Brockley Jack Studio

Photos and podcast: Nearly 300 years on, why does The Beggar’s Opera still resonate?
Photos and podcast: Nearly 300 years on, why does The Beggar’s Opera still resonate?

Photos and podcast: Nearly 300 years on, why does The Beggar’s Opera still resonate?

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T21:47:12+00:0016 November 2016|Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Brockley Jack Studio, Debates, John Gay, Lazarus Theatre, Michael Peavoy, Post-show Q&As, Ricky Dukes, Sara Reimers, Terri Paddock events, The Beggar's Opera, The Buskers Opera, The Threepenny Opera|

There's something in the water with The Beggar's Opera at the moment. Lazarus Theatre's new, modern-dress, 80-minute version at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre is the third major London presentation of the story of womanising highwayman Macheath this year.

Photos and podcast: The politics of theatre at The Caucasian Chalk Circle Q&A
Photos and podcast: The politics of theatre at The Caucasian Chalk Circle Q&A

Photos and podcast: The politics of theatre at The Caucasian Chalk Circle Q&A

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-28T23:07:36+00:0028 February 2016|Tags: @BobbyFriedman, @BrocJackTheatre, @CorbynMusical, @LazarusTheatre, @RoseUnwin, @RupertMyers, @WaterlooEast, Bertolt Brecht, Bobby Friedman, Brockley Jack Studio, Corbyn The Musical, Lazarus Theatre, Podcasts, Q&As, Ricky Dukes, Rupert Myers, Stephen Unwin, Terri Paddock events, The Caucasian Chalk Circle|

What's the difference between political theatre and theatre about politics? Can theatre be a catalyst for real change? Do right-wing political perspectives get a fair hearing onstage or is theatre the preserve of the left-wing?