Mr Brecht! Are you now or have you ever been ..?

We would like your reviews and photos! - please email them to harsha@petworthfestival.org.uk and they will be posted up.

TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR THIS EVENING! Do join us at St Mary's. Come to the venue at about 7pm to purchase tickets.

Sarah Gabriel - soprano

Paul Ryan - tenor

Leo Clasen - actor

Tilly-Mae Craven - actor

Thomas Ghalib - actor

Matthew Heslop - actor

Abel Koster - actor

Grant Sterry - actor

Francesca Orlando - piano

Harry Rylance - piano

Richard Williams - Director

A wonderfully original canvas against which to hear Brecht and Weill’s greatest hits! Mr Brecht! Are you now or have you ever been...? is a funny, revealing piece of theatre based on Berthold Brecht’s public interview with the House of Un-American Activities Committee in 1946 in Washington. Interspersed within the drama a cast of singers will perform songs including Mack the Knife, The Alabama Song, Pirate Jenny, September Song, Surabaya Johnny, Bilbao Song and many more. Director Richard Williams sets a snappy pace of singing and dancing, in a witty, poignant and spicy evening of words and music, celebrating two of the most original and politically astute creators of the 20th century. The ensemble is led by soprano Sarah Gabriel and tenor Paul Ryan with a six- strong company of actors and accompanied by two young musicians from the Royal Academy of Music.

Generously supported by Middleton Advisors