Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore    13-15 June 2013

A 1986 play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing, who was a key player in the breaking of the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park during World War II and a pioneer of computer science. The play thematically links Turing’s cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.

Click here to view the Video insert that we made for this play.

Cast

Alan Turing: Ivan Phillips

Mick Ross: Graeme Bussey

Christopher Morcom: Jacob Powell

Young Alan Turing: Jordan Clark

Sara Turing: Sonia Weston

Ron Miller: Alex Robb

John Smith: Douglas Harding

Dillwyn Knox: Ian Mutton

Pat Green: Abigail Sage

Crew

Director: Cliff Francis

Stage Manager: John Baskerville

Assistant Stage Manager: Hannah Taylor and Ivor Davies

Prompt: Hazel Jacobs

Lighting: Robert Evans

Sound: Dave Rosbottom

Video of Scene 2 & Internet Trailer produced by Albert Clack

Properties: Margaret Bachini

Costumes: Pat Baskerville

Set Design: Cliff Francis

Set Construction: Sam Alexander, Colin Bladon, Stephen Charles, Graham Frost, David Smith, Amanda Thurman and Matti Keltanen

Programme: Nicole Ashbrook

Front of House: Jeremy Evans & The Players

Honorary President & Box Office Manager: Roy Evans