Woyzeck on the Highveld

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Originally created in 1992 and directed and designed by renowned artist and film-maker William Kentridge, this 2011 revival is directed by Luc de Wit. The production, an adaptation of German writer Georg Büchner's famous play of jealousy, murder and the struggle of an individual against an uncaring society which eventually destroys him, was the first collaboration between Handspring and Kentridge.

 

Woyzeck on the Highveld combines Handspring's rod-manipulated puppets and Kentridge's animated film, graphically illustrating Woyzeck's tortured mind as he tries to make sense of his external circumstances. Büchner's Woyzeck was a German soldier in the 1800s but in this version Woyzeck is a migrant worker in 1956 Johannesburg, a landscape of barren industrialisation.

 

Handspring Puppet Company is an internationally renowned company at the forefront of contemporary theatre. Founded in Cape Town in 1981 its productions explore puppet theatre in an African context. The company's co-founder Adrian Kohler appears in the London run alongside actor Mncedisi Shabangu. Kohler also gives a post-show talk on Wednesday 7 September. With Rae Smith, Handspring won the Olivier Award, Evening Standard award and Critics' Circle Theatre award for best design for War Horse. War Horse has since won won five Tony Awards in the US with a special award for Handspring Puppet Company.

 

 

 

 

Tour dates:

Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 September - The Barbican, London | website

Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 October - Warwick Arts Centre | website

Tuesday 18 – Saturday 22 October - Lyric Theatre, Belfast Festival | website

Tuesday 25 – Wednesday 26 October - Wales Millennium Centre | website

Friday 28 – Saturday 29 October - Aberystwyth Arts Centre | website

Tuesday 1– Wednesday 2 November - Hall for Cornwall | website

Friday 4 – Saturday 5 November - Exeter Northcott | website

Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 November - Oxford Playhouse | website

 

Age Guidance 14+.
Running Time 90 mins (no interval).

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