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The Convict’s Opera (Out of Joint/Sydney Theatre Company) @ Warwick Arts Centre

Writing about web page http://www.outofjoint.co.uk/prods/convictsopera.html Out of Joint’s new production The Convict’s Opera is a bit of an oddity. A group of convicts on board a ship decide to put on a production of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, complete with songs drawn from folk traditions and, occasionally, classic rock n’ roll numbers. The play …