Tin Forest

Puppet design and coaching commission

The National Theatre of Scotland
The Commonweath Games - 2014


A grumpy old man sorts and sifts a world of twisted metal and broken scrap.
Slowly builds himself a tin forest.
One day he feeds a big scrawny bird that appears outside his shack.
The bird disappears into the night leaving a trail of shite.
The man becomes angry and tired of his lonely life. 

But one morning he wakes to find everything surrounded by jungle with wildlife roaring around him.
The old man's world is reborn, perhaps he has died and gone to heaven or perhaps
through his lifetimes work he has set the seed for a brighter tomorrow.

An installation/performance for an audience of 10 people every 5 minutes.
5 rooms x 5 minutes = 25 minutes duration

Presented at the Old Rotunda building on the River Clyde as part of the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014

installation

THE GUARDIAN

"A rich, desolate blend of art, puppetry and folk music (...) this gorgeously detailed promenade performance evokes a spooky, lonely world to tell a tale of post-industrial regeneration."

★★★★

puppet twins

the old man

diorama

1:12 scale construction site

Authors

Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson

Adapted/Directed

Graham McLaren

Associate Director and Designer

Gavin Glover

Associate Designer

Rebecca Hamilton

Cast

Darren Brownlie
Steven Clyde
Pete Collins
Angela Darcy
John Kazek
Harry Ward

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