Nobody Told Me opens to sold-out audience at Theatre on the Square
Hundreds of theatre lovers filled the seats with extra chairs along the walkways on the first day of the Nobody Told Me show at the theatre.
Theatre on the Square was buzzing with anticipation as the theatre goers filled the venue on the opening night of Nobody Told Me on January 29.
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Written during the Covid-19 pandemic, by Luc Albinski and directed by Ilina Perianova, the show was inspired by the life of Albinski’s grandmother and her decision to stay at the Warsaw Ghetto’s Czyste Hospital and by the childhood memories of her daughter, Wanda.
Albinski, who studied economics, finance and politics and wrote the script with no drama experience, said working on the script was challenging and time-consuming.
“I had studied economics, finance and politics. I hadn’t studied drama or literature, so it took me many, many versions of the play. I think I went to about 85 or 86 versions, and I had lots of good advice along the way.”
The show takes us through the life of Albinski’s grandmother, Dr Halina Rotstein, a Jewish doctor at the Warsaw Ghetto’s Czyste Hospital, and the childhood memories of her daughter, Wanda. Told through the eyes of Wanda and Albinski, the play moves between present-day conversation and the world of 1930s to 1940s Warsaw, where a group of young doctors known as Halina’s Talmidim navigate love, idealism, shattered loyalties, and impossible choices.
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“The play gives a lot of insight into the war years in Poland, what it was like on the Aryan side and on the ghetto side and how difficult it was to cross from one side to the other. It also gives you a close look at what it took to try and smuggle people out of the ghetto before they were deported to the death camp Treblinka.”
For Albinski, it came as a surprise to see a full house on the first day of the show.
“I was very nervous when I decided to bring the show to Theatre on the Square. My friends and I hoped to at least get 50 people. But to know that every single show has been sold out all the way through to February 7 is pretty amazing.”
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