Merlyn theatre, the Malthouse
Five actors play the WikiLeaks founder – but instead of exploring different, contradictory parts of his character, they form a united chorus of complaint
The playwright Patricia Cornelius and the director Susie Dee have been in a collaborative creative partnership for decades, producing some of the most searing and politically provocative works of theatre Australia has seen.
You might think a new play about Julian Assange and the vagaries of global geopolitics would inspire them to new heights. But, while there are flashes of brilliance throughout, Truth fails as an act of agitprop and is hard going – and faintly dispiriting – as an act of drama.
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