Primo Levi, one of the 20th Century’s preeminent thinkers, struggles to write one last story in his search for some final meaning, some sense that his life has contributed to tikkun olam, the bettering of the world.

To have hope, you must believe that a better world is possible. In moral grey zones, times and places of extremity where decisions relate to survival, people with hope are exceedingly rare. As a Holocaust survivor and someone who dedicated his life to bearing witness to what happened, this play celebrates Levi’s legacy of hope, of seeking understanding where it would be so easy to find condemnation and hatred.

The Grey Zone is a one-man adaption of Drowned or Saved?  Music (some of which was written in the camps) is a fundamental part of this new production, performed live by Chris Brody.
 

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We were delighted to premier as part of the Tsitsit festival, a fantastic home for Jewish theatre.