The Threepenny Opera

By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Category: Touring Theatres and Fayres

Starts: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Ends: Friday, June 20, 2008

 

As part of this year’s Festival, North Devon College proudly presents a milestone of twentieth century musical theatre – The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill at The Factory, Barnstaple’s newest arts venue.

First performed in Berlin in 1928, Brecht’s text creates a world of beggars, thieves and prostitutes in which there is no honour; every character would sell out any other were there an advantage to be gained. Weill’s music transforms saccharine, old-fashioned opera and operetta forms into sharp, political satire with the sound of 1920s Berlin dance bands and cabaret. A milestone of twentieth century musical theatre, this is the show which inspired Cabaret and Chicago.

‘This is the most wonderfully insulting music I have come across.’ Walter Kerr

 

Time: 19:30
Price Details: Adult £7.00, conc £5.00

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Address: The Factory, Gratton Way, Roundswell, Barnstaple, Devon,

 

Sponsor: The Touring Theatres & Fayres strand is sponsored by the North Devon Gazette.

Website: www.thefactoryonline.org

Telephone: Box Office 01271 32 42 42

 

For more information please visit www.thefactoryonline.org