The Table of Knowledge

Production Year:  2011 - 2012

The play is often wildly funny, so improbable is the mire of greed and lechery, and yet every laugh is another nail in the coffin of the council’s probity ... This is vital, engaging theatre that serves an invaluable function in helping to purge the canker.

John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald.

 

About

A Merrigong Theatre Company and version 1.0 co-production

In February 2008, the Independent Commission Against Corruption began investigating allegations of corruption involving local developers and former staff of Wollongong Council, an investigation termed ‘Operation Atlas’. The resultant scandal had reverberations far beyond expectations, suggesting entanglements with members of the NSW State Government, and culminating with the sacking of the entire Council. The ICAC investigation exposed sexual obsessions, envelopes full of cash, and a secret cabal of powerful men that met regularly around a plastic table outside a local kebab shop, described by them as the "table of knowledge". version 1.0 turns its forensic theatrical vision onto the Inquiry transcripts and the media reportage of this scandal, to produce an entertaining and informative interrogation of power, corruption and good governance in contemporary Australia.

Performance History

13 - 24 March, 2012
Bay 20, Carriageworks
245 Wilson St Eveleigh

10 - 14 April, 2012
Gordon Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre
32 Burelli St, Wollongong

30 August - 20 September, 2011
Gordon Theatre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC)
32 Burelli St, Wollongong

 

Production Credits

Devised by: Sean Bacon, Alan Flower, Arky Michael, Jane Phegan, Yana Taylor, Kym Vercoe, and David Williams
Performers: Arky Michael, Jane Phegan, Yana Taylor, Kym Vercoe, and David Williams
Video Designer: Sean Bacon
Sound Designer: Gail Priest
Original Lighting Design: Frank Mainoo
Production Photography: Heidrun Lohr
Props Construction: Erth Visual and Physical Inc

The Table of Knowledge is co-commissioned by Merrigong Theatre Company and version 1.0 inc. version 1.0 inc. is supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the NSW government through Arts NSW. This project is also assisted by the Department of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney.

 

Press/Media Kit

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