The Escape Act – A Holocaust Memoir

The Lowry Pier 8, The Quays, Salford, United Kingdom

A one-woman theatre show incorporating circus and puppetry, it is the true story of Irene, a Jewish acrobat who survived the Holocaust hiding and performing at a German circus. The show switches between past and present, intersecting Irene's life with the performer's experiences growing up a grandchild to Holocaust survivors.