How to Rule the World — Sydney Theatre Company

Overview

The pairing of politics and satire have always occupied a special place in theatre, but the addition of race, power, and an upcoming NSW election is what makes Nakkiah Lui's new play How to Rule the World so topical.

The 28-year-old playwright, who made a name for herself after the success of her breakthrough romantic comedy Black is the New White, is back with a satirical play destined for a few awkward yet telling seat-shifting moments. The two-and-a-half-hour work follows the political ventures of an Indigenous Australian (played by none other than Lui herself), an Asian, and an Islander as they devise to alter the Australian political climate through their calculated parliamentary 'in': a white male.

We recommend heading along on a Wednesday night when the Opera House does two-for-one tickets on selected shows. Otherwise, tickets will set you back around $99, or $60 for under 30s Monday to Thursday.

How to Rule the World will run at the Sydney Opera House until March 30 — after that it will, quite fittingly, move on to Canberra in April.

Image: Prudence Upton.