Proof by David Auburn
Proof by David Auburn, directed by Julia Papp
Wednesday 8 October - Saturday 11 October 2025 at 7.30pm
Doors Open at 7pm; Bar Open at 7pm
Catherine has sacrificed her education and social life to care for her brilliant but unstable father during the worst of his mental degeneration.
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday Catherine must deal not only with the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire, but also with the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks of Robert’s. As Catherine confronts Hal’s affections and Claire’s plans for her life, she struggles to solve the most perplexing problem of all: How much of her father’s madness or genius will she inherit?
Proof explores the unknowability of love, the elusive nature of truth and the fine line between genius and mental illness.
David Auburn won The Pulitzer Prize and 2001 Tony Award for Best Play for Proof.
“Proof is…a play about scientists whose science matters less than their humanity…All four characters-whether loving, hating, encouraging or impeding one another – are intensely alive, complex, funny, human.” – John Simon, New York Times about the play
Venue
Venue: Network Theatre
Network Theatre is a community theatre space in the underground railway arches of London Waterloo station.
Run by the volunteers of the resident Network Theatre Company, they produce their own productions of contemporary and classical theatre and provide a unique location for visiting theatre companies and events.
Network Theatre will be joining The Lambeth Fringe for 2025 with unmissable new writing.
Please note this is an ‘umbrella venue’ -the shows have already been programmed as part of the Lambeth Fringe and this space is therefore not available for artists to apply to.
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