Switzerland

Sydney Theatre Company

'Switzerland' imagines a meeting between a publishing assistant and the author Patricia Highsmith. The publishing house wants Highsmith to sign a new contract after a period of reclusive retirement in the neutral European country.

This one act play comprising three scenes is a terrific new work. The first two scenes in which the two characters engage in a cut and thrust argument give way in the final scene to a wonderful conclusion which at first created artful confusion in my mind but then revealed the hidden subtext of the earlier scenes.

The very promising Eamon Farren plays the assistant and Sarah Peirse plays Highsmith. Both are excellent.
★★★★