After choosing in 2016 to focus on Shakespeare (in the 400th anniversary of his death), I went completely different this year and made it my mission to learn more about, and see more shows featuring, puppets.
2017 Regional theatre recap
Much of my ‘touring’ has been concentrated in Bristol and Chichester; there are a few other UK venues to add to the list, as well as some from my week in New York, of course.
THE TIN DRUM – Shoreditch Town Hall ★★★
The Tin Drum is the ultimate ‘Marmite’ show – anyone who’s read the 1959 Günter Grass novel will thrill to this enthusiastic and explosive production, as will devotees of Kneehigh’s deconstructive and occasionally anarchic style of ‘immediate’ theatre in a near perfect setting.
‘Epic & sprawling’: THE TIN DRUM – Shoreditch Town Hall
It doesn’t need to be as long as it is, but The Tin Drum is a lot of fun and a dark, prescient reminder that fascism lurks around the corner of Christmas this year.
THE TIN DRUM – Touring ★★★★
Never let it be said that Cornish theatre company Kneehigh lack in ambition. Gunter Grass’ The Tin Drum has accrued significant cultural acclaim since its publication in 1959, gaining its author the Nobel Prize in Literature and later being turned into a film.
THE TIN DRUM – Touring & London
The Tin Drum is an assault on the senses, a wild, unrelenting ride that jolts its audience out of any complacency and dazzles bright.
NEWS: Kneehigh adapts Gunter Grass’ Tin Drum, revives Rice’s Tristan & Vitebsk
Kneehigh’s Artistic Director and Founder Mike Shepherd has announced a new season of revivals and world premieres for 2017, including the return of Emma Rice.