How To Pack A Revolution In Your Suitcase

This was not for me. The singing was great, but it felt like a meandering concert and I wanted more of the historical storytelling. I struggled to stay attentive to the show. If you are happy to listen to some historically-relevant operatic singing, and not so concerned with an engaging storyline or theatricality, then this you will like this show.

It's funny, because all these other reviews are pretentious and excessively technical. I think the point has been missed, so I will do my best to correct that.

I came to the show because I thought it was going to be a narrative about history. I discovered that it was a musical, but I really liked it anyway, even though I am not musically inclined.

Simply put: if you like history, you will like this show. If you like music, you will like this show. If you like music and history contemporaneously, you will like this show even more.

I highly encourage you to come see it.

To Pack A Revolution offers a compelling exploration of the Weimar Republic from 1919 to 1933, weaving together historical narrative with the evocative power of music and the influence of renowned artists. Bremer Fletcher presents this turbulent era not just through facts, but through the cultural pulse of the time, making history feel immediate and alive. With echoes of current global events, the story feels strikingly relevant. For anyone curious about this pivotal period, it’s both enlightening and creatively told.

Cabaret-era Berlin gave us some incredible music, in a brief golden age between the First World War and the rise of Nazi Germany. This show has a taste of the best, sung with talent, passion, and true appreciation. Around and through it we also get a glimpse of what led to the creation and downfall of this unique period in history.

Definitely worth seeing.

History Doesn’t Repeat Itself… Right? By Augustus Williams

Throughout the course of human life, we have always found a sense of revolution through music. It gives a voice to those who cannot speak and opens the ears of anyone who’s willing to listen. In How to Pack a Revolution in Your Suitcase, Bremner Fletcher sings us the stories of songwriters and revolutionaries from 1920’s Germany, a time and a place far, far away from where we are now. A time and place that certainly has no relation whatsoever to where we are now… at least that’s what we like to believe. This clever, mildly foreboding, and painfully optimistic cabaret reminds us how quietly history can go about repeating, right under our noses. The songs Fletcher shares with us, all written between 1923 and 1943, sound almost contemporary in their lyricism and humour. The piece is a great reminder of the power held in the hands of artists, and the ability that any ordinary person has to change the world. Although it’s true that the times we live in look disturbingly similar to Germany in the 40s, Fletcher urges us not to focus solely on the frightening parallels and instead remember - the artists won that fight against fascism. We can win it again.