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A musical set in the homosexual isolation barracks of the former concentration camp Sachsenhausen, as well as its genesis and its historical roots during Nazi dictatorship. With a story by JamieBradley?, and music by GarryWilliams, KAMP was workshopped for almost a decade, and ran to sold-out houses at the Neptune Scotiabank Theatre in 2018.
As the title suggests, the upbeat score is an hommage to camp, telling a story of resistance, community, and queer identity in the face of persecution, forced labour, torture, and extermination through labour.
TheCoast's Michael Lake's review, May 4, 2017: Halifax artists Garry Williams and Jamie Bradley have undertaken a very ambitious project with KAMP. It is an original full-length musical about gay men in a Nazi concentration camp who, despite imminent danger, or in some ways perhaps because of it, create a musical revue in their barrack. It is rich terrain for a story of suffering and despair, but in this creative duo’s hands, particularly Williams’ music and lyrics, it is also story of resilience told with humour and grace. Three public work-in-progress presentations were held as a part of the Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts, and two more concert readings will be held before the end of the month, hosted by Eastern Front Theatre’s Stages Festival. KAMP is a vital work of art that has gained tragic relevance in light of the current imprisonment and torture of gay men in Chechnya. See this show before the word spreads and it's selling out on Broadway. It's that good.1