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"Breaking the Code", Theatre production of Hugh Whitemore's play in Paderborn, Hamburg, Braunschweig, Amsterdam, and Almere

University Players on tour
Hugh Whitemore's play "Breaking the Code"
http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/BreakingTheCode/

14 September 2012: Paderborn, Germany
16 September 2012: Hamburg, Germany
19 September 2012: Braunschweig, Germany
4 October 2012: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5 October 2012: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1 November 2012: Almere, The Netherlands

Breaking the Code is a 1986 play by Hugh Whitemore about the British 
mathematician Alan Turing whose 100th birthday is being celebrated all 
over the world during the year 2012 as the Alan Turing Year. Turing, one 
of the foundational thinkers behind the modern theory of computation, was 
also a key player in breaking of the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park 
during World War II. The play thematically links Turing's cryptographic 
activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.

The University Players at the Universitt Hamburg take their motto of 
"teaching theatre" very seriously. Under the guidance of experienced 
actors and directors, new members of the University Players gather 
practical experience in all areas of the theatre (production, publicity, 
programs, directing, acting, lighting, sound, costuming, stage design, 
make-up, etc.). The workshop atmosphere of the University Players has won 
the group national recognition as a remarkable and unique enterprise.

The University Players will perform Breaking the Code as part of the Alan 
Turing Year celebrations in Paderborn, Braunschweig, Amsterdam, Hamburg, 
and Almere.

We acknowledge the kind financial support of our sponsors that made this 
production possible: the Heinz Nixdorf Stiftung, the Deutsche Vereinigung 
fr Mathematische Logik und fr Grundlagenforschung der exakten 
Wissenschaften, and the Universitt Hamburg.