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Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". L-R: Casey Bennetto as Tiger Brown, Eddie Perfect as MacHeath. Photographer: Jeff Busby

The Threepenny Opera (2010)

By Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill

28 May 2010 – 19 June 2010 Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, Victorian Opera,

Classic Theatre Opera Co-Production

The most notorious anti-hero to storm a stage, Mac (The Knife) is the original city crim who's never met a law, a woman or a cop he couldn't break - but when he challenges the supremacy of the Beggar King and his empire of manufactured woes, the fallout threatens to tear the town apart.

Director, Michael Kantor and text adaptor, Raimondo Cortese discover in The Threepenny Opera a world uncannily true to our own - where moralities are gambled by the powerful, and corruption is code for survival among the downtrodden.

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". Anna O'Byrne (centre) as Polly Peachum. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". L-R: John Xintavelonis as Mitch, Amy Lehpamer as Sukey Tawdry, Anna O'Byrne as Polly Peachum, Paul Capsis as Jenny. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". Eddie Perfect as MacHeath (top). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". L-R: Judy Connelli as Mrs Peachum, Grant Smith as Mr Peachum. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". L-R: Eddie Perfect as MacHeath, Casey Bennetto as Tiger Brown. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". Anna O'Byrne (centre) as Polly Peachum. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". L-R: John Xintavelonis as Mitch, Amy Lehpamer as Sukey Tawdry, Anna O'Byrne as Polly Peachum, Paul Capsis as Jenny. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". Eddie Perfect as MacHeath (top). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". L-R: Judy Connelli as Mrs Peachum, Grant Smith as Mr Peachum. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "The Threepenny Opera". L-R: Eddie Perfect as MacHeath, Casey Bennetto as Tiger Brown. Photographer: Jeff Busby

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Stage Manager

Costume Assistant

Assistant Conductor, Repetiteur, Musician

Jack Grant

Mechanist

Melanie Stanton

Assistant Stage Manager

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Assistant Stage Manager

Bruno Siketa

Musician

Cameron Menzies

Besen Family Artist

Chloe Greaves

Besen Family Artist

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Acknowledgements

German translation by Elisabeth Hauptman. Used by arrangement with European American Music Corporation, agent for the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc.., and agent for the Estate of Stefan Brecht.