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The Tin Drum

The Tin DrumT0183345158
Oskar Matzerath, the son of a permissive bourgeois couple is born with a fully developed intellect. Outraged by the passivity of the German people regarding the unstoppable growth of Nazism, the decadence of his family, and the world around him, he decides he will take a stand against the adult world by refusing to grow up. On his third birthday, when given a tin drum he was promised at his birth, he decides to remain three years old for the next 18 years, using his drum as his means of protest.
Book by Gunter Grass


Archive :: production:T0183345158, play:S01360329748, venue:V803

Production details

Often hailed as one of the greatest novels ever written, Gunter 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 burlessque, a blitzkreig, a tidal wave about to break.

Performance

VenueOxford Playhouse
TownOxford
CountyOxfordshire
From24th October 2017
To28th October 2017
What is currently on at Oxford Playhouse (V803)

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Company

Author Carl Grose
Music Charles Hazlewood
Director Mike Shepherd
Design Naomi Dawson
Lighting Malcolm Rippeth
Sound Ian Davies
Director Sarah Wright (puppet direction)
Producer Kneehigh
Producer Everyman & Playhouse
Producer West Yorkshire Playhouse
Performer Nandi Bhebhe
Performer Les Bubb
Performer Dom Coyote
Performer Damon Daunno
Performer Rina Fatania
Performer Ross Hughes
Performer Angela Hardie
Performer Bettrys Jones
Performer Patrycja Kujawska
Performer Alex Lupo
Performer Beverly Rudd
Performer Ruth Wall
Performer Sarah Wright
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