About Central (Story) Line
Central (Story) Line is a play that’s more relevant than ever, as we watch world events slowly taking the direction of something we’ve seen before. Here is our story: World War II is raging. England has opened its borders to safeguard unaccompanied refugee children. 10.000 young Holocaust survivors have been sent to safety by their parents on the Kindertransport. The year is 1940, the last Kindertransport to escape the German forces has arrived in England. Three anxious children await on the platform of Liverpool Street Station wondering what will happen next. Louise, Henry and Charlie are united by this historical event that changes and shapes their lives. Their friendship endures through political unrest, missing parents, heartbreak and ethnic segregation. When will the past stop haunting their present? Central (Story) Line spans 67 years of friendship as they move from Churchill through Thatcher into Blair and beyond…