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Truth to Power Café

June 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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June 10
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7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/truth-to-power-cafe/

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Venue

Theatre Works
14 Acland Street, St Kilda
Melbourne, VIC 3181 Australia
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“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
“This, truly, is theatre to terrify the bigoted tyrannies of Donald Trump.” – ★★★★★ The Gay UK

From Adelaide to Zagreb and now at Theatre Works for its Melbourne premiere as part of Midsumma, 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, written and performed by Jeremy Goldstein with Henry Woolf, Directed by Jen Heyes