Erika, The Woman Who Tried To Save Democracy
Erika Mann was Queer, she was talented, she could act, write, talk and fix a car. She created an anti-Nazi Cabaret, then she was a Refugee…
The Play with music is currently in development.
Playwright Nicolette Kay
Composer and Librettist Seb Cridland
Actors Eugenia Caruso, Madeleine Hutchins and Seb Cridland
Designer James Helps
Producer New Shoes Theatre
The text has been workshopped with Dramaturg and Director Danièle Sanderson with support from The Birmingham Conservatoire. Further development and a scratch showing recently took place, with Eugenia Caruso, Madeleine Hutchins and Seb Cridland at Theatre Deli, Leadenhall Street, to an invited audience who gave feedback:
Q: In a few words, what stayed with you most from the performance?:
A: Three strong performers lifting it off the page. The first half, certainly, with its unnerving parallels to present-day USA.