SUDS Presents: The Year My Voice Broke
By John Duigan

4th-14th May
The Cellar Theatre

Directed by Haddie Davies
Produced by Alice Stafford

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“If they heard us talking, people'd think we were mad.”
“Maybe we are. Or else everyone else is.”

The Year My Voice Broke is raw, bittersweet, and at moments dark. It is a portrait of the joys and woes of teenage life in 1960s rural New South Wales.

Originally written as a film by John Duigan in the 80s, this is a coming of age tale of adolescent love. It follows the three central characters as they stumble through a year of high school under the scrutiny of their conservative small town, the repressive control of their parents, and their own simple yet consequential mistakes.

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CAST:

Danny: Joshua Di Mattina-Beven
Freya: Ruby Zupp
Trevor: Hayden Cotter
Jonah: Jim Bradshaw

Mrs Embling / Gail: Sophie Newby
Mr Embling / Tony: Sam Hill-Wade
Mrs Olson / Lisa: Mali Lung
Sergeant Pierce / Barry: Michael Sebastian

CREW:

Director: Haddie Davies
Producer: Alice Stafford
Assistant Producer: Luna Ng
Costume Designer: Eleanor Douglas
Sound Designer: Shea Berecry
Lighting Designer: Alice Stafford
Assistant Lighting Designer: Nikki Eghlimi
Set Designer: Haddie Davies
Stage manager: Emily Reynolds
Dramaturg: Isla Mowbray
Production Assistant: Bethany Schanzer, George McMillan, Zander Czerwaniw, Monty Crosbie

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Course language
Sexual references and themes
References to death and suicide
Depictions of miscarriage
Use of herbal cigarettes

For any further questions on the show, please contact the show-runners at sudsslot5@gmail.com

SUDS acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which this play is taking place: the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.