The Tin Drum

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20 February 2020 · Follow on Stagedoor

“With the Gate theatre just across the road firing on all cylinders under Ellen McDougall, the theatrical patch within a couple of hundred metres of Notting Hill Gate where the Coronet is also situated is looking increasingly international. The Coronet is a theatre that looks beyond our small island for inspiration and this year it will host work from Italy, Japan and Ireland in a space whose rackety charm makes it all the more beguiling. First up, it opens its doors to the Berliner Ensemble who make their first visit to the UK since 2006. Nico Holonics’ solo show is an adaptation of Gunter Grass’ epic novel and gives us a bird’s eye view of the rise of the Nazi’s seen through the eyes of a child who is an observer but also determined to be a survivor.”

Overview

Directed and adapted for the stage by their Artistic Director Oliver Reese, this is the Ensemble’s first visit to the UK since 2006. Grass’ world-famous story is told in a solo performance by actor Nico Holonics.

Oskar is barely born when he recognises the world to be a universal disaster – and rejects it entirely. The world he is tossed into is experiencing the dawn of the National Socialist regime, with scant opportunities for a growing boy to thrive. Only when his mother promises to give him a tin drum does an acceptable prospect for survival unfold: the life of a drummer - and an observer.

The Berliner Ensemble is one of the most renowned and long-standing theatres in Germany. Named after Bertolt Brecht’s world-famous company, it is part of theatre history.

In German with English surtitles

Age Recommendation: 14+

Critic reviews

Nico Holonics is in resoundingly offbeat form as as a stunted child in a solo show that delights in making its audience squirm

⋅ The Guardian

An unrelenting journey into a tragicomic nightmare

⋅ The Times

Berliner Ensemble's unsettling adaptation of Günter Grass’ challenging masterpiece of magical realism

⋅ The Stage

Holonics performance is mesmerising

⋅ A Younger Theatre

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Date & time

Until 29 Feb

Mon 24 Feb - Sat 29 Feb, 7.30pm

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Venue

The Coronet Theatre

103 Notting Hill Gate W11 3LB London, UK · Get Directions

Presented by

The Berliner Ensemble

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For five performances only, The Coronet Theatre is delighted to present the Berliner Ensemble’s production of The Tin Drum