★★★★☆ Director Lisa Gregan and the creative team have emphasised the simple setting of this play. The staging is a few desks, chairs and bookshelves; the lighting is simple and restrained allowing each actor’s performance to stand out.

★★★★☆ Director Emma Rice, the outgoing artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe has co-adapted the piece with writer Joel Harwood and it arrives in Bristol in a fresh production following appearance in the Globe last winter.

★★★★☆ I doubt it could be ever said of Kneehigh that they have bitten off more than they can chew. Such is the method to the madness that nothing is beyond their wit. At first blush then, The Tin Drum would appear to be ideal material for this exceptional company, with the magical realism of the book offering an opportunity for a thoroughgoing exercise of their strengths.

★★★☆☆ The Bristol based Wardrobe Ensemble continue their trademark foray into the mildly political and highly entertaining series of plays in this show which returns from a triumphant run in the Edinburgh Fringe. . . Sound, Design and lighting is superb, courtesy of Lucy Sierra and Katherine Williams