Truth to Power Café

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Image: by Kate Holmes

"Revolutionary theatre at its best and most direct" - The Guardian

A priceless repository of living social history, wit, wisdom and defiance.”★★★★★ - Attitude Magazine, UK

A stunning work of theatrical activism.”★★★★★ - The Queer Review, New York

From Adelaide to Zagreb and now at Theatre Works for its Melbourne premiere, Jeremy Goldstein’s Truth to Power Café is a profound theatrical reflection on loss, hope, and resistance.

This award-winning international performance event is told through memoir, image, film, poetry, music, and compassionate truth-telling in response to the question: ‘who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?’

Personal, professional, political - speaking truth to power is a non-violent means of conflict resolution, the origins of which lie in the anti-war movement. Is it to your parents, a sibling, politician, lover, landlord, neighbour, banker, boss, or simply your best friend? It’s time to tell them the truth before it’s too late.

Truth to Power Café is inspired by the political and philosophical beliefs of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter and his inner Jewish circle “The Hackney Gang”, who included Jeremy’s late father, Mick Goldstein, and poet/actor Henry Woolf.

Created by Jeremy Goldstein with Henry Woolf

Directed by Jen Heyes

Please note: Since time of printing guide, dates have been amended to 4-6 February.



OPEN CALL/EOI FOR PARTICIPANTS: We’re seeking 24 people of all ages, experiences and backgrounds for this special Midsumma edition. To take part, send us 100 words in response to the question ‘who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?’ by Friday 10 January 2025.

All submissions to: truthtopower.co.uk/signupnow
Participants are remunerated.
Terms and conditions apply.

"A truly global show that knows no borders."
— Time Out

Images by Cassandra Hannagan

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Truth to Power Café is a London Artists Projects production developed with theatre director Jen Heyes and the Harold Pinter Archive at the British Library, London; Soho Theatre, London; Theatre in the Mill, Bradford; Cast, Doncaster; Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games; and Leeuwarden-Friesland European Capital of Culture in The Netherlands.

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Accessibility

Auslan Interpreted
Audio Described
Wheelchair Access
Open Captioned
Vision Rating less than 50%

Dates & Times

WHEN 4-6 Feb | Tue-Thu 7pm
AUSLAN Date TBC
DURATION 1hr

Tickets

FULL $35.00
CONC $30.00
COMPANION FREE - please email [email protected] to arrange

Location

Theatre Works

14 Acland Street, St Kilda

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Tram

3a, 16, 96 to stop 136 (Alfred Square/The Esplanade) | tram 12 to stop 143 (Fitzroy St/Park St)

Event notes

INFO

Melbourne Premiere

WARNINGS

Strobe lights, Smoke/haze, Mature themes

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