When Molière’s 16th century comedy Tartuffe first opened, it was damned – and banned – as an attack on religious hypocrisy, for its depiction of a man who claimed to speak with divine authority.
Now Kate Cherry directs a riotously irreverent version, adapted from the original French by Justin Fleming for a contemporary Queensland Theatre Company and Black Swan Theatre Company co-production. This Tartuffe poses as a spiritual advisor to wealthy families. He sells salvation to successful, soul-sick socialites and has most of them wrapped around his finger. But not everyone is under his spell.
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Heath Ledger Theatre
174-176 William St
Perth WA 6000
Date: from 22 October to 6 November 2016
Price: from $34
Website: Ticketek
Telephone: (08) 6212 9200
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