Brundibár Arts Festival – Performance of ‘A Child in Striped Pyjamas’ – HMD 2024

Activity information

Activity type: Public activity

Organisation name: Brundibár Arts Festival

Website: https://www.gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk/the-child-in-the-striped-pyjamas

Address:
Gosforth Civic Theatre
Regent Farm Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE3 3HD
United Kingdom

A Child in Striped Pyjamas - Gosforth Civic Theatre

There will be two performances:
Thursday 25th January, 7.30pm
Saturday 27th January, 8pm

John Boyne’s masterpiece, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, still features regularly on international bestseller lists nearly two decades after its initial publication in 2006. Boyne’s story is a symbolic exploration of one reason why the Holocaust remains so traumatic: it demonstrates to future generations the relentlessly organised barbarity of which humanity is capable.

Based on Boyne’s book, this chamber opera by Noah Max addresses the Holocaust in a way that audiences of every age can engage with. The project was made possible thanks to a special arrangement with Miramax.

Director: Guido Martin-Brandis
Conductor: Robert Max

Cast:
German Child - Noam Pnini (Soprano)
Jewish Child - Eleanor Oldfield (Mezzo-Soprano)
Lieutenant Kotler - Xavier Hetherington (Tenor)
Father - Jeremy Huw Williams (Baritone)

Musicians:
Violin - Kyra Humphreys, Alexandra Raikhlina
Viola - Nathan Braude
Cello - Gabriel Waite
Clarinet - Dove Goldberg
Trumpet - Imogen Whitehead

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Other organisation(s) involved

Gosforth Civic Theatre