The Maybe Pile & Soft Tread present:
Trophy Boys
Following a very successful and award-winning Midsumma season at fortyfivedownstairs in 2023, I'm joining Trophy Boys for their 2024 East coast tour.
'Boys being boys...'
Presented by The Maybe Pile & Soft Tread
It is the biggest night of Melbourne’s high school academic calendar, the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Inter-school Debating Tournament. The all-boys team from the elite St Imperium college are ready to totally annihilate their sister school rivals until ...
Played in real-time as the St Imperium team prepare their case, Trophy Boys is a queer black comedy about power, privilege and high school debating. Using a winning combination of satire and camp, Trophy Boys interrogates the well-documented toxic masculinity, misogyny and homophobia of our elite private boys’ schools, and their prevalence in the backgrounds of those holding the highest offices in the country.
Image credit: Ben Andrews
- Featured participant of VAPAC’s Showcase Victoria 2023.
- Picked up by producer Jo Dyer for a 2024 National tour
- Included on the 2024 VCE Theatre Studies Playlist
"★★★★★ AS A TEENAGER, IT’S VERY RARE TO SEE ANYONE ABLE TO ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE ENVIRONMENT THAT SURROUNDS ME EVERY DAY – WHETHER THAT BE THE GOOD PARTS OR THE BAD." ATYP
"★★★★★ THEATRE LOVERS SHOULD RUSH TO SEE TROPHY BOYS, THE HILARIOUS AND DEVASTATING DEBUT PLAY FROM EMMANUELLE MATTANA… THE SCRIPT IS POWERFUL AND FEROCIOUSLY INTELLIGENT; THE PERFORMANCES WITTY AND EXUBERANT AND, CRUCIALLY, EMPATHETIC… TROPHY BOYS IS A REVELATION." Cameron Woodhead, The Age
The Age ★★★★★ Theatre Thoughts ★★★★★ ATYP ★★★★★ What Did She Think? ★★★★★ Theatre Matters ★★★★
Greenroom Awards Nominations 2024: Best Production, Best New Writing, Best Director, Best Performer (Gaby Seow),
Broadway World Australia Awards 2023: Best New Play or Musical
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Trophy Boys debuted at fortyfivedownstairs at Midsumma Festival 2023, and will be remounted with dates in Geelong, Sydney, Melbourne, St Alban's, Wyong and Canberra. Further information about the original season can be found here and tickets for the upcoming tour can be found below via the 'Get Tickets' button.
Locations, Dates & Times:
Geelong Arts Centre
Friday 14th June, 1pm (schools)
Friday 14th June, 7:30pm
Saturday 15th June, 1pm
Saturday 15th June, 7:30pm
Sydney - Seymour Centre
June 21st - July 27th
Tuesdays 6:30pm
Weds-Sat 7:30pm
Sundays 5pm
Melbourne - Arts Centre Melbourne
Tuesday 16th July, 7:30pm
Wednesday 17th July, 2pm (schools)
Thursday 18th July, 6:30pm (schools)
Friday 19th July, 7:30pm
Saturday 20th July, 3pm (w/ Auslan)
Saturday 20th July, 7:30pm
Sunday 21st July, 5pm
St Alban's - Bowery Theatre
Friday 26th July, 11am (schools)
Friday 26th July, 7pm
Wyong NSW - The Arthouse
Friday 2nd August, 11am
Friday 2nd August, 7pm
Canberra - Canberra Theatre Centre
Monday 5th August, 7:30pm (preview)
Tuesday 6th August, 7:30pm
Wednesday 7th August, 11am (schools)
Wednesday 7th August, 7:30pm
Thursday 8th August, 7:30pm
Friday 9th August, 7:30pm
Saturday 10th August, 2pm
Saturday 10th August, 7:30pm
Instagram: @themaybepileau, @softtreadent & @trophy.boys
Facebook: The Maybe Pile, Soft Tread Enterprises & Trophy Boys
Credits
Written by: Emmanuelle Mattana
Director: Marni Mount
Designer: Ben Andrews
Lighting Designer: Katie Sfetkidis
Photos by: Ben Andrews
Cast: Leigh Lule, Emmanuelle Mattana, Gaby Seow and Fran Sweeney-Nash
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Caitie Murphy - Stage Manager