BAKEHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY presents

EAST OF BERLIN

By Hannah Moscovitch

East of Berlin was nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for best New Play 2008

Questioning redemption, love, guilt, and the sins of the father, East of Berlin is a tour de force that follows Rudi’s emotional upheaval as he comes to terms with a frightening past that was never his own.

As a teenager, Rudi discovered that his father was a doctor at Auschwitz. Trying to reconcile his inherited guilt, Rudi lashed out against his family and his friends, and eventually fled to Germany. While there, he followed in his father’s footsteps by studying medicine, and fell in love with Sarah, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor.

Now Rudi is standing outside his father’s study in Paraguay, trying to work up the courage to go in. It has been seven years since he stood in that same spot. Seven years since he left his family and their history behind him.

Directed by: Peter Green
Featuring:  Adam Carter, Clare Mansfield and Tom Cornwall
Set Design: Manda Webber;  Lighting Design: Alexander Ramsay