PRODUCTION INFORMATION

In a world that has become increasingly ‘post-truth’, Obie Award winning playwright, Christopher Chen, weaves an intricate exploration of art, social justice, and cultural appropriation with his ‘puzzle box of a play’, Caught.  

“Why did they lie? Because a lie is a new home. A place of return after long and lonely journeys in the dark.”

An art gallery hosts a retrospective of a legendary Chinese dissident who has been imprisoned in a state detention centre for two years.The artist, recently profiled in the New Yorker, shares details of a terrifying ordeal that almost defies belief. 

Caught is an irreverent and exhilarating examination of power and our relationship to the truth. The Australian premiere at Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre is directed by acclaimed theatre-maker, Jean Tong (Hungry Ghosts) and features Jing-Xuan Chan (Incognito), Jessica Clarke (Iphigenia in Splott), Louis Le (God in the Sky) and David Whiteley (Ulster American).

Set and costume design by Silvia Shao, lighting design by Lisa Mibus, sound design by Edwin Cheah, and composition by James Gales. 

"An intricately constructed, unrelentingly destabilising puzzle of a play about the anatomy of truth and the provocative power of illusion!”

- NY Times -

CAST & CREATIVES

Writer Christopher Chen
Director Jean Tong
Set & Costume Design Silvia Shao
Lighting Design Lisa Mibus
Sound Design Edwin Cheah
Composer James Gales
Dialect Design & Coach Yuanlei (Nikki) Zhao
Stage Manager Natasha Marich
Assistant Stage Manager Douglas Hassack
Dramaturg Kevin Hojerslev
Assistant Set/Costume Design Sam Diamond

Cast
Jing-Xuan Chan
Jessica Clarke
Louis Le
David Whiteley

DATES & TICKETS

Previews 16 - 19 Aug | Season 20 Aug - 11 Sep 

Wed - Sat 8pm
Sun 6.30pm
Sat Matinee 2pm

Tue 16 Aug – Fri 19 Aug $25
Sun 21 Aug – Sun 11 Sep $15 - $57

“Director Jean Tong wrestles the spiky intelligence of the script into a sharply realised philosophical comedy…”
- The Age -

“With scintillating wit and disconcerting powers of argument, it’s an urgent, intellectually stimulating work that never loses the power to surprise.”
- The Age -

“Caught is theatre commenting on itself, on art, on politics, on truth, on reality.”
- Kate Herbert -

“The performances, directed by Jean Tong, are delightfully playful…”
- Kate Herbert -

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
85 minutes without interval.

CONTENT WARNING
Smoke Effects; (very infrequent) use of coarse language.

Please contact the Box Office if you have specific concerns.

Promotional photo by Robert Blackburn & Work Art Life Studios.

Production photos by Jodie Hutchinson.