Eleanor Ramrath Garner’s best-selling memoir, detailing her youth as an American caught in WWII Berlin, adapted into an internationally award-winning performance by her granddaughter Ingrid Garner. 5-STARS “A rare intimacy, superb storytelling and a truly important story to tell.” – Adelaide Theatre Guide “BEST OF FEST” Edmonton Fringe 2015 SOLD OUT Winnipeg, Edmonton, & Adelaide Fringe 2015
Contains sexual violence.
Content Notes: This show discusses and describes disturbing war time events and death. There are references to suicide and sexual assault.
Extended Content Notes link
Please note that the transcript is not available for this show, however Eleanor’s memoir is available for purchase here.
Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required to attend all Ottawa Fringe Festival shows and events.
Powerful story. The dogs and twins will stay with me
Wow. Just, wow. The story – an American family relocated to Berlin on the cusp of World War II – is terrifyingly absorbing, and the performance – by grand-daughter Ingrid – is sublime. Aided by stark black and white photographs screened as backdrop, Garner inhabits her grandmother’s shoes as a coming of age teenager thrust into a horrific adventure. The pull and tug of the story, to which we all know the spoiler endings, is an achievement on a grand scale. Current events only add to the tension of an era we all thought long gone.
– hipCRANK
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