The
Tony Award-winning play that soars
at the intersection of science and art,
Copenhagen
is an explosive re-imagining of the mysterious wartime meeting between two Nobel
laureates to discuss the atomic bomb. In 1941 the German physicist Werner
Heisenberg made a strange trip to
Copenhagen
to see his Danish counterpart, Neils Bohr.
They were old friends and close colleagues, and they had revolutionised
atomic physics in the 1920s with their work together on Quantum mechanics and
the uncertainty principle. But now
the world had changed, and the two men were on opposite sides in a world war.
The meeting was fraught with danger and embarrassment; it ended in
disaster.
Why
Heisenberg went to
Copenhagen
and what he wanted to say to Bohr are questions that have exercised historians
ever since. In Michael Frayn’s
play, an ambitious,
fiercely intelligent, and
daring dramatic sensation,
Heisenberg meets Bohr and his wife, Margrethe, once again to look for the
answers to work out – just as they had worked out the internal function of the
atom – how we can ever know why we do what we do.
A quantum drama of sorts,
Copenhagen
has been hailed as a masterpiece by
audiences and critics alike. (From
the Anchor Books Summary)
Theatre Kingston
is proud to bring this critically-acclaimed play to the
Kingston
region for the first time. In this unique production, the worlds of science and
art collide - literally.
Copenhagen
is being presented at the unique new
Integrated Learning Centre, in Beamish Munro Hall.
The Centre is part of a new initiative by Queen’s Faculty of Applied
science to help change the face of Engineering education.
Copenhagen
is directed Caroline Baillie, PhD, the
Dupont Chair of Engineering at Queen’s and international theatre professional
with Critical Stage.
Featuring Mo Bock, Matthew Gibson and
Heather Bonham - some of
Kingston’s
finest veteran professional actors, this production will be a unique and
powerful event.
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