Details

Based on Miller's own moving screenplay of the Fania Fenellon story starring Vanessa Redgrave, Playing for Time brings to the stage the harrowing story of a group of Jewish female musicians, imprisoned in Auschwitz. The Commandant of the Camp enjoys classical music, and forces the women to literally 'play for their lives' - as long as the orchestra please him, they avoid the gas chamber.

Cast/Performers

Kate Adams (Helene), Noa Bodner (Esther), Pacale Burgess (Elzvieta), Imogen Daines (Etalina), Emma Darlow (Liesl), Holly De Jong (Schmidt), James Duke (Mengele / Kapo / Cellist / Paul), Amanda Hadingue (Alma Rose), Melanie Heslop (Marianne), Rebecca Jenkins (Varya), Kate Lynn-Evans (Mandel), Maeve O'Sullivan (Greta / Olga), Sian Phillips (Fania), Danny Scheinmann (Schmuel / Captain Heinz / Second Chess Player / First Trooper), Augustina Seymour (Paulette / Music Captain), Christopher Staines (Commandant Kramer / 1st Chess Player / SS Guard / Kapo / Pianist), Alexia Traverse-Healy (Mala / Tchaikowska)

Creatives/Company

Author: Arthur Miller
Producer: Sheffield Theatres
Director(s): Richard Beecham, Lucy Hind (movement), Ruth Cooper-Brown (fight), Rachel Cristi Bown-Williams (fight), Ginny Schiller (casting)
Design: Ti Green
Lighting: Richard Howell
Sound: Sam Kenyon
Musical Director: Sam Kenyon