Hayes Theatre Co presents
Mack The Kife
Created by Richard Carroll, Victoria Falconer and Jordan Shea
This audacious new show is part musical; part rock-cabaret; part night-on-the-town; and part immersive experience…
Welcome to PEACHUMS - lively bar, not-so-secret criminal hub, and a seductive blur of constant opportunity and sweet little lies. Owners Mr and Mrs Peachum are staving off threats from the corrupt moralising Mayor Tiger Brown, and their daughter Polly may hold the key to their escape. But when Polly meets Macheath - charming rogue, and the most wanted man in town - sparks fly, and some dizzying double-crosses have everyone caught between ambition and shifting loyalties.
This fresh take on the iconic Threepenny Opera features blistering original songs and a host of surprises for the audience.
Hayes Theatre Co subscription bookings now open. General public tickets on sale 5 November 2026.
The Experience
From the moment you walk through the door that leads to the Foundry Theatre, you’ll enter PEACHUMS - a vibrant bar and thieves’ den that recalls the underground nightclubs of 1980s Kings Cross - if they were blended with a Spiegeltent and a Dickensian opium den. Here, the outside world is forgotten, unique experiences await you, and no two visits are ever the same.
Mr and Mrs Peachum hold court in the bar (hold on to your wallet), while in other rooms there are drinks and games with members of the Peachums’ gang (watch out for Suki Tawdry, she doesn’t handle her gin so well), and even the chance to escape the bar and be admitted to a function with ‘family values’ campaigner, Mayor Tiger Brown. There’s collusion in every corner, and persistent rumours that the legendary criminal Mack The Knife is back in town.
As the show moves into the theatre itself, the audience remain essential to assisting the characters and propelling the story. This is theatre at its most thrilling - a high-stakes musical caper in which you’re not just an observer, but an accomplice.
Script by Richard Carroll and Jordan Shea
Music Supervision and Arrangements by Victoria Falconer
Director Richard Carroll
Music Director Victoria Falconer
Movement Director Shannon Burns
Set Designer Nick Fry
Costume Designer Lily Mateljan
Lighting Designer Peter Rubie
Sound Designer Daniel Herten
Associate Set Designer Meg Anderson
From a story by Richard Carroll, Victoria Falconer and Jordan Shea.
Based on The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay and The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.