Nottingham PlayhouseThis tubthumping update of The Beggar's Opera seems, at times, unfocused despite its powerful casting"What keeps a man alive?" The cri de coeur at the heart of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's angry anti-capitalist musical becomes all the more furious in the mouths of disabled actors protesting against welfare cuts.The Threepenny Opera " a tub-thumping update of The Beggar's Opera " makes an inspir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:08AM on May 27, 2016