A Hoax

20 Jul-01 Sep ,

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First published on 2 Sep 2011. Updated on 6 Sep 2011.

Inspired by the recent spate of fabricated ‘misery memoirs’, the 2011 Griffin Award-winning play A Hoax is a vicious satire on the politics of identity, modern celebrity and the peddling of abuse culture. With its wickedly irreverent humour, A Hoax will make you gasp with delight and despair in the same breath.

It’s exceptionally rare that a Griffin Award-winning play hits the stage immediately – but, according to artistic director Sam Strong, A Hoax “demanded to be programmed”.

Playwright Rick Viede (a two-time Griffin Award winner in fact) has “one of the naughtiest and most devilish turns of phrase going around,” says Strong. “A Hoax is wickedly hilarious and delightfully dirty, but it also a very serious interrogation of the exploitation of abuse stories. It’s a play that’s very provocative in its content and asks searching questions about identity and the demands of celebrity.”

Strong is loathe to call it an ‘important’ play. "It certainly isn’t earnest or precious," says Strong, "but it does tackle identity politics in a way that is completely fresh and unique.”

Griffin's next 2012 Main Season production: Between Two Waves

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Words by Darryn King and Laura Parker (interview); Photography by Katie Kaars