The Beggar's Opera is a comic romp around the dingier corners of London, circa 1728.

The main character, Polly Peachum, is the daughter of a man who sells out fellow criminals to the law in order to collect the rewards. Her love interest, MacHeath, is a highwayman, whose weakness for women continually wreaks havok upon his life.

Our version of The Beggar's Opera was reconstructed by 60-year Tokyo resident Victor Searle, and was presented in an in-concert style as our summer 2009 fundraiser.