Truth to Power Information Session
Wed 19 Mar 2025 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM AEDT
Online, Zoom
Description
THE OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS FOR TRUTH TO POWER CAFÉ IS NOW OPEN, JOIN US FOR A FREE ONLINE INFO SESSION IN MARCH.
Sign up for the online info session on Wednesday 19 March 6-7pm and a Zoom meeting link will be sent to your email address on Tuesday 18 March.
HOW TO TAKE PART:
We’re seeking 8 people of all ages, experiences and backgrounds for this special Tuggeranong edition of Truth to Power Cafe. To take part, send 100 words 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. In our era of fake-news, alternative fact and post-truth, speaking truth to power is now widely accepted to mean saying something to those in authority, or position of trust who don’t want to hear it. Is it to your parents, a sibling, politician, landlord, neighbour, boss, banker or simply your best friend? It’s time to tell them the truth before it’s too late.
• We welcome participants of all ages, experiences and backgrounds with true and authentic stories to tell in response to the question.
• Selected submissions will be developed into short monologues of up to 500 words and presented by the participants in their own voice.
• Participants can elect to memorise their monologue or read it from the page or their phone as part of the performance event.
• Participants are remunerated for taking part. Subject to agreement in advance of each event, we can cover some expenses.
• For more info write to jeremy@londonartistsprojects.co.uk
Truth to Power Cafe is inspired by the political and philosophical beliefs of Nobel-prize winning playwright Harold Pinter and his inner circle The Hackney Gang. For sixty years The Hackney Gang maintained their belief in speaking truth to power and remained firmly on the side of the occupied and the disempowered and their allies. The Hackney Gang included Café creator’s Jeremy Goldstein’s late father Mick Goldstein, and poet and actor Henry Woolf with whom the show was co-created.
Participants are remunerated.
Terms and conditions apply.