THE TRUTH a comedy by Florian Zelle

The Truth is a comedy by Florian Zeller, staged at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in the West End. It is a play about deceit, in which trust is fragile and every character has something to hide.

Written by Florian Zeller, The Truth follows a group of people whose loyalties are open to negotiation. The play looks at the small lies told to those we love and the larger ones we tell ourselves, and it builds its comedy from the gap between what is said and what is known.

The cast is led by Stephen Mangan, who has been nominated for a Tony Award, alongside Ardal O'Hanlon, whose credits include Father Ted and My Hero, Sarah Hadland, and Janie Dee, a double Olivier Award winner. The production is a stage comedy of roughly 90 minutes, performed without an interval in the programme's description of its running time, and it returns to London after an earlier West End run.

Critics have described the production as sharp-witted and sophisticated, with Time Out calling it sophisticated fun and the Financial Times praising its chic, clever construction. The show suits audiences who enjoy a polished, dialogue-driven evening of farce-like deception, staged in the Theatre Royal Haymarket, a West End theatre.