle.

This inventive ensemble production draws on Brecht’s pioneering techniques and thrilling text, set to an original score.

Our ★★★★★ production returns for 7 performances only after a sell-out run in 2016 at The Jack Studio Theatre.

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★★★★★
“The Caucasian Chalk Circle is an exciting and engrossing piece of theatre…
The overall effect is amazing”
Matthew Pronchick, The Upcoming

Cast and Creative

The Caucasian Chalk Circle in rehearsal

Cast;

Grusha – Colette O’Rourke

Simon / Singer – Robert Metson

Aniko / Old Peasant / Woman – Lakesha Cammock

Nanny / Fat Peasant – Elizabeth Appleby

Governor’s Wife / Mother-in-law / Ludovica – Carly Thoms

Adjutant / Inn keeper – Samuel J Weir

Governor / Nephew – George Howard

Azdak / Monk / Corporal – Owen Pullar

Jessup / Shauva – David Thackeray

Fat Prince / Lavrenti / Irakli – Tom Woodward

All other roles played by the company

Creative;

Written by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Frank McGuinness

Adapted and Directed by Ricky Dukes

Costume Design by Rachel Dingle

Lighting Design by Stuart Glover

Sound Design by Neil McKeown

New Songs by Bobby Locke and Neil McKeown

Production Manager – Ina Berggren

Assistant Director – Hannah Boland Moore

Stage Manager - Charlotte Rachel Louise Cooper

Deputy Stage Manager – Ludwig Meslet

Associate Producer – Gavin Harrington-Odedra

Associate Director – Sara Reimers

Casting Director - Benjamin Newsome

Company Photographer – Adam Trigg

Production Graphic Designer – Will Beeston

For more information on the acting company click here.

Production shots of the 2017 company taken by Adam Trigg

Free Education Pack, to download our free Chalk Circle Education Pack click the link here.

★★★★ “Refreshingly accessible and frequently brilliant,
this mesmerising take on The Caucasian Chalk Circle is yet another strong offering from Lazarus Theatre Company.”

Views from the Gods

Free Post Show Q&A 'Politics of Theatre'

Box Office

Join us for 'The Politics of Theatre and Theatre in Politics' Post show debate chaired by Terri Paddock on Thursday 30th March.
Terri shall be joined by special guests on the panel.

Free to all ticket holders of that evenings performance.
For more information click here.

Dates 27th March - 1st April, Tue - Sat at 7.30pm,

Wed matinee at 1.30pm, Sat matinee at 2.30pm

Venue The Greenwich Theatre

Tickets £17.50, £15.00 (Concessions)

All tickets on Tuesday 27th March just £10

To Book Click Here

★★★★ “This is Brecht as it should be - loud, large, with a point to make but always in control. A daring, collaborative production and one not to be missed”

Siân Rowland, London Pub Theatres

Brecht and Political Theatre

Lazarus Supporters

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and Her Children and The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

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★★★★ “It doesn’t get much bigger for Brecht fans than
The Caucasian Chalk Circle”
Michael Davis, Female Arts

An introduction to Brecht

'Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality but a
hammer with which to shape it.' - Bertolt Brecht

Film maker Pinny Grylls looks at the theoretical work of Brecht, featuring archive footage from the 2008 National Theatre production of Mother Courage and interviews with this production's creative team including translator Tony Kushner and director Deborah Warner. Archive footage courtesy of The NT.