Join us for our final week of performances of The Lifespan of a Fact (Mon 17 Oct – Sat 22 Oct), starring Gareth Davies, Sigrid Thornton, and Charles Wu.
Complimentary tickets are available via this linkhttps://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/whats-on/productions/2022/the-lifespan-of-a-fact?promo=FICTION
Sigrid Thornton plays the shrewd, sharp-tongued Emily Penrose, an editor at a prestigious magazine, who assigns what she thinks will be a simple task to Jim, a young intern. Jim, played by Charles Wu (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui), is thrilled to be given the once-in-a lifetime assignment: the chance to fact check a new essay by a writer he idolises, John D’Agata – played by Gareth Davies (Home, I’m Darling). But as Jim methodically begins his work, holding each detail up to the light, he discovers that separating fact from fiction is not such an easy job.
For fans of The Newsroom and The West Wing, The Lifespan of a Fact is a timely investigation of the old truism “never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” Directed by STC Associate Director Paige Rattray (Triple X, Death of a Salesman), this high-octane production questions how, in our age of fake news and big data, we’ll ever get to a world that’s post-post-truth.
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACTby Jeremy Kareken & David Murrelland Gordon FarrellDirected by Paige Rattray
At Roslyn Packer Theatre until 22 Oct