The Threepenny Opera

Sharp, funny and unsettling, welcome to the Toi Whakaari graduation production of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School presents our graduation production of The Threepenny Opera, a play with music based on John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann. English translation by Simon Stephens. Set among the beggars, thieves and corrupt officials of London, The Threepenny Opera follows the notorious criminal Mack the Knife as he marries into the family that controls the city's beggars, finding himself hunted by in-laws, police and old flames alike. Told through Kurt Weill's jazz-inflected, cabaret-style score, The Threepenny Opera is a sharp, funny and unsettling satire of capitalism and corruption that remains as cutting today as it was in 1928. We invite you to witness the bold work of our graduating students across Acting, Production, Design, Costume Construction, and Set & Props Construction, as they present this Epic Theatre classic. Presented under license from European American Music Distributors Company, on behalf of the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., and the Heirs of Bertolt Brecht. Toi Whakaari is a registered charity. Please consider adding a donation to your ticket and help us to inspire the next generation of leaders and innovators through the performing arts. Recommended for ages 15+ | Contains coarse language, violence (including torture), death, sexual assault, drug use and imitation weapons.