Kindertransport by Diane Samuels

ZURICH ENGLISH-SPEAKING THEATRE

Kindertransport

by

Diane Samuels

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SYNOPSIS

First performed in London in 1993, Diane Samuels’s deeply moving play has established itself as something of a modern classic.

Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, a humanitarian mission in Britain transported around 10,000 mostly Jewish children from Germany to be cared for in British homes. Young Eva is sent to England in this moving account of wartime child migration. An odyssey of hope, heartbreak, passion, guilt and love between three generations of daughters and mothers.

DIRECTOR

Valery Niggli

CAST

Evelyn

Stephanie Sorgo

Faith

Babs Doodkorte

Eva

Christina Schwarz

Helga

Insaf Mteraf

Lil

Joan Bridgman

The Ratcatcher/The Postman

Shaun Lim

The Nazi Border Official/ The English Station Guard

David Ohlinger

The English Organiser

Jan Sinstadt

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PRODUCTION PHOTOS

BEHIND THE SCENES

Production Coordinator

Tim Purdue

Assistant Director

Alice Knapton

Director’s Support Team

Anne Jiricny

Stage Managers

Marianne Alewine, Isabel Ringgenberg

Deputy Stage Managers

Anita Gander, Sayora Sadikova, Helena Sievi, Markus Wyler

Head of Props

Dana Ryffe

Props Crew

Anne Jiricny, Christina Whiting

Set Design

Tim Purdue

Set built and painted by

Members of the Club

Lighting Design

Tiina Palojärvi, Andreas Stahl

Lighting Team

Bruce Gailey, Arseniy Klimovskiy, Asia Szczeszek, Luke Walker

Head of Costumes

Claudia Bodmer

Costumes

Ciaran Corsar, Bouqui Stautmeister

Head of Make-up

Bettina Psóra

Make-up Team

Chris Eusebio-Ellis, Maureen Grimm, Ulyana Lessani

Sound Crew

Courtney Beamish, Soumil Gourjar, Deborah Somers, Claudia Wicki

Background Music

Jamie Langridge

1945 Newsreel

Jan Sinstadt

Prompters

Alan Bridgman, Béatrice Hungerbühler, Irene Lautenbach

Transportation

Mike Peggs

Publicity Manager

Karen Abhari

Poster/Cover Design & Projection Images

Marco Abbondio

Programme Editor

Markus Wyler

Layout & Printing

Schneider Druck AG, 8032 Zürich

Video/Trailer/Web Photos

Daniele Dagani, Jamie Langridge

Photography

Tiina Palojärvi, Tim Purdue, Markus Wyler

Box Office

Ciaran Corsar, Members of the Club

Front of House

Tricia Tomlinson Schmid, Members of the Club