The Threepenny Opera

by Berthold Brecht with music by Kurt Weill
Translated by Robert David MacDonald

 

Tower Theatre, Canonbury
April 28th - May 12th, 1990

Cast List

Narrators/Street Singers : Peta Barker, Richard Willis
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum : James Horne
Polly Peachum : Annemarie Fearnley
Filch : Terry Hughes
Matt of the Mint : Harry Reeder
Captain Macheath : Ian Chaplain
Crookfinger Jake : Sean Buckley
Chain Saw Bob : Bob Hutt
Gentleman Jim : Mathew Baron
Weeping Willow Walter : Tony O'Brien
The Rev. Kimball : Tom Tillery
Ned : Graham Trainor
Captain Tiger Brown : Terence Marlow
Nelly : Debbie Perry
Vixen : Karen Walker
Betty : Rachel Bird
Dolly : Fiona Clark
Lily : Kathy Buckingham
Maggie : Suzanna Cardash
Lucy Brown : Gail Littlewood
Smith : Tom Tillery
Constable : Simon Foster
Jenny Diver : Sally Lorkin
Hangman : Graham Trainor
Beggars :Stephen Edwards, Simon Foster, Mathew Baron
Trainee Villains : John Pople, Simon Foster, Stephen Edwards

The Band
Peta Barker (percussion/bass)
Peter Bond (banjo/guitar)
Billy Graham (trombone)
Colin Guthrie (piano/harmonium)
Ralph Shafran (alto clarinet/clarinet)
Richard Willis (trumpet)


The Threepenny Opera


 

The Threepenny Opera


Production Team

Director : Sara Randall
Musical Director : Colin Guthrie
Set Design : Max
Lighting Design : Peter Gardner
Costume Design : Phyl Lee
Movement : Lisa Kent

Stage Manager : Marc Fioré
DSM : Lotte Wynder
ASMs : Noreen Phillips, Alan Frendo, Roanne Carey, Karina Randell, Michaela Jones, John Ambler, Abigail Griffiths, Susan Mayne, Bob Bradick, Fiona Boyle
Wardrobe : Sue Gardner, Betty Reading, Fay Pedder
Lighting operators : Helen Smith, Mike Hall
Sound operators : Dinah Irvine, Rachel Talbot
Set construction : Adrian Holme, Ian Macdonald, Simon Rhind-Tutt, Malcolm Wynder, Alan Frendo, Nick Insley
Properties : Bill Leahy
Director's assistant : Debbie Perry