Support & Events
On Monday 4th October, One to One Children’s
Fund was delighted to host a charity evening at theTricycleTheatre in
North West London.
The evening centred round Broken Glass - one of Arthur Miller’s less
well known plays about the traumatic effect of Kristallnacht on a New
York Jewish housewife and its impact on her repressed husband, who is
terrified that he is somehow to blame for her illness, and precipitates
a betrayal of a lifetime spent repressing his Jewishness to try to succeed
in a Gentile world.
We chose this production because
lead actor Sir Antony Sher is a One to One Children’s Fund supporter;
in fact he and our very own David Altschuler were at school together
in South Africa.
The evening began with a drinks reception, where guests were able to
learn more about One to One’s work from staff and a team of enthusiastic
volunteers, who also did a great job at selling raffle tickets.
The performance was intense but thrilling, and wonderfully acted by
Sher and a strong supporting cast, who gripped the audience throughout.
Post show, the sell-out house was treated to a fascinating Q&A
with polymath Sher (he writes, directs, acts, paints) who gave us a
fascinating insight into his life. He revealed to Bridget Galton (Ham & High
theatre critic) that growing up in South Africa he had been completely
unaware of some of the atrocities that were going on, and that it was
only when he came to the UK that he understood the full consequences
of the apartheid regime, which shocked and affected him profoundly.
He also revealed that his most challenging role had been Primo Levi
(a play he also wrote), while that playing Christopher Robin in Winnie
the Pooh had been fun!
We would like to thank all of you who attended the event, which raised
in excess of £3,000 in ticket and raffle sales.
Ginny Greenwood,
One to One Children’s Fund
“Children are surviving instead of dying. Mothers will now be able to make plans for school and grandmothers can start knitting bigger jerseys.”
Dr Paul Roux