Dead Dog In A Suitcase

Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs): a new Beggar’s Opera

By Carl Grose

Mayor Goodman has been assassinated. Contract killer Macheath has just married pretty Polly Peachum and they plan to escape to a better world but Mr and Mrs Peachum aren’t happy about it. Not one bit. Betrayal, murder and their world turned upside down, the truth won’t stay hidden for much longer but does Mac have one last trick up his sleeve or is it the hangman’s noose after all?

 This wonderful new re-imagining of John Gray’s classic The Beggar’s Opera is directed by Kitty Benford and performed by The Actors Company and the award winning Royal & Derngate Community Choir. Bursting with wit, wonder and weirdness, join this extraordinary cast of characters as they shoot, hoot and sing their way through this twisted morality tale of our times, original composition and music by Charles Hazelwood and supported by sound design and musical direction by Jude Taylor.