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Sofia Brünn is the brightest star of the Berlin Weimar cabaret. Her world shatters when she is arrested and deported to Theresienstadt, a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.
Forced to work in the camp kitchen, Sofia slowly loses her will to live—until she forms an unexpected bond with Pavel, a rat, who rekindles Sofia’s spirit and gives her a reason to fight.
The Last Rat of Theresienstadt is a multimedia dark comedy with music, featuring two puppeteers and one actor.
The production incorporates original artwork and poetry created by prisoners in secret during their imprisonment. New music has also been composed for songs that were originally performed in the camp, but whose scores were lost.
Multiple styles of traditional puppetry, including shadow puppetry and bunraku-inspired performance bring a variety of rich characters and settings to life.