C.S. Lewis Meets Sigmund Freud at Theatre Royal in FREUD'S LAST SESSION Tonight

What happened when C.S. Lewis met Sigmund Freud? Australian audiences will soon find out when Freud's Last Session opens at Sydney's Theatre Royal tonight, August 15, 2013. Winner of the 2011 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play, Freud's Last Session tells of an exquisite intellectual duel between two great minds of last century.

Inspired by Dr Armand S. Nicholi Jr's 2003 book The Question of God, playwright Mark St. Germain has expertly crafted a thought provoking play, which ran Off-Broadway for two years.

Freud's Last Session centres on legendary psychoanalyst Dr Sigmund Freud, who invites a young, little-known professor, C.S. Lewis, to his home in London. Lewis, expecting to be hauled over the carpet for satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II (3 September 1939), Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex and the meaning of life - only a few weeks before Freud chooses to take his own.

Two extraordinary actors will bring these lively and remarkable characters to the fore. Theatre favourite Henri Szeps (Mother and Son) plays Sigmund Freud, an 83 year-old atheist of Jewish descent and father of psychoanalysis who is tortured by his slow journey to death from an inoperable cancer and exile. Up-and-coming talent Douglas Hansell (Underbelly: Badness) plays C.S. Lewis, a 40 year-old Oxford Professor who converted late to Christianity and later wrote The Chronicles of Narnia. The two engage in a tightly wound confrontation addressing the key questions of humanity on this auspicious day.

Produced by Adam Liberman, Freud's Last Session will be directed by Adam Cook, set and costumes designed by Mark Thompson and lighting design by Gavan Swift.

Immerse yourself in the push and pull of two great minds engaged in the most important questions of humankind in Freud's Last Session at the Theatre Royal starting in August.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION by Mark St Germain will star Henri Szeps and Douglas Hansell, produced by Adam Liberman and directed by Adam Cook, with set and costumes designed by Mark Thompson and lighting design by Gavan Swift.

All performances play Theatre Royal, King Street, Sydney. Previews: August 14 at 1pm and 8pm. Season: August 15 - September 8. Performance times: Tues 7.30pm, Wed - Sat evening 8pm, matinees Wed 1pm, Sat 2pm, Sun 3pm.

Price: From $59.90 (transaction fees apply). Bookings: ticketmaster.com.au or 1300 723 038. Groups 10+ Save! Call 1300 889 278 or email groups@ticketmaster.com.au. Premium Tickets & Packages showbiz.com.au.

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