PASCAL THEATARE COMPANY – semi-staged reading of the play THERESA – HMD 2024
Activity information
Activity type: Public activity
Organisation name: PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY Registered Charity 291910
Website: https://www.juliapascal.org/play/theresa
Address:
Burgh House
New End Square
London
London
NW3 1LT
United Kingdom
The play THERESA reveals the true story of Theresia Steiner, a Viennese Jew, who ended up in Guernsey in 1940.
Researched in the Channel Islands the drama shows a secret British history of collaboration with the Nazis and the murders of Jews as a result of the Channel Island government's acceptance of the Nazi Race Laws.
It shows how casual antisemitism leads to the annihilation of Jews.
The play toured the UK and Europe and was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as The Road to Paradise.
This revival, in the light of the huge rise in antisemitism in Britain today, is an act of resistance against antisemitism. Using music, text and movement, this work explores a story that is not taught in British history classes but is a vital way into understanding how antisemitism can lead to murder.
One performance at Burgh House on 28 January at 7pm. The performance is 60 minutes. There will be a Q+A afterwards. Present will be Polish Ghetto escapee, Ruth Posner, who played Theresa in the original production. Theresa is published by Methuen in The Holocaust Trilogy.
It is written and directetd by Julia Pascal.
REVIEWS
“Pascal’s play is a tense and stirring piece of theatre, acted with fierce intensity by an international cast”
The Times
“… an excellent example of how skilled players can convey a wide range of character and emotion with only a few props and a shift of expression and accent”
Jewish Chronicle
“Truly experimental and truly European, Theresa plays with form on every level, fusing dance with theatre, music with text and juggling fragment of French, German and Polish within a predominantly English script… arresting”
City Limits
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