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Faced with personal risk, how far would you go to save a life? Would you prefer to ‘not get involved’? Would you follow orders and look the other way?
This compelling and ultimately uplifting play follows four Germans during World War II.
A university professor and his wife have, with some reluctance, hidden a Jew in their home to prevent his deportation to the concentration camps.
A solicitous administrative clerk for the Nazi regime is their close family friend and a frequent visitor. What unfolds will test their friendships, loyalties and their personal and collective moral values.
The Good German, by award-winning American playwright, novelist and screenwriter David Wiltse, premiered at Paul Newman’s and Joanne Woodward’s famous Westport Country Playhouse. This is the play’s first season outside of the US. The Good German (not to be confused with the Hollywood movie of the same name) gives us penetrating insights into the frailties and contradictions of human nature. It boasts a brilliant and experienced cast of Australian stage and screen stars: Ivar Kants (Bell Shakespeare, Heartbreak High, Neighbours), Linden Wilkinson (Seven Deadly Sins, Home&Away, Losing Louis), Mark Lee (Gallipoli, The Bet) and also the Australian debut of Frank van Putten.
Black Pearl is Sydney's newest theatre company. It was founded by Sheryl Sciro, and Frank van Putten. Australian born Sheryl started her career with Hayes Gordon in the Ensemble Theatre and in 'Gypsy" at Her Majesty's Theatre; she then continued her work and studies in New York, where she appeared on Broadway, off-Broadway and also in regional theatre and on television. Sheryl and her Dutch born husband actor/director Frank met while working with Stella Adler in New York. They have now returned to Sydney to fulfill the dream of creating a new theatre company for Sydney audiences.
“As a new company on the Sydney theatrical scene, we’re asked to state what we would like to do. Simply this: we like to explore dialogue and situations that have the power to challenge our own beliefs and thoughts. Plays that effect us in a deeper way than can mere shock value or novelty. Our object is to expose the fine print in the human contract. It’s not about us as artists: we’re not asking you to watch us act or how we direct; what we’re after can only be born in the exchange of dialogue, the back-and-forth between the actors and the audience, that creates a tiny shift, opens a door, moves us in such a way that we are altered by the experience. This is our aim.”
Black Pearl Theatre Company presents
THE GOOD GERMAN
by David Wiltse
Directed by Sheryl Sciro
Venue: Seymour Centre Downstairs Theatre
Dates: 29 April to 24 May
Times: Tues –Sat 8pm Wed matinee 11am Sat matinee 2pm
Tickets: adult $39, $32 concession, Seymour subscribers $35, $28 conc Bookings: 9351 7940
NB Special school group deals available including a tailored discussion programme in association with the Sydney Jewish Museum.
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