Kindertransport
by
Diane Samuels
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
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