More relevant than ever …
MYTH, PROPAGANDA &
DISASTER IN NAZI GERMANY
& CONTEMPORARY AMERICA
by Stephen Sewell
Presented by Tangent Productions, Stephen Sewell’s multi-award winning Myth, Propaganda & Disaster in Nazi Germany & Contemporary America will return to the SBW Stables Theatre for a limited season from January 13th.
Since this production originally played the Stables in November 2003, Myth, Propaganda & Disaster in Nazi Germany & Contemporary America has gone on to become possibly the most awarded play in Australian theatre history. It has recently been produced in London and will appear Off Broadway in 2005.
“In 03 we had turned away hundreds of people wishing to get a ticket – so when we saw an opportunity to return to the Stables, we grabbed it,” says director Christopher Hurrell. “Like Michael Moore, Stephen Sewell is a warrior, opening our eyes to the truth about the destruction of freedom going on in our name. Since the atrocities of Abu Grahib, the play’s perceptive and prophetic message is more timely than ever.”
Myth, Propaganda & Disaster in Nazi Germany & Contemporary America is about an Australian in US academia who finds himself dangerously at odds with the prevailing political temperature and is forced into a labyrinth of intrigue and threat. With compelling drive and theatrical daring, we are swept from cocktails at the Guggenheim to the brutal reality of Guantanamo Bay. Nicholas Eadie reprises his astonishing, towering portrayal of Talbot Finch, Sewell’s accidental hero; an academic dedicated to reason. But amongst the shouts of America Hurrah and Pax Americana, is he the last thinker of the enlightenment? When a mysterious figure insinuates into his life, can Talbot survive the new definition of ‘traitor’?
Sewell’s controversial and acclaimed response to the conservative backlash from September 11, is a thrilling work that continues to ask serious and disturbing questions about the truth behind Western political, economic and philosophical values. At the same time it plumbs the depths of self doubt and fear that haunt us all as we search for identity in an increasingly alienating society.
Also returning to this dynamic production are William Gluth, Mark Constable, Melanie Vallejo and Margot Fenley. They will be joined for the return season by two more greats of the Australian theatre; Tony Sheldon and Deborah Kennedy.
Tangent Productions present
Myth, Propaganda & Disaster in Nazi Germany & Contemporary America
By Steven Sewell
Previews 13 – 19 January
MEDIA OPENING on 21 January
Season through to 5 February
SBW Stables Theatre 10 Nimrod St Kings Cross
Tickets on Sale through MCA Ticketing 1300 306 776 OR online www.griffintheatre.com.au
or
1 hour prior at: SBW Stables Theatre Box Office
Full $30. Concession $25. Groups of 8 or more $22.00. Under 30 $20
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