World Premiere for Ron Elisha's 'Wikiplay'

World Premiere for Ron Elisha's 'Wikiplay'

“If we can only live once, then let it be a daring adventure that draws on all our powers.”-  Julian Assange

Wayne Harrison’s Cheep presents the World Premiere of Ron Elisha's 'Wikiplay' Stainless Steel Rat from 28.

In this daring new play, simple questions are asked - Who is Julian Assange? A “bogan with a modem”? Or “the most consequential revolutionary Australian of our time”? How is it possible that a self-educated “hactivist” from the outskirts of Melbourne, who never finished high school, could change the world and initiate a global chess game in which Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev and even our own Julia Gillard are not just key players, but pieces on the board itself?

This ‘wikiplay’, an exposé on the secrecy of government being destroyed by new concepts of technology, derives inspiration from the words of Assange himself: “Change the world… through passion, inspiration and trickery!”

Director Wayne Harrison and Ron Elisha, author of the award-winning plays In Duty BoundTwoEinstein and Pax Americana, bring us the World Premiere of Stainless Steel Rat at Sydney’s Seymour Centre from 28 June.

stainlesssteelrat.com.au

Director Wayne Harrison
Set Designer Brian Thomson
Costume Designer Rita Carmody
Lighting Designer Martin Kinnane

Cast includes Valerie Bader, Caroline Craig, David Downer, Glenn Hazeldine, Marshall Napier, Peter Phelps, Katrina Retallick, Russell Smith and Darren Weller

York Theatre, Seymour Centre

Season: 30 June - 17 July (Previews 28, 29 June)

Bookings: 02 9351 7940 or seymourcentre.com.au or Ticketmaster 1300 723 038 or ticketmaster.com.au

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