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Trophy Boys
2 February - 12 February
SHOW DETAILS:
2 – 12 February 2023
preview: Thursday 2 February 2023
opening night: Friday 3 February 2023
duration: 70 minutes
times:
Tuesday – Saturday 7:30pm
Sunday 5pm
ticket price: $30 – $43
bookings: 03 9662 9966
warnings: This show contains bright flashing lights, sustained and sudden loud noises/music and coarse language. There are references to underage drinking and sexual assault.
Boys being boys.
It is the biggest night of Melbourne’s academic calendar, the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament, and the all-boys team from the elite St Imperium college are ready to totally annihilate their sister school – until…
Trophy Boys is a queer black comedy and drag extravaganza about power, privilege, and high school debating.
★★★★★ “Theatre lovers should rush to see Trophy Boys, the hilarious and devastating debut play from Emmanuelle Mattana… It’s astonishing to see a shoestring production from young indie theatre artists so secure and artistically complete. The script is powerful and ferociously intelligent; the performances witty and exuberant and, crucially, empathetic… Trophy Boys is a revelation.” Cameron Woodhead, The Age
Presented as part of Midsumma Festival.
The Maybe Pile: www.themaybepile.com.au / www.instagram.com/themaybepileau
Photos by Ben Andrews
Writer: Emmanuelle Mattana
Director: Marni Mount
Cast: Emmanuelle Mattana, Fran Sweeney-Nash, Gabby Seow, and Leigh Lule
Producer: Ben Andrews
Stage Manager and Lighting Designer: Owen Ross
Ticket Prices:
Preview: $30
Full: $43
Concession: $30
Group 6+: $30
Concessions:
Pensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members
NO BOOKING FEE SURCHARGE