Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
Sat 21 Jun to Sat 12 Jul 2014
£11 - £18
Based on the Beggar's Opera, John Gay's classic musical satire, Dead Dog in a suitcase (and other Love songs) is a twisted morality tale for our time. Busting with wit, wonder and weirdness, an extraordinary Kneehigh cast of actor musicians shoot, hoot and shimmy their way through this twisted morality tale of our times...by turns SHOCKING, HILARIOUS, HEARTFELT and ABSURD!
Mayor Clot has been assassinated. Contract killer Macheath has just married Pretty Polly and they plan to escape to a better world – but they aren't going anywhere. Not if pickled pilchard, hair gel and concrete tycoon Les Peachum and his wife have anything to do with it. See, they aren't happy with their daughter marrying Macheath. Not one bit.
Before the day is out Macheath will face the hangman's noose and much more besides.
All the while, the dogs are howling, the pier is creaking, the babes are crying, the concrete is cracking and the truth won't stay hidden for much longer…
Kneehigh with Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and Bristol Old Vic
Cast
Carly Bawden
Polly Peachum
Audrey Brisson
Lucy Lockit
Andrew Durand
Filch
Rina Fatania
Mrs Peachum
James Gow
Musician & Mac's Gang
Martin Hyder
Les Peachum
Giles King
Colin Lockit
Patrycja Kujawaska
Widow Goodman
Dominic Marsh
Macheath
Justin Radford
Musician & Mac's Gang
Ian Ross
Musician/Mayor Goodman & Mac's Gang
Sarah Wright
Punch Puppeteer & Mac's Gang
Company
Director Mike Shepherd
Writer Carl Grose
Composer & Music Charles Hazlewood
Designer Michael Vale
Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth
Choreographer & Assistant Director Etta Murfitt
Associate Music Director Ian Ross
Puppet Director Sarah Wright
Reviews
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
★★★★
"A robust, raucous riot"
"Would I go and see this sprawling but invigorating evening again? Like a shot."
The Times
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
"It’s a vibrant, in-your-face roller coaster of a production"
"One of the most imaginative, chaotic, memorable and quite beautifully absurd final scenes this reviewer has ever seen in the theatre"
Made Up: On Stage in Liverpool
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
10/10
"Here's the surest betting: once seen, this show must be seen again... and yet again. It's that good."
"Stupendous"
Liverpool ECHO
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
★★★★★
"Fiendishly clever re-write of John Gay’s scabrous satire"
"Extraordinary score"
"A climactic coup de theatre finale"
The Stage
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
★★★★
"Madcap mastery and jukebox hijinks"
"Bright, bold and curiously timeless"
The Guardian
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
★★★★
"Real theatrical magic"
The Public Reviews
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
★★★★
"A musical quite unlike any other"
"In parts, sheer chaos but overall, a sheer delight"
What'sOnStage.com
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) [Original 2014 Production]
“Spectacularly successful"
British Theatre Guide