LYRIC HAMMERSMITH AND KNEEHIGH RELEASE NEW SHOW TRAILER AND ANNOUNCE FULL CASTING FOR
DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE (AND OTHER LOVE SONGS)
Written by Carl Grose
Music and Music Direction by Charles Hazlewood
Directed by Mike Shepherd
A Kneehigh with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse production.
Lyric Hammersmith
21 May – 15 June 2019
Mayor Goodman has been assassinated. And so has his dog. Contract killer Macheath has just married Pretty Polly Peachum and Mr and Mrs Peachum aren’t happy. Not one bit.
The full cast have been announced for Kneehigh’s trail-blazing and much celebrated Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs). The touring production will open at the Lyric Hammersmith on Thursday 23 May for a 4-week run. The Lyric Hammersmith have also today released a new trailer for the production
The vibrant and violent underbelly of a gritty urban world explodes into glorious theatrical life in this revival of the critically acclaimed and extraordinary musical masterpiece from the ever-inventive Kneehigh.
Written by Carl Grose with original score by Charles Hazelwood and directed by Kneehigh’s Artistic Director and founder Mike Shepherd; Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs) is a radical re-working of John Gay’s scabrous satire, The Beggar’s Opera. The production returns having enjoyed sold-out houses around the country when it first toured in 2014.
The versatile ensemble includes Rina Fatania (Mrs Peachum), Georgia Frost (Filch) James Gow(Musician & Mac’s Gang), Angela Hardie (Polly Peachum), Martin Hyder (Les Peachum), Dave Johnzy (Musician and Mac’s Gang), Giles King (Colin Lockit), Patrycja Kujawska / Lucy Rivers(Widow Goodman), Alex Lupo (Musician, Mayor Goodman & Mac’s Gang), Dominic Marsh(Macheath), Beverly Rudd (Lucy Lockitt), and Sarah Wright / Tim Dalling (Punch Puppeteer and Mac’s Gang).
Grose’s savage political comedy propels along with Hazelwood’s pulsing score as the notorious urban assassin Macheath carves a swathe through a criminal world, dodging bullets and breaking hearts as he goes, in this twisted morality tale for our timesbursting with wit, wonder and weirdness.
Taking inspiration from Gay’s original, this bold re-telling shines a contemporary light on people’s capacity for corruption; confronting big business, corrupt institutions, urban myths and pilchards.
The live score plunders the sound of our times; trip hop combines with folk, ska with grime and dubstep to create a gorgeous and powerful musical mix.
CREATIVE TEAM
Written by Carl Grose
Music and Music Direction by Charles Hazlewood
Directed by Mike Shepherd
Designed by Michael Vale
Lighting Design by Malcolm Rippeth
Choreographed by Etta Murfitt
Puppet Director Sarah Wright