Daniel Kitson brings his comedy-drama show 'Thrum', which played the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe, to Harrogate Theatre.
Daniel Kitson brings his new show, Thrum, to Harrogate Theatre on Wednesday 28 October. It's a comedy-drama with music running more or less throughout, at least two funny voices and upwards of three jokes. The text works as a rapid-fire series of evocative, fragmented images: figs and worms, an old dog rejecting a blanket, a woman on a train wearing a badge, a daffodil in December, a massive tree in storage on a farm in Kent, a toilet in Hong Kong and a coffee shop in Melbourne, all punctuated by thoughts of rotting and the smell of tobacco.
It's a show that doesn't quite fit into one box. Kitson describes it as a comedy-drama, and the music is a constant presence rather than something tucked between the talking. The imagery is what carries it — those fragmented, specific pictures of a dog, a badge, a tree in storage, a toilet in Hong Kong and a coffee shop in Melbourne, all held together by a recurring focus on rotting and the smell of tobacco. It's the kind of thing that lingers after you've left the room.
Thrum played the 2026 Edinburgh Fringe before heading out on this autumn tour, so it's had a bit of time to settle in before it reaches Harrogate. The venue is Harrogate Theatre, a Victorian theatre in the heart of town that hosts local, national and international companies alongside special events.
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The show starts at 7:30pm, and tickets are £15 to £60.
