Starring Hugo Weaving as an authoritarian leader whose dictatorship is on the verge of collapse, and acclaimed Irish actor Olwen Fouéré as his self-absorbed First Lady, Austrian playwright Thomas Bernhard’s The President makes its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Roslyn Packer Theatre this April.
Weaving is well-known to Australian audiences due to his film work in the likes of Proof, The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings as well as stage productions such as Sydney Theatre Company’s Uncle Vanya, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Wonnangatta and Waiting for Godot.
