Details

In a world run by beggars, thieves, crooks and whores the only way to survive is violence and cruelty. Criminal ringleader Macheath has secretly married the daughter of the ruler of the beggars and his many 'wives', girlfriends and whores have to decide whether they are better off with or without him. Everyone betrays everyone else as there can be no loyalty amongst the downtrodden. Macheath's seductive journey through Brecht's Threepenny underworld will highlight the gender issues and conflicts in addition to the more obvious class struggles as he attempts to skilfully sidestep the gallows.

Cast/Performers

Christopher Dickins, Natasha Lewis, James Lailey, Elizabeth Marsh, Lois Naylor, Michael Shaeffer (Macheath), David Rubin (Peachum), Harvey Verdi, Douglas Whyte

Creatives/Company

Music: Kurt Weill
Book by: Bertolt Brecht
Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht
Company: Royal National Theatre
Translation(s): Jeremy Sams (lyrics), Elisabeth Hauptmann (original German translation of [John Gay]'s The Beggar's Opera)
Adapted by: Anthony Meech (book)
Director(s): Timothy Baker, Douglas Whyte (music)
Design: Mark Bailey
Other(s): Steven Edis (musical supervision), Fiona Lesley (education director)
Lighting(s): Nick Beadle, Flick Ansell (associate lighting designer)
Choreographer: Francesca Jaynes
Sound: Neil Alexander