The Door Behind the Bookcase

Set in Amsterdam in 1940, the play takes place in the office of Otto Frank, the director of the German company Opekta. His young newly married secretary is Miep Gies. When the Netherlands are invaded, Otto and his family have left it too late to leave. With the help of Miep and other employees, a plan is put together to keep them in hiding until the allies break through. It is Miep, with the help of her husband Jan, who must carry out this daring plan. But A German official is anxious to find out where the Franks have gone, and it is Miep who must hold everything together in this moving story of bravery and courage.
Interspersed with video, this play recounts the well known wartime story from a different angle, highlighting the valour, guts and daring of a past generation who refused to let freedom die.