Ensemble Theatre

QED

'Parnell's script is clever, cohesive and entertaining. ... absolutely superb.'
AUSSIETHEATRE.COM

'If only my science lessons had been this much fun... a mix of entertaining and revealing science lessons and insightful anecdotes...'
MEDIA-CULTURE.ORG.AU

‘QED is a seductive mix of science, human affections, moral courage and comic eccentricity. An evening not to be missed.’
NEW YORK MAGAZINE

‘The play is about thinking itself, about the pleasures and even the solace of using your mind in a dark time.’
THE NEW YORK TIMES

‘Feynman was an iconoclast and a free thinker, at the mercy of a constantly curious, questing mind.’
NY THEATRE

‘Who knew that quantum electrodynamics could be so much fun?’
THE NEW YORK POST

From 8 May 2008
Cast Ivy Mak, Henri Szeps
Director Andrew Doyle Designer Brian Nickless Lighting Designer Martin Kinnane

Richard Feynman (Henri Szeps) plays the bongos, performs in amateur dramatics, frequents topless bars and wins Nobel Prizes. In fact, Feynman is one of the twentieth century’s great physicists and seems to have everything going for him. As any good scientist knows, however, nothing is ever quite as it seems.
Set in Feynman’s ramshackle office on a Saturday afternoon in 1986 as he prepares for a lecture. He fields unending phone calls, deals with some visiting Russians and one very persistent, and attractive student (Ivy Mak).

QED is a funny, elegant play about the very essence of living – the need to know.

In his real-life career, Richard Feynman assisted in the development of the atomic bomb, expanded the understanding of quantum electrodynamics, translated Mayan hieroglyphics and cut to the heart of the Challenger disaster.

Ivy Mak Henri Szeps

Performance running time: 2 hs 30 mins incl 1 interval

Performance session times:
Tuesday to Friday at 8.15pm
Saturday at 5pm & 8.30pm
Sunday at 5pm
Thursday at 11am
(additional perfs: Tue 17 Jun at 1pm, Tue 24 Jun 11am)