I am a Camera

I am a camera, with its shutter half open, quite passive.LemonLime Productions is proud to present I Am A Camera, playing at the Keble O'Reilly in Michaelmas, Week 3.Adapted from Christopher Isherwood's novel Goodbye to Berlin, I Am A Camera by John Van Druten focuses primarily on the relationship between a fictionalised Isherwood and the enigmatic Sally Bowles against the backdrop of 1930s Berlin. Christopher, a struggling writer and teacher of English, is both captivated by and apathetic towards Sally, and plays the role of observer as his tawdry rooming house is subject to the comings and goings of a series of fascinating characters, whose lives are shaped in varying ways by the burgeoning Nazism taking over their country.I Am A Camera served as the source material for the acclaimed musical Cabaret and has been a beloved classic since its inception.Content Advisories:
Contains heavy themes including anti-Semitism, extremism and abortion.