The Tin Drum
A child who refuses to grow up. A child whose singing can shatter reality. A child called Oskar Matzerath – narrator, provocateur, witness, and at the same time prosecutor of the 20th century. The production of The Tin Drum, dramatized by German director and playwright Armin Petras, is based on Günter Grass’s most famous novel, which brutally and grotesquely depicts the absurdity of history from a different perspective. The perspective of the lowly. The perspective of the excluded.
The story takes place in a space that no longer exists today, a space where Polish, German, Jewish, Hungarian, and other influences collide. On the border between different identities and languages, the performance follows the end of an era through the eyes of a man who has decided not to grow up. So, who is Oskar? An ordinary child who rebels against authority? A genius outsider? A psychopath? A symbol of a society that would rather fantasize than face its own responsibilities? A metaphor? Or just an ordinary person?
DURATION
160 minutes with interval
CREATIVE TEAM
director / Armin Petras
translator / Petr Štědroň
dramaturgy / Petr Erbes
set, costumes / Patricia Talacko
music / Markéta Ptáčníková
light design / Václav Hruška
CAST
Vojtěch Vondráček
Miloslav König
David Petrželka
Kateřina Císařová
Anna Kameníková
Johana Matoušková
Štěpánka Pencová
Markéta Ptáčníková
Samuel Meznik / Kašpar Skácel
OPENING NIGHT
November 15, 2025
