The Exception and the Rule                                        Pictures taken during rehearsal

March-May 2006                                                   

by Bertolt Brecht

Directed by Angela George

             

 

 

One of Brecht's 'teaching-pieces' (Lehrstücke), this play tells the simple but powerful tale of a journey across the uninhabited Mongolian desert by a Merchant, his Guide and his Coolie. It sharply and satirically demonstrates that a man can justifiably get away with murder, citing self-defence if he can reasonably show his victim may have had a grudge against him. The production was performed with members of the cast contributing original live accompaniment on an eclectic variety of exotic musical instruments, and was much praised by the Adjudicators of both the Port Sunlight and CCTA Festivals for its style, imagination and energy while still bringing Brecht's stinging moral deftly up to date.   

  

 

 

 

 

 

 Click to play original music from the production:                                                                      

Merchant Dance   The River