Hitler's Daughter
This award winning show tells the story of Hitler's Daughter through the eyes of four Australian children Mark, Ben, Anna and Tracey. As the friends wait for the school bus one rainy morning Anna begins to tell the tale of Heidi, daughter of the most hated man in history. The play switches between 1940's Nazi Germany and contemporary Australia as one of the friends, Mark, becomes engrossed in Anna's story. Could Heidi have stopped the atrocities of genocide, war and hate her father raged on the world during World War II? Would he have acted differently in her place? Heidi's story leads him to question his own identity and the world around him. A multi award winning show, including the 2007 Helpmann Award (Australia's equivalent of the Tony Awards) for Best Children's Presentation.
Hitler's Daughter brings history to life and challenges young people to question the issues of war and genocide, both past and present. The original book by Jackie French won numerous literature awards worldwide, including a WOW! Award (UK National Literacy Association) and Book of the Year Award 2000 (Australia) as well as being named a 2003 Blue Ribbon book by the Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books (USA). The production tours with a panelled exhibition of holocaust images and testimonials from survivors developed by production partners The Jewish Museum of Sydney.
"Wonderful performances…moving and beautifully handled… it stayed with me for weeks" (Low Down Magazine)
"Emotive and gripping" (Australian Jewish News)
"Evocative and entertaining…deft and poignant… This is a production well worth seeing by young and not-so-young theatre goers alike" (Launceston Review)
Best for Grades 4th and up
Produced by Monkey Baa
of Sydney, Australia