Albert Einstein. Undeniable genius. Was he a good man? Do you care? Do you need to be a good man to be a great man? Intelligent script with wit and warmth: Relativity by Mark St Germain is without doubt a great night in the theatre.
These days Albert Einstein is as famous for his quotable quotes and his flagrant disregard for combs as he is for his outstanding contribution to physics. But what do we actually know of the man under the white hair? Does the private life of such a publicly acknowledged genius matter? Relativity by Mark St Germain asks the question: to be a great man, does one first need to be a good man?
Joining the Dots Theatre Co is bringing their hugely popular 2022 production to the Lennox Theatre at Riverside in May 2023. Johann Walraven will again direct Nicholas Papademetriou (as Einstein), Nisrine Amine (as Margaret the journalist) and Alison Chambers (as Einstein’s secretary/housekeeper).
St Germain is known for plays that place historical figures into imagined circumstances (such as Freud’s Last Session). The truth is that in 1902 Albert and Mileva Einstein had a daughter but after 1904, the child was never seen or spoken of again. The play opens in 1942 with a journalist coming to interview Einstein but is she more interested in the public theories or the very private man? Relativity has St Germain’s winning trademark combination of intelligence, wit and heart.
"Well crafted drama"
"Brilliant, Funny, Smart... Sydney make sure you see this"
Albert Einstein Nicholas Papademetriou
Margaret Nisrine Amine
Helen Duka Alison Chambers
Playwright Mark St. Germain
Director Johann Walraven
Stage Manager Jaime Petersen
Sound Designer Glenn Braithwaite
Lighting Designer Mehran Mortezaei
Set Designer Kaitlyn Symons
Photography Iain Cox
In English
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Assistive Hearing system available (FM)
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