Soon to be a major motion picture, a pitch-perfect thriller, underpinned with cunning twists and a knockout performance by the magnificent Sarah Peirse.
After sell out seasons in Sydney and Melbourne, Auckland Theatre Company presents Switzerland – the fast-paced psychological thriller opens at the ASB Waterfront Theatre on September 19 until October 7.
Award-winning New Zealand actor Sarah Peirse (Heavenly Creatures, Rain, Offspring, The Hobbit) reprises “the role of her career” (Limelight, 2014) as the formidable American writer, Patricia Highsmith and is joined by Jarred Blakiston (Shortland Street, The Haka Party Incident) who stars as the young dashing publisher in this brilliant cat and mouse ride.
Inspired by the difficult and prickly master crime novelist Patricia Highsmith, Switzerland is a work of fiction with an anchor of truth. This original thriller begins with a knock at the door and spirals into a calculated contest of wits and words. An earnest, clean-cut young man – Edward – sent from Highsmith’s publisher’s office in New York turns up at her secluded Swiss alpine retreat to convince her to write a final book in the Ripley series. But Patricia decided long ago that she didn’t like people, and she certainly doesn’t like this young man. But he’s wilier than she first supposes and a breathtaking battle of wits unfolds as Highsmith and her visitor interrogate identity, fame and the art of creation. Crackling with clever banter and bristling with tension, this enthralling meta-thriller is a white-knuckle ride to the finish.
Tickets and info atc.co.nz 0800 ATC TIX
