
This half-hour session delves into the detail of Marx in London!, enhancing your enjoyment and extending your knowledge of the piece.
Theatre Royal Glasgow
This half-hour session delves into the detail of Marx in London!, enhancing your enjoyment and extending your knowledge of the piece.
Tickets are free but should be reserved in advance as there is limited availability.
About Marx in London!
The UK premiere of Jonathan Dove’s opera, a kinetic new production, plumbing the frivolity and profundity of one man’s existence.
London, 1871. The spectre of communism might be haunting Europe, but Karl Marx’s demons are far more mundane. Watched by a spy, chased by debt collectors, harassed by his family (legitimate and not), and rescued repeatedly from financial ruin by Friedrich Engels, a single madcap day is the backdrop for a run of misadventures and mistakes. Marx might have envisioned an economic system that would restore order and equality to the workers of the world, but his own affairs are in chaos. Amidst this storm in a teacup, can he find an hour to write?
This grand farce is led by Roland Wood (Il trittico 2023) as Karl Marx. Marx in London! takes the great thinker off his pedestal, interweaving zany humour with moments of sadness and sorrow.
Sung in English with English supertitles
Libretto Charles Hart
Conductor David Parry
Director Stephen Barlow
Designer Yannis Thavoris
Lighting Designer Rory Beaton
Projection Designer PJ McEvoy
Karl Marx Roland Wood
Jenny Marx Orla Boylan
Tussi Marx Rebecca Bottone
Freddy William Morgan
Helene Lucy Schaufer
Friedrich Engels Alasdair Elliott
Spy Jamie MacDougall
Melanzane Paul Hopwood
Theatre Royal Glasgow
Opened in 1867, Theatre Royal Glasgow went through two fires before the turn of the century. Standing tall through thick and thin, the theatre has since presented a wide variety of productions covering all genres, including residents Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet. Featuring a Victorian auditorium, Theatre Royal presents first class entertainment.
Theatre Royal Glasgow