2022 SUDS Cultural Festival
September 12th - 17th
The Cellar Theatre
2022 SUDS Cultural Festival is a celebration of theatre practices of non-majority cultural groups, a devotion to upholding BIPOC voices in the student theatre scene, and a pivotal part of the society’s ongoing commitment to greater diversity, inclusivity and accessibility in the space. Join us for a range of events throughout week 7 - from workshops run by local organisations, academic Q&A panels, theatre screening nights, and an open-mic Rough Cuts fundraiser - all free of charge for attendees.
Full program:
September 9-10th: subsidised tickets to Dorr-e Dari, showing at The Sydney Opera House
September 12th: SUDS Census & Feedback Form released
September 13th: SUDS X POC Revue Rough Cuts in support of Deadly Connections
September 14th: Performance Workshop - Dorr-e Dari artists Hasiba Ebrahimi, Mahdi Mohammadi & Jawad Yaqoubi, and PYT Fairfield
September 15th: A Q&A Panel on Inclusive Dramaturgical Practices with Dr. Paul Dwyer, Nien Yuan Cheng, Akala Newman, Justine Shih Pearson
September 16th: Screening Night & Snacks - Norm and Ahmed (2010 Riverside Theatres production dir. Aarne Neeme)
September 17th: Tell Your Story - Improvisation Workshop with Happy Feraren
September 17th: Writing From the Personal - Writing Workshop with Jordan Shea
More information on each of these events will be released leading up to the Festival.
For any questions regarding the Cultural Festival, please contact Jen (Festivals Officer) through sudsthewash@gmail.com.
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SUBSIDISED TICKETS: DORR-E DARI SHOWING AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
September 9th - 10th
The Sydney Opera House
“A nuanced exchange of energy, emotions and ideas, driven by the heart.”
Inspired by the tradition of private recitals and ‘curtain shows’ performed all through the Persian-speaking world. Dorr-e Dari is a rich and tender theatre work that combines thousand-year traditions, with personal stories spanning continents, singing, joyous dancing and sumptuous video imagery where guests appear on video calls from Afghanistan, Iran and Canada. Dorr-e Dari invites audiences to experience the culturally diverse and rich cultures on their doorstep, offering deep consideration on how the universal themes of love and relationships are celebrated and experienced across cultures over time and today.
SUDS is providing subsidised tickets to Dorr-e Dari: A Poetic Crash Course in the Language of Love, showing at the Sydney Opera House from September 9-10th.
Use the link below to experience the show for just $10:
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/.../dorr-e-dari.html...
For any questions or issues regarding the ticket link, please contact Jen (Festivals Officer) through sudsthewash@gmail.com.
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PERFORMANCE-MAKING WORKSHOP - WITH ARTISTS OF DORR-E DARI
Wednesday 14th September
7PM - 9PM
The Cellar Theatre
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3RfzgJJ
NOTE: There are only 30 spots available for this workshop.
“A nuanced exchange of energy, emotions and ideas, driven by the heart.”
Your Afghan-Australian hosts Hasiba, Jawad and Mahdi - performers of Dorr-e Dari: A Poetic Crash Course in the Language of Love - will guide you on performance-making using rich and tender theatre works that combine thousand-year traditions. This 1.5 hour workshop explores storytelling from culturally and linguistically diverse, conversational and autobiographical perspectives, and considers how translation and interpretation of universal themes such as love are celebrated across cultures over time.
This workshop is produced in collaboration with PYT Fairfield (http://pyt.com.au/) as part of the Sydney Opera House season of Dorr-e Dari (tickets found here: https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/.../2022/dorr-e-dari.html).
For any questions regarding this workshop, please contact Jen (Festivals Officer) through sudsthewash@gmail.com.
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THEATRE SCREENING NIGHT - NORM AND AHMED
Friday 16th September
7PM - 9:30PM
The Cellar Theatre
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3cp630o
NOTE: There are only 35 spots available for this screening.
Come down to the Cellar Theatre and join us for a screening night of Riverside Theatres’ 2010 Production of Norm and Ahmed (1968), written by Alex Buzo and directed by Aarne Neeme! Complimentary snacks will be provided for all attendees.
Content warnings include: racist and xenophobic language, depictions of cultural difference and assimilation, smoking, hate speech and violence.
For any questions regarding this event, please contact Jen (Festivals Officer) through sudsthewash@gmail.com.
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TELL YOUR STORY IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP - WITH HAPPY FERAREN (humanitix & Facebook event)
Saturday 17th September
10AM - 1PM
The Cellar Theatre
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3PMP85n
NOTE: There are only 15 spots available for this workshop.
Your story matters. Whatever cultural background you have or languages you speak, the stories you already hold are of equal importance to the stories you usually see on stage. This session will use improvisation to help you harness your personal truths and experiences in your performance or in theatre making. In this workshop, we will recognise and acknowledge the richness of the diversity present in the room and use that to fuel the scenes and characters we will be exploring through scene and game based improvisational formats. This session will help participants become more confident performing in their truth. The workshop will end with a group development presentation to put into practice the day's learnings.
For any questions regarding this workshop, please contact Jen (Festivals Officer) through sudsthewash@gmail.com.
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WRITING FROM THE PERSONAL WORKSHOP - WITH JORDAN SHEA (humanitix & Facebook event)
Saturday 17th September
3PM - 4:30PM
The Cellar Theatre
Tickets: https://bit.ly/3R4ZfE0
NOTE: There are only 30 spots available for this workshop.
Writing From the Personal allows you to gauge your own personal urges, stories and histories to create a narrative for live performance.
This 1.5 hour workshop is run by Jordan Shea, a Filipino-Australian writer and teacher, whose work has encompassed theatre, television, verbatim theatre and musical theatre. A graduate of the VCA, his work has been developed, produced and commissioned by major theatre companies, and independent collectives. His next play, One Hour, No Oil, opens in October, at KXT Broadway.
For any questions regarding this workshop, please contact Jen (Festivals Officer) through sudsthewash@gmail.com.