2022 - T01347504414Finding voice is of particular importance to 'Truth to Power Cafe' creator Jeremy Goldstein, whose personal experience start every performance. Goldstein's struggle with the power of his father, HIV and drug use is his own answer, sharing memoir, poetry, image music and performance to tell the story of his complicated past and the resolve in the years following his father's death. His passion in the belief that people need a space to speak their own truths to those who have power over them inspired him to not only create 'Truth to Power Cafe' but a whole new genre of theatre. Jeremy Goldstein said: "The show is inspired by the political and philosophical beliefs of Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter and his Hackney Gang. The Gang included my late father Mick Goldstein and sole surviving member Henry Woolf, who at 91 has written poetry for the play. I co-created the show, directed by leading British working-class theatre director Jen Heyes. For 60 years the Gang held firm in their belief of an independent media and in speaking truth to power. They remained firmly on the side of the occupied, and the disempowered, and their allies. It is these people we normally invite to appear in the show, and respond to the question: ‘Who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?; Ultimately, the show has become a love letter to the memory of my father Mick, and his friends of 60 years, Henry Woolf and Harold Pinter."Author Jeremy Goldstein. Author Henry Woolf. Performer Jeremy Goldstein. Performer Henry Woolf. Director Jen Heyes. Other Ed Hall (banners). Lighting Nigel Edwards. | |
| 27 Mar 22 | Stanley Arts (formerly Stanley Halls), Outer London :: V330 listing details L0783287711 |
| 19 Mar 22 | Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield :: V972 listing details L1373093856 |
| 24 Feb 22 to 25 Feb 22 | Civic Theatre, Rotherham :: V961 listing details L1156454405 |
2019 - T01319722618Speaking truth to power is a non-violent means of conflict resolution. In a show mixing memoir, image, poetry and music, up to 20 Mancunians respond to the question ?who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?' before a live audience. Is it to your parents, a sibling, politician, lover, landlord, religious leader, boss, banker or simply your best friend? It's time to tell them the truth before it's too late. | |
| 26 Apr 19 to 27 Apr 19 | Royal Exchange, Manchester :: V491 listing details L2004047801 |
2017 - T0388150239The Albany presents Truth to Power Cafe 2017 as part of its unique six-month journey into the heart of East and South East London, celebrating it as a site of free speech, activism and political dissidence. Join us each night as six local, brave and honest participants have five minutes to explore power and responsibility in their daily lives by responding to the question: 'Who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?'. | |
| 28 Feb 17 to 2 Mar 17 | The Albany, Outer London :: V294 listing details L1680186747 |
