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2007: Performed at the Grahamstown and Hilton Arts festivals by [[ThinkTheatre]], directed by playwright [[Neil Coppen]], with [[Mpume Mthombeni]] and [[Thuli Zuma]] alternating in the role of Nomvula, with  percussion backing by [[Wake Mahlobo]].  
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2007: Performed at the [[Hilton Arts Festival]] by [[ThinkTheatre]], directed [[Neil Coppen]] and [[Karen Logan]], with [[Nthando Cele]] as Nomvula. Design by [[Neil Coppen]], Musical direction by [[Mike Mazzoni]].
  
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2010: Performed at the [[Grahamstown Festival]]  by [[ThinkTheatre]], directed by [[Neil Coppen]], with [[Mpume Mthombeni]] and [[Thuli Zuma]] alternating in the role of Nomvula, and  percussion backing by [[Wake Mahlobo]].
  
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2012: Performed in New York by [[ThinkTheatre]], courtesy of by the Horse Trade Theater Group in conjunction with the South African [[Imewbu Trust]]. Directed by [[Karen Logan]], with [[Mpume Mthombeni]]  and  percussion backing by [[Wake Mahlobo]].
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2013: Performed by [[ThinkTheatre]] at the [[Kalk Bay Theatre]], Cape Town, 14 August to 8 September, directed by [[Karen Logan]], with [[Mpume Mthombeni]]  and  percussion backing by [[Wake Mahlobo]].
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== Sources ==
 
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http://www.thinktheatre.co.za/show/tin-bucket-drum
  
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http://www.whatsonincapetown.com/post/review-tin-bucket-drum/
  
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http://www.thinktheatre.co.za/show/tin-bucket-drum
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http://www.broadwayworld.com/south-africa/article/Neil-Coppens-TIN-BUCKET-DRUM-Honours-the-Act-of-Storytelling-20130905
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ThinkTheatre is an independent theatre company, which specialises in performing set-work productions for learners and producing innovative, cutting edge original South African work. Our biggest annual production for the past 7 years has been to produce a fully staged performance of the Matric English language Shakespeare, as prescribed by the Department of Education. While at first blush the motivation was nothing more than to provide the true visual experience of a difficult text witnessed as it was intended, the growth in the sales of the production has made us keenly aware of the a more pressing need.
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http://www.nytheatre.com/Review/naomi-mcdougall-jones-2012-7-26-tin-bucket-drum
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A vast number of Matric learners studying English as a first language do not have it as their mother tongue – in 2003 Margie Coppen (in her role as publicist and booking agent) captured some 2400 learners in the Durban region for the pilot project, in 2010 and after four years of collaboration with Clare Mortimer (director and co-producer) Coppen has grown the brand so that it performs to above 25 000 learners in KZN, Gauteng, Midlands, Northern KZN and the South Coast. There is a firm possibility of branching into the Western Cape, and therefore en route stops in the Eastern Cape, in 2012, prompted by the number of requests from those regions.
 
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ThinkTheatre is a professional theatre company using award-winning professional actors, which may explain some of its success. The company tours across the country with a full set, costumes, lighting, sound, publicity and promotional material where a functional theatre space is available, but similarly  performs in community halls or outdoors (minus the set and lighting rig) in areas of outreach or where there are no funds available for learners to travel. The budget runs understandably just below R1 million at present.
 

Revision as of 07:02, 9 September 2015

Tin Bucket Drum is a play the play by Neil Coppen, about Nomvula, "a spirited child born with a revolutionary heart-beat into a cruel and silent dictatorship".


Performances

2007: Performed at the Hilton Arts Festival by ThinkTheatre, directed Neil Coppen and Karen Logan, with Nthando Cele as Nomvula. Design by Neil Coppen, Musical direction by Mike Mazzoni.

2010: Performed at the Grahamstown Festival by ThinkTheatre, directed by Neil Coppen, with Mpume Mthombeni and Thuli Zuma alternating in the role of Nomvula, and percussion backing by Wake Mahlobo.

2012: Performed in New York by ThinkTheatre, courtesy of by the Horse Trade Theater Group in conjunction with the South African Imewbu Trust. Directed by Karen Logan, with Mpume Mthombeni and percussion backing by Wake Mahlobo.

2013: Performed by ThinkTheatre at the Kalk Bay Theatre, Cape Town, 14 August to 8 September, directed by Karen Logan, with Mpume Mthombeni and percussion backing by Wake Mahlobo.

2015: Performed at


Awards

The play won won the Audience Vote Award for Best Production at MUSHO 2007, A Durban Theatre Award for best actress and best new South African script 2007, and a Standard Bank Ovation award at the Grahamstown 2010 festival. It was was featured as The Star, Pretoria Times, The Herald and Witnesses Newspapers pick of the Grahamstown Fringe in 2007.


Sources

http://www.thinktheatre.co.za/show/tin-bucket-drum

http://www.whatsonincapetown.com/post/review-tin-bucket-drum/

http://www.broadwayworld.com/south-africa/article/Neil-Coppens-TIN-BUCKET-DRUM-Honours-the-Act-of-Storytelling-20130905

http://www.nytheatre.com/Review/naomi-mcdougall-jones-2012-7-26-tin-bucket-drum

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