Tartuffe — Queensland Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company

Overview

Back in the 17th century, writing a play about religious hypocrisy was more than a little frowned upon. When Molière did just that with Tartuffe, the Archbishop of Paris actually issued an edict threatening excommunication for anyone who watched, performed in or read the play. There's getting a reaction, and then there's that

Why? Well, that's a question Queensland Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company's new production just might answer while it plays at the QPAC Playhouse from November 12 to December 4.  And even if it doesn't, it is going to have amusing fun trying.

In a new version of the French playwright's classic work by Jason Fleming, Tartuffe tells a tale about a con man, a wealthy mark and a scheme promising salvation put designed to pilfer a fortune. Oh, and the fake spiritual advisor has designs of his potential victim's wife and daughter, too. Yep, farcical controversy abounds.