The Beggar’s Opera

By John Gay, Directed by Chris Rovers

Society's dreams in tatters: a ruptured economy, failing banks, government bailouts of the wealthy, unbridgeable gaps between rich and poor. It's not 2009... it's 1729! This take-no-prisoners English musical parodies what we see now as the permanent societal imbalance between rich and poor with a scathing look at life and love in a world on the brink of revolution. Does anything ever change?

Performances: September 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 October 1, 2,3

All shows are at 8pm

Cast List

• Chris Klein as Macheath
• Jackie Manherz as Polly
• Jessica Clayman as Lucy
• Fred Brandenburg as Peachum
• Mel Card as Mrs Peachum and Jenny Diver
• Ken Menzies as Lockit
• Rob LeGood as The Beggar and Wat Dreary
• Jill Skene as The Player and Robin of Bagshot
• Heather MacDonald as Suky Tawdry
• Jonathon Clayman as Matt O' the Mint and Constable
• Carrie McNabb as Henry Paddington and Dolly Trull and Woman
• Magda Karski as Crook Fingered Jack and Turnkey
• Brent Clements as Ben Budge and Constable
• Heather Galoska as Woman, Mrs. Slammekin and Mrs. Trapes
• Emily Schooley as Mrs. Vixen and Woman
• James Diamond as Filch
• Lisa Hagen as Nimming Ned, Molly Brazen and Woman