Karen’s Way: A Kindertransport Life

2012 V45

Yellow Leaf Theatre

Based on her autobiographies and poems, Karen Gershon’s story, told with unflinching honesty, is one with which few things outside of Ann Frank can compare. Karen’s Way is by Vanessa Rosenthal, whose Holocaust play, Exchanges In Bialysdtok, represented the BBC at the European Broadcasting Union in Helsinki. Karen criss-crossed wartime Britain from Edinburgh to Leeds to Bristol and beyond. From trainee Palestine pioneer to chorus girl to Edinburgh student, she went from refugee daughter and sister to orphaned and admired poet. Live piano and violin bring Smetana, Berg, Dvorak, Briiten and others to the show.

This show was part of our 2012 season

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