Do Not Forget Me
A family story of deportation, survival and the persistence of memory, shaped through ensemble performance, transformation and restraint.
The story
on stage.
Beginning in eastern Poland in 1935, Do Not Forget Me follows one family through Soviet invasion, dispossession and forced labour in Kazakhstan. The story moves from home to camp and forest, asking what family, identity and memory can survive when a whole world is taken away.
The play is rooted in the 1940 deportations and was dedicated to their victims and families, including Masewicz’s birth mother, Iza, and grandmother, Jadwiga. It was the first production of the second play in A Polish Trilogy.
- Written and directed by
- Danny Masewicz
- First produced
- The Bear Pit Theatre · July 2024
- In collaboration with
- Copernicana CIC
- Production
- Malgosia Librowska
- Lighting and sound
- Richard Ball
- Costumes
- Jacquie Campbell and Rebekah Artner
What
they said.
“This is a remarkably good play, beautifully done.”
Peter Buckroyd · Stratford Herald
“It is a very clever and theatrical stroke to present the fate of Poles through one family.”
Peter Buckroyd · Stratford Herald
“Danny Masewicz gives outstanding performances.”
Peter Buckroyd · Stratford Herald
“The most outstanding production of the year was Danny Masewicz’s Do Not Forget Me.”
Theatre Highlights 2024
“The best new play award would go to Danny Masewicz.”
Theatre Highlights 2024
The work
in pictures.
