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  • 2025
  • Trophy Boys
Trophy Boys
  • Theatre
  • Comedy

trophyboys25 Trophy Boys QPAC Theatre, Comedy Trophy Boys

25 - 30 Aug 2025
Cremorne Theatre
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1 hour 10 minutes
no interval, subject to change without notice

Overview

A queer dark comedy about power, privilege ... and debating

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 dark 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.

  • ★★★★★
    Theatre lovers should rush to see Trophy Boys, the hilarious and devastating debut play from Emmanuelle Mattana. [It] is a revelation. Catch it while you can.
    The Age
  • ★★★★★
    Saltburn meets Promising Young Woman ... [a] hilariously profound production.
    Time Out
  • ★★★★⯪
    [An] evisceratingly dark satire.
    Sydney Morning Herald
  • I felt an almost hysterical sense of mounting excitement ... Don’t miss it.
    Annabel Crabb for The Monthly
  • Independent theatre at its best.
    Australian Book Review
  • An absolute tour de force of satirical genius, Trophy Boys is an hour of indie theatre you’d be mad to miss.
    Theatre Travels

Important Information

Warning

This show contains coarse language, adult themes and sexual references.

Age Recommendation

Recommended for ages 15+.

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Admission $39

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Education Notes

Suitability: Years 10 to 12

This new play aligns with Senior Subjects English, English Applied and Drama. Students will engage with perspectives and representations of Australian identity, gender, feminism and the class system.

Linked to English General Units 1 and 2, Drama Units 1 and 3. Suitable for Year 10 English and The Arts: Drama, to analyze elements of drama and aesthetic tools.

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Creatives

  • Writer Emmanuelle Mattana
  • Director Marni Mount
  • Production Design Ben Andrews, Marni Mount, Emmanuelle Mattana
  • Lighting Designer Katie Sfetkidis
  • Sound Designer Ben Andrews
  • Technical Manager Marcus Kelson
  • Produced by Jo Dyer and Ben Andrews
  • Photography by Ben Andrews
  • Performed by Myfanwy Hocking, Leigh Lule, Gabby Seow and Fran Sweeney-Nash

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