Drums & Sticks – Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden

About this event

The theater classifies the event as a drum concert with an instrument presentation for children aged 8 and above. It is a concert-format introduction to percussion rather than a named opera, operetta or multi-work concert program. No individual composition titles, composers, director, designer or choreographer are named in the production information. The production uses a simple narrative situation: a drummer has moved, but his instruments have not yet arrived. The missing instruments become the premise for a solo made with a pepper mill, a cornflakes box and pot lids. The presentation demonstrates the range of percussion instruments used in an orchestra, contrasting forceful rhythmic numbers with softer-sounding material for marimba and vibraphone. The named musical personnel are Edzard Locher and Patrick Herta on percussion and Tim Hawken on piano.

Cast & creative

• E

  Percussion

  Edzard Locher
• P

  Percussion

  Patrick Herta
• T

  Piano

  Tim Hawken
• J

  Piano

  Jamie Andrews