Details

"I'm trying to concentrate so that I can do my homework, but I simply can't. Something is going on in town. You can hear gunfire from the hills". This entry in the diary of Zlata Filipovic from April 1992 is the first indication of the events that were to unfold over the next year and a half in the life of this 11 year old Bosnian girl. The civil war which had erupted in Slovenia and Croatia was now coming to Bosnia, to Sarajevo where Zlata lived. When she starts her diary, she tells of her normal, happy life with her family and friends. But soon they are fighting for their very survival . Zlata's Diary paints a vivid portrait of an innocent child caught up in a terrible war, a war which, as she says, was to rob her of her childhood. A moving account of one family's struggle to survive the siege of Sarajevo, told with live music, song and startling images. Suitable for audiences 11+.

Creatives/Company

Author: Zlata Filipovic
Company: Communicado
Adapted by: Gerry Mulgrew
Director: Gerry Mulgrew