The Diary of Anne Frank

Fleeing from Germany to Holland in 1933 to escape the Nazis, Anne Frank and her family, who are Jews, are forced into hiding when Holland itself is invaded by the Nazis in July 1942. They are joined by the van Daan family and, later, by a dentist.

The play is set in the family’s hiding place, storage rooms and an attic above a factory, which was their home for two years. The play powerfully conveys the tensions and terrors of the period, and the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence: their fear, their hope, their laughter, their love and their grief.

Anne emerges from history as a living, lyrical and gifted girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit and determination. The story is well known and the ending unhappy, but the play draws heavily on Anne’s diary, provoking discussion about the way human beings treat one another.

Dramatised by France Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
Newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Tanya Piejus

Season - Wednesday 28 July to Saturday 31 July at 8:00pm,
Sunday 1 August at 4:00pm
Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 August at 6:30pm
Thursday 5 August to Saturday to 7 August at 8pm
Venue - Gryphon Theatre, 22 Ghuznee Street
Bookings – 479 3393 or info@wellingtonrepertory.org.nz
Tickets - $18 unwaged, $22 waged

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