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. Critically acclaimed Theatre Company Fourth Monkey s Year of the Monkey project is a contemporary Rep Theatre Company, producing three seasons of repertory theatre throughout the forthcoming year. Comprising of a company of 54 actors, Fourth Monkey launches it s first rep season with productions of Timberlake Wertenbaker s ?The Love of the Nightingale , Brecht s ?The Threepenny Opera and Sophocles ?Antigone .
Creatives/Company
Music: Kurt Weill
Book by: Bertolt Brecht
Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht
Company: Fourth Monkey Theatre Company
Director: Hannah Kaye