Brundibar Arts Festival – ‘What A Life!’ – HMD 2025

Activity information

Activity type: Public activity

Organisation name: Brundibar Arts Festival

Website: http://www.brundibarartsfestival.co.uk

Address:
Gosforth Civic Theatre
Regent Farm Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE3 3HD
United Kingdom

Artists
Director: Robert Hersey

Violin: Kyra Humphreys, Alexandra Raikhlina
Viola: Anna Barsegjana
Cello: Gabriel Waite
Clarinet: Dov Goldberg
Flute: Charlotte Ashton
Piano: Yoshie Kawamura

Tenor: Norbert Meyn
Baritone: Simon Wallfisch
Actors: Philip Harrison, Chris Connel

In May 1940, Nazi Germany launched a surprise attack on Belgium and the Netherlands. Faced with the threat of an invasion and in fear of sabotage, the British Government embarked on a policy of mass internment of German and Austrian nationals in the United Kingdom. Most of the prisoners were Jewish and other refugees who had escaped persecution by the Nazi regime and were ready to fight alongside the British. They were, nonetheless, interned for many months while the authorities dealt with each case individually. Most were held on the Isle of Man.

The composer Hans Gál (1890-1987) became a leading member of the arts committee at Central Camp in the capital, Douglas. After several successful classical music concerts, the

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