when: 07 - 24 January 2026 | venue: New Theatre | cost: Adult: $40.00 | Concession: $35.00 | Thrifty Thursdays: $25.00 | address: 542 King Street, Newtown NSW 2000 | tickets: https://aunewtheatre.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/158377
published: 31 Dec 2025, 5 min read
A Lie of the Mind follows two families, brought together by the marriage of Jake and Beth, and the resulting disconnect between those families, and within their own.
The play explores what it means to be a man in America and how ideas about gender and national identity get entangled. It also highlights the struggles women face, being burdened with the responsibility to carry their history and culture forward, when they're often the ones who get hurt in the process.
We see people struggle to connect with each other through deep seeded pain and trauma-abandonment, violence-and it leaves everyone drifting. Memories feel fuzzy or even lost, just like the relationships between the characters.
Family legacies start to blur, and everyone is in crisis with nowhere solid or familiar to return to, land or call home
Please note: The production contains references to and depictions of domestic violence.
Produced by Light The Torch Productions in association with New Theatre
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A Lie of the Mind follows two families, brought together by the marriage of Jake and Beth, and the resulting disconnect between those families, and within their own.
The play explores what it means to be a man in America and how ideas about gender and national identity get entangled. It also highlights the struggles women face, being burdened with the responsibility to carry their history and culture forward, when they're often the ones who get hurt in the process.
We see people struggle to connect with each other through deep seeded pain and trauma-abandonment, violence-and it leaves everyone drifting. Memories feel fuzzy or even lost, just like the relationships between the characters.
Family legacies start to blur, and everyone is in crisis with nowhere solid or familiar to return to, land or call home
Please note: The production contains references to and depictions of domestic violence.
Produced by Light The Torch Productions in association with New Theatre
Go see A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard 2026.
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard 2026 is on 07 - 24 January 2026. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Newtown.
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