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The Tiger Lillies: One Penny Opera review

“Dark”

ReviewsAug 11, 2022by Paul ValeUnderbelly, Edinburgh

The Tiger Lillies in One Penny Opera at Underbelly, Edinburgh

The Tiger Lillies’ adaptation of The Beggar’s Opera is dark and subversive but lacks visceral eeriness

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