Prepare for shares in eyeliner to soar as Rufus Norris brings Bertolt Brecht and
Kurt Weill's satirical musical
The Threepenny Opera to the Olivier with a new
translation of the book and lyrics by Simon Stephens, and Rory Kinnear at the head
of a real luxury cast. Mack the Knife (Kinnear) is a violent East End criminal,
who's managed to avoid punishment so far through a combination of Chief Inspector
Tiger Brown (Peter De Jersey) being an old army buddy of his, and the fact that Mack
has an incriminating dossier that could cause the new King of England some
embarrassment. But his downfall might well come not from his crimes but from his
marriage: His new wife is the seemingly timid accountant Polly (Rosalie Craig,) who
he hopes can use her organisational skills to help build his criminal empire up.
