The Truth Is Hard to Say
A script-in-hand double bill of new writing
Sunday 20 September 2026, 7:30pm
Two new plays, and one evening about the things that can be incredibly difficult to say out loud.
Persever Productions presents The Truth Is Hard to Say, a script-in-hand double bill featuring Honesty by Matthew Moore and Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia by Dawn Branch.
Honesty by Matthew Moore
Lulu has two daughters.
Roxanne can't tell the truth.
Rachel cannot tell a lie.
Can the three of them learn to communicate with each other when the truth is either never present or taking up too much space?
Honesty is a new play about family, lies, and trust.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia by Dawn Branch
A trip to the hairdresser should be simple.
For Elle, it really isn’t.
As a seemingly ordinary haircut becomes something much bigger, Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia explores anxiety, overthinking and what happens when the words you need are the hardest ones to say.
Wash. Cut. Catastrophise.
Cast & Creatives
Honesty
Lulu — Jennifer Wiltsie
Roxanne — Kathryn Datnow
Rachel — Charlotte Touboulic
Director — Charlie Barker
Assistant Director / Emerging Creative — Oliver Wood
Producer - Becky Armes
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Nora — Charlotte Touboulic
Elle — Kathryn Datnow
Director — Charlie Barker
Assistant Director / Emerging Creative — Oliver Wood
Producer - Becky Armes