Performance

Venue	Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
	Also: Studio
Town	Outer London
County	Greater London
From	23rd August 2002
Opened	28th August 2002
To	14th September 2002
When	Mon-Sat 20:00, Sat Mat 16:00
Prices	From £7.00. To £12.00.
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre (V315)
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The Threepenny Opera

Work:: The Threepenny Opera (S2106)

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.

Music	Kurt Weill
Book by	Bertolt Brecht
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht

Production:: (T01124749902)

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.

Company	National Youth Theatre
Translation	Robert David MacDonald
Lyrics	Jeremy Sams
Director	Edward Wilson
Design	Lotte Collett
Other	Colin Cattle (musical supervision)
Other	Adrian Allsop (musical staging)
Lighting	David W Kidd
Sound	John A Leonard

Listing:: L1238989845

Production details

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.

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