What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank is a new serious comedy by Nathan Englander, based on his acclaimed 2011 short story in The New Yorker, directed by Patrick Marber.

From the director of the Olivier and Tony Award-winning Leopoldstadt, and the producers of 2023’s The White Factory, What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank will open at the Marylebone Theatre 4 October to 23 November 2024, with a national press night on Monday 14 October.

WHAT  A serious new comedy.

WE Two Jewish couples; one secular, the other ultra-Orthodox.

TALK The argument none of them meant to have.

ABOUT Identity, Politics, Parenthood and Getting High.

WHEN Present day Florida.

WE A college dropout who claims to be a ‘Pastafarian’.

TALK Provocative, Hilarious, Painful, Honest.

ABOUT Gaza, Israel, the Holocaust, Nazis, Marriage, Sex.

ANNE A nice Jewish girl…

FRANK is not in this play.