The play ‘Kandahar Gate’ by playwright Stephen Sewell and directed by Jeff Janisheski is loosely inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomon. It transplants the drama to contemporary Australia and centres on the death of a soldier in Afghanistan. At the heart of the play is an exploration of how ‘truth’ gets distorted – by governments, the military and one’s own memory.

When: 7.30pm on 17-21 and 23-24 June.
Where: Parade Theatre, NIDA, 215 Anzac Pde, Kensington 2033.
Online bookings via Ticketek.

Listen to an interview with Stephen Sewell and Jeff Janisheski. Also read an article entitled ‘Kandahar Gate, Afghanistan and Australian theatre’ by Anna Frey Taylor and Michael Cathcart.