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. Updated to a contemporary seedy London underworld, this classic musical story follows the exploits of MacHeath a suave con-man operating in a world of business sharks, beggars and bent coppers.

Creatives/Company

Music: Kurt Weill
Book by: Bertolt Brecht
Lyrics(s): Bertolt Brecht, Jeremy Sams
Company: National Youth Theatre
Translation: Robert David MacDonald
Director: Edward Wilson
Design: Lotte Collett
Other(s): Colin Cattle (musical supervision), Adrian Allsop (musical staging)
Lighting: David W Kidd
Sound: John A Leonard