Мамаша Кураж и её дети
In 2009, he played on the O2 stage at Oxegen and between September and December 2009 appeared on stage at the Royal National Theatre in London as part of a new production of Bertolt Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children, for which he wrote music for a number of songs. The production was directed by Deborah Warner and starred Fiona Shaw in the title role. In January 2010, he launched a campaign on Pledge Music (see Fan-funded music) whereby fans pledged for items to help fund the promotion and touring of his triple CD, "The Stage, A Book &amp; The Silver Screen" (comprising "Mother Courage and Her Children", "The Silent World of Hector Mann" and "Huckleberry Finn").