The Diary of Anne Frank
25-28 March 2015
at the Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds
About our production
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Performers:
Anne Frank - Maddy Miller. Peter Van Daan - Ben Patrick. Margot Frank - Jorge-Ann Cooper. Miep Gies - Kimberley Otter. Otto Frank - Christopher Bamforth. Edith Frank - Miranda Foxton. Mr Kraler - Michael Lockwood Mr Van Daan - Anthony Irwin Mrs Van Daan - Pam Wilson Albert Dussell - Tony Hutchinson 1st Man - Alan Butterly 2nd Man - James Hart |
Backstage:
Directors - Manda Lister & Michael Lockwood Producer - Ian Goodison Stage Manager - Dan Dainter Lighting - Peter Waddicor, Michael Lockwood Sound - Dan Dainter Costume - Mavis Heaton Hair/Makeup - Manda Lister, Michelle Petrow Props - Jane Curtin Crew - Members & friends Registered Chaperones - Karen Carry, Linda McHale, Clare Duggan, Julie Viligiardi Front of House Manager - Barry Unwin |
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Rehearsal photographs |
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Producer Mark O'Brien from Made In Leeds TV visited one of our rehearsals to record a segment for his series "The Book-It List" which was transmitted the week we were in theatre.
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The collection for The Anne Frank Trust UK during the performances raised £203.45 for the charity - thank you all for your generosity. The Anne Frank Trust UK draws on the power of Anne Frank's life and diary to challenge prejudice and reduce hatred, encouraging people to embrace positive attitudes, responsibility and respect for others.
Our supporting exhibition, on display in the Millennium Room, kindly on loan to us from The Anne Frank Trust UK
About this adaptation, by Wendy Kesselman
In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne's voice shines through: "When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!" This is a new adaptation for a new generation.
"In this gripping new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, from the original stage play by Goodrich and Hackett, newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank, as well as survivor accounts, are interwoven to create a contemporary impassioned story of the lives of people persecuted under Nazi rule. This is an adaptation for a new generation able to confront the true horrors of the Holocaust. "Undeniably moving. It shatters the heart. The evening never lets us forget the inhuman darkness waiting to claim its incandescently human heroine." —NY Times.
"An extraordinary theatrical adventure! Go and remember." —NY Post.
"…new DIARY is chillingly honest about the Holocaust. Wendy Kesselman's work has restored the terror." —NY Daily News.
"Wendy Kesselman's finely textured new DIARY tells a deeper story. A sensitive, stirring and thoroughly engaging new adaptation." —NY Newsday. "A powerful new version that moves the audience to gasp, then tears." —Associated Press.
"In this gripping new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, from the original stage play by Goodrich and Hackett, newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank, as well as survivor accounts, are interwoven to create a contemporary impassioned story of the lives of people persecuted under Nazi rule. This is an adaptation for a new generation able to confront the true horrors of the Holocaust. "Undeniably moving. It shatters the heart. The evening never lets us forget the inhuman darkness waiting to claim its incandescently human heroine." —NY Times.
"An extraordinary theatrical adventure! Go and remember." —NY Post.
"…new DIARY is chillingly honest about the Holocaust. Wendy Kesselman's work has restored the terror." —NY Daily News.
"Wendy Kesselman's finely textured new DIARY tells a deeper story. A sensitive, stirring and thoroughly engaging new adaptation." —NY Newsday. "A powerful new version that moves the audience to gasp, then tears." —Associated Press.