★★★★★ The Stage ★★★★★ What'sOnStage.com
★★★★★ Liverpool ECHO ★★★★ Arts City Liverpool ★★★★ Northern Soul
"I am light! I am life!
I gotta brain like a bomb and a tongue like a knife!
I am wrath! I am rage!
I gotta fully-formed mind for a kid of my age!"
On Oskar's third birthday, he rails against the adult world and decides to remain a child forever. Armed with a heart full of rage, a singing voice that shatters glass, and a seemingly indestructible tin drum, Oskar sets about to reveal the world for what it truly is.
However, the world has other plans for our hero...
The tide is turning. People are taking sides. And the shadow of the Black Witch draws ever closer.
Often hailed as one of the greatest novels ever written, Günter Grass' surreal post-war masterpiece has never been more prescient. Kneehigh will retell this extraordinary story of love, war and fizz powder as startling musical satire: part Baroque opera, part psychedelic white-out, part epic poem. A burlesque, a blitzkreig, a tidal wave about to break.
Written by Carl Grose, composed by Charles Hazlewood and directed by Mike Shepherd - the team that brought you the internationally acclaimed Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs), The Tin Drum is a folktale for troubled times: one political, profane and profound.
Prepare to dance to the beat of a different drum!
Cast
Nandi Bhebhe
Agnes Bronski/Matzerath, chorus
Les Bubb
Alfred Matzerath, chorus
Dom Coyote
Storyteller, Oskar, chorus
Damon Daunno
Jan Bronski, chorus
Rina Fatania
Anna Bronski, chorus
Angela Hardie
Rural Constable 2, Lina, Dr. Hollatz, Reverend Wink, Bella, chorus
Ross Hughes
Musician
Bettrys Jones
Oskar, Maria, chorus
Patrycja Kujawska
Joseph Koljaiczek, Fritz, Nurse 1, The General, Kob, chorus
Alex Lupo
Musician
Beverly Rudd
Rural Constable 1, June, Nurse 2, Markus, Viktor, Kurt, chorus
Ruth Wall
Musician
Sarah Wright
Oskar, chorus
Company
Based on the novel by Günter Grass
Director Mike Shepherd
Writer Carl Grose
Composer & Music Director Charles Hazlewood
Designer Naomi Dawson
Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth
Sound Designer Ian Davies
Choreographer Etta Murfitt
Puppet Director Sarah Wright
Puppet Designer and Maker Lyndie Wright
Assistant Director Keziah Serreau
Costume Supervisor Ed Parry
Design Assistant Cindy Lin
Assistant Choreographer Nandi Bhebhe
Reviews
The Tin Drum
★★★★★
"Glorious, anarchic storytelling, with the ability to captivate as well as challenge"
The Tin Drum
★★★★★
"It's riotous and colourful and immensely fun"
The Tin Drum
★★★★★
“Mind bogglingly bizarre”
