Registered Charity
No 1136513
Show Times:
Tues – Sat 7.30pm
Sun matinees 4pm
(No Monday performances)
Running Time: 90 minutes No interval
Tickets: £15 / £12 (Concessions)
(Concessions: Students, Seniors 60+, Equity,
Unemployed, Disabled.)
May 8 & 9 All Tickets £10
May 10 &11 Pay What You Can nights*
May 8 – 27
Blackeyed Theatre presents The World Premiere of
The Beekeeper
By Michael Ashton
Directed by Adrian McDougall Designed by Victoria Spearing
Winner of PULSE, Blackeyed Theatre’s new writing initiative.
December 1944. Monowicze, one of the labour camps at Auschwitz. Amidst the desperation and inhumanity of the Holocaust, an incredible power struggle develops between Kommandant Richard Baer and one of his prisoners, Manachem Stressler, a German Jew who survives by harvesting honey from the camp’s bee hives for his captors.
With Russian tanks advancing to liberate the camp, Baer’s growing despair pushes both men to their limits as they seek redemption and a return to their humanity. Based on real life events, The Beekeeper is the incredible story of two men, the nature of power and the strength of the human spirit.
Emerging playwright, Michael Ashton, learnt the art of scriptwriting courtesy of the Synergy Theatre Project whilst serving time in prison, and his previous play, The Archbishop and the Antichrist, is to be released as a film directed by Roland Joffé later this year.
Supported by South Hill Park and the National Lottery through Arts Council England
