Kinder
From:
12 September 2023
To:
13 September 2023
Old Fire Station, Oxford
40 George Street
Oxford
OX1 2AQ
12 September to 13 September
About Kinder by Smoking Apples Theatre
Smoking Apples’ unmissable, multi-award-winning show, Kinder, is bringing its gorgeous and haunting puppetry for teen audiences on tour around England this Autumn.
Winner of two OFFIE awards for Best Production and Best Music/Sound Design for young audiences and the Ettie Award for Best Production (Theatre for Young Audiences), the play is inspired by the real story of Czech Kindertransport – the organised rescue effort of children from Nazi controlled territory before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Kinder highlights the stories of real people from the past: those who have to flee persecution and their homes and the kindness of those who offer them help. The stories it highlights are especially poignant at a time when the world’s refugee crises are at the forefront of our minds and our media.
Escaping on a Kindertransport train, one small Czech-Jewish girl embarks on a mighty adventure.
Kinder follows young heroine Babi as she crosses Europe and embarks on an epic journey, discovering how even tiny acts of kindness can change the course of a person’s life.
Crossing between the past and present, Babi travels across Europe; from bon bons in Germany to the smell of the sea in Margate, she discovers how tiny acts of kindness can change the course of a person’s life.
Joyful, moving and poignant, Kinder features beautiful tabletop puppetry and cinematic shadow play as Babi tries to assemble the parts of her broken identity to find peace in her future.
Kinder is a multi-award-winning show from puppetry and visual theatre company Smoking Apples inviting you to take a seat inside an immersive set as the story unfolds through a series of playful hatches and openings.
Tickets
£11.00 – £15.00
Please see important ticketing information below
Ticketing information
Prices: Standard: £13.00 | Pay more: £15.00 | Pay less: £11.00
Duration: 55 minutes
Age guidance: 9+
Dates & times: Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 September at 5.00pm and 7.30pm
Reviews
★★★★★ “Unmissable” —Everything Theatre
Good to know
The 7.30pm performance on Tuesday 12 September is a Theatre Club show! It’s a chance to meet other audience members, and discuss the show.
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Enterprise Arts Trust.
Image credit: The Other Richard
