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29 MAY – 29 JUNE 2024
SYDNEY PREMIERE
“I want to tell you a story. And it’s true. That’s what makes it a good fucking story, right, ‘cause all the best stories are true.”
They called him ‘The Dirty Digger’. In 1969, freshly-landed in London’s Fleet Street, bursting with ambition and an Aussie’s desire to shaft the British establishment, he took ownership of a flagging daily newspaper and turned it into a media phenomenon.
His name was Rupert Murdoch. The paper was The Sun. Together with its maverick editor, Larry Lamb, he was on a mission to give the people what they want – which turned out to be screaming headlines, celebrity gossip and Page Three girls!
Award-winning writer James Graham (Dear England – 2024 Olivier Award Best Play; and tv including Sherwood and Quiz) reveals the inner workings of the tabloid press, as the upstart rag and its staff of underdog reporters engage in a circulation war of attrition with the best-selling newspaper in the world, The Mirror.
It’s a fast and furious, blisteringly funny exposé of how two men changed print media forever.
“A gripping piece of theatre” The Guardian
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Great play. Very insightful.
Great play Murdoch comes across as a forward thinker.
Unbelievable talent
acting and a long take dialogues that demanded their staminas and strong memories.
Even my “non theatre going” partner enjoyed this
A complex play with a cast of 17 actors, may of whom played multiple parts. Informative about the evolution of newspapers in the UK after the entrance of Rupert Murdoch into the scene. Particularly impressive performances by the man who played Larry Lamb and the man who played McKay.
This was great - I learned a lot. There was a mixup re ticketing though and all the people with tix through this site had dramas