Kneehigh with Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse presents – A New Beggar’s Opera
Playing at Shoreditch Townhall from 2nd – 12th December
Written by Carl Grose – Directed by Mike Shepherd – Music by Charles Hazlewood
The ever-inventive Kneehigh return with their blazing new show. Based on the Beggar’s Opera, John Gay’s classic musical satire, Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) is bursting with wit, wonder and weirdness. Fasten your seat belts; it’s going to be one hell of a night!
“A riot… Would I go and see this again? Like a shot.”
???? The Times
“fiendishly clever…a constant barrage of visual, theatrical and musical surprises”
????? The Stage
“Madcap mastery and jukebox hijinks…Bright, bold and timeless”
???? The Guardian