15th, 16th, 17th October 2015 – Phoenix Players present “Breaking the Code” by Hugh Whitemore
The play tells the story of Alan Turing, a brilliant mathematician and founder of computer science. He was a key player in the breaking of the German Enigma code at Bletchley Park which helped win World War II. Meanwhile, he also “broke the code” by being unapologetically homosexual at a time when homosexuality was illegal in Great Britain. It was on Churchill’s specific instructions that Turing was given all the resources he required – and his personal behavior tolerated. However, the system eventually catches up with Alan.
