The Ups and Downs of the Town of Brown was a political, site-specific musical based on The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogany, a play by Bertolt Brecht. Common Wealth
Theatre Company collaborated with artists, musicians and performers from all over to produce this unique and inspiring piece of theatre.
Based in the Old Bridewell Courtrooms in Bristol we (the Cardboard Club) transformed the marble pillars and eerie stands into a cardboard set fit for the all singing all dancing cast of renegades, complete with storytelling proscenium arch and fifty piece cardboard orchestra.
