Copenhagen
By Michael Frayn
Wednesday 24th Oct - Saturday 27th Oct; Wednesday 31st Oct - Saturday 3rd Nov
The Cellar Theatre
On a September night in Nazi-occupied Copenhagen, in the middle of the Second World War, German physicist Werner Heisenberg meets with his mentor, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr. We know the meeting happened, but what was said has been lost to history and conflicting accounts. In Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen, physics and politics prove painfully difficult to keep apart.
Four years later, the Allies would drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Frayn’s play resurrects Heisenberg, Bohr and Bohr’s wife, Margrethe, to relive their memories and search for answers. As they go over the past, uncertainty seems the only sure thing.
With: Thomas Hanaee, Dani Maher, and Patrick Sunderland.
Crew:
Directed by Caitlin Williams.
Produced by Madeleine Picard.
Stage Manager - Sophie Morrissey
Set Designer - Declan Coyle
Lighting Designer - Lincoln Gidney
Assistant Lighting Designers - Grace Anderson and Nicole Pingon
Costume Designer - Nina Mountford
Sound Designer - Henry Hulme
Graphic Designer - Michael Felczynski
Production Assistants - Camille Karski and Jake Parker
Honi Soit review
“incredibly thought provoking and engaging…”
Pulp review
“All aspects of production were expertly tailored…”