TRUTH

BY PATRICIA CORNELIUS
DIRECTED BY SUSIE DEE 

It is never about truth. It is always about power. 

13 Feb - 8 Mar

Merlyn Theatre

World Premiere

13 Feb - 8 Mar

$50–$90

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Melbourne, 1980s. A group of misfit teenagers break into forbidden fortresses.

The Pentagon. Stanford. NASA. There is no theft. No profits. No harm. They just want to look around. But when you’re storming castles, not everyone gets out unscathed.  

Australia’s most awarded playwright, Patricia Cornelius (Who’s Afraid of the Working Class?, Do Not Go Gentle), returns with a zeitgeist-defining investigation into the price the powerful will pay to control the truth and why the children once forced to live with lies become their greatest adversaries. The ones who wanted to change the world.

This is the story of Julian Assange. Edward Snowden. Chelsea Manning. It is a story about the costs of not staying silent.

Come experience a master playwright’s undertaking of a complicated truth. 

WRITER

PATRICIA CORNELIUS

DIRECTOR

SUSIE DEE

ENSEMBLE

EMILY HAVEA

ENSEMBLE

TOMÁŠ KANTOR

ENSEMBLE

JAMES O'CONNELL

ENSEMBLE

EVA REES

ENSEMBLE

EVA SEYMOUR

SET & COSTUME DESIGNER

MATILDA WOODROOFE

Lighting Designer

Paul Jackson

COMPOSER & SOUND DESIGNER

KELLY RYALL

VIDEO DESIGNER

MERI BLAZEVSKI

VIDEO ASSOCIATE

JUSTIN GARDAM

INTIMACY COORDINATOR

BAYLEY TURNER

STAGE MANAGER

ASHLEIGH WALWYN

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

ROSEMARY OSMOND

EVENT & TICKETING DETAILS

PERFORMANCE TIMES

Previews

7.30pm, Thu 13 Feb
7.30pm, Fri 14 Feb
7.30pm, Sat 15 Feb
6.30pm, Mon 17 Feb

In Season

6.30pm, Mon
7.30pm, Tue – Sat
2.00pm, Sat

Time To Talk

7.30pm, Tue 25 Feb

DURATION

This production is currently under development and duration will be confirmed closer to the performance.

LOCATION

Merlyn Theatre

Malthouse, 113 Sturt St, Southbank 3006

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CONTENT NOTES

This production is currently under development and content information will be confirmed closer to the performance. It is common for our productions to contain adult themes, coarse language, smoke effects, haze, loud sounds and flashing lights.

If you would like to speak with us about specific content, please contact box office on (03) 9685 5111 or email boxoffice@malthousetheatre.com.au.

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Image credit: Shaun Gladwell A spangled symbolist portrait of Julian Assange floating in reflection, 2024 © Shaun Gladwell. Courtesy of the Artist & PALAS, Sydney.