"Lawrence's Mother Courage is undoubtedly one of the performances of the year: unsentimental, emotionally raw, utterly truthful and entirely without vanity"

★★★★  WhatsOnStage

"Lawrence delivers a brutal blend of wit and poignancy with a seamless dash of vaudeville in Chissick's taut production"

★★★★  Mail On Sunday

"triumphant and tragic, demonic and demoralised, sexy and suffering...unmissable"

★★★★  Broadwayworld

"a blunt and brutal production of Brecht's great anti-war play...essential theatre viewing"

★★★★  British Theatre

"a notable revival ,above all for the layered, raucous, still sensitive and anguished performance of Josie Lawrence at its centre, but also for the fine ensemble values of the production"

★★★★  Live Theatre UK

"Lawrence is a triumph"

★★★★  Entertainment Focus