Tenet: A True Story ...
From: Tuesday, 1st May 2012
To: Saturday, 26 May 2012
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Synopsis
Tenet: A True Story About the Revolutionary Politics of Telling the Truth About Truth as Edited by Someone Who is Not Julian Assange in Any Literal Sense. The play imagines an encounter between the nineteenth century French mathematician and political activist Evariste Galois and the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Our Review:
Jo Caird - 3 May 2012
You can learn a lot about Greyscale's new show at the Gate from its subtitle. That's partly because it's extremely long. But it's also because A True Story About the Revolutionary Politics of Telling the Truth About Truth by Someone Who is Not Julian Assange in Any Literal Sense flags up the meta-theatricality and semiotic trickery that are central to the workings of the play. It doesn't tell you everything. It doesn't prepare you for the fact that you'll be given a cup of tea and a biscuit as you enter the theatre for instance – that's crucial too.
The true story in question is that of Evariste Galois, a French mathematician born at the start of the 19th century whose work was important in the development of various branches of abstract algebra. A troubled young man, Galois was killed in a duel at the age of 20, his contribution to mathematics remaining unrecognised until over a decade after his death.
The show's initial set up, in w...
Creative
Lorne Campbell (Author)
Sally Grierson (Author)
The Gate (Producer)
Greyscale Theatre (Company)
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