Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Here There Are Blueberries review – devastating anatomy of the truth behind Nazi snapshots

Geraldine Alexander in Here There Are Blueberries at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Ordinary enormity … Geraldine Alexander in Here There Are Blueberries at Theatre Royal Stratford East. Photograph: Mark Senior

This play is based around a single photo album sent to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007. Inside were images from Auschwitz, not of the mostly Jewish prisoners but people working in the concentration camp, from top brass to those much further down the chain.

They are seen smiling, resting and putting up Christmas decorations. Whose album was this, who are the people in the photos and how can we ever fully know what led them here? In trying to reach its answers, this Pulitzer prize finalist, conceived by Moisés Kaufman, plays out like a profound, innovative and unique documentary detective drama.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.