The Buskers Opera

Photos and podcast: Nearly 300 years on, why does The Beggar’s Opera still resonate?
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Photos and podcast: Nearly 300 years on, why does The Beggar’s Opera still resonate?

Photos and podcast: Nearly 300 years on, why does The Beggar’s Opera still resonate?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T21:47:12+00:0016 November 2016|Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Brockley Jack Studio, Debates, John Gay, Lazarus Theatre, Michael Peavoy, Post-show Q&As, Ricky Dukes, Sara Reimers, Terri Paddock events, The Beggar's Opera, The Buskers Opera, The Threepenny Opera|

There's something in the water with The Beggar's Opera at the moment. Lazarus Theatre's new, modern-dress, 80-minute version at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre is the third major London presentation of the story of womanising highwayman Macheath this year.

Photos and podcast: Talking politics and musicals at The Buskers Opera
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Photos and podcast: Talking politics and musicals at The Buskers Opera

Photos and podcast: Talking politics and musicals at The Buskers Opera

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-28T22:47:48+00:0012 May 2016|Tags: Dougal Irvine, George Maguire, Lauren Samuels, Natasha Cottriall, Park Theatre, Post-show Q&As, Terri Paddock events, The Buskers Opera|

The Buskers Opera, set during the London 2012 Olympics, is inspired by John Gay's 1728 The Beggar's Opera which, amongst other works, has also inspired Brecht's 1928 piece The Threepenny Opera, revived later this month at the National Theatre.