SUDS Presents: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Oct
30
to Nov 9

SUDS Presents: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

When Mrs. Ferrars is discovered dead from an apparent suicide, the tiny village of King’s Abbot is thrown into chaos. Her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, the wealthiest man in town, suspects an arranged killing. Within hours, Ackroyd too is found dead, a clear victim of murder. 

With many hiding their own secrets and motives, the police are at a loss for who to suspect. After a lack of evidence leads to fracturing relationships and high tensions, those close to Ackroyd seek the help of a retired detective who claims to be able to solve the mystery. In a house where nothing is as it appears and everyone holds their own secrets, the fear of another death becomes increasingly real. An Agatha Christie classic, a thrilling story of blackmail, greed and murder. 

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SUDS Presents: Chosen Ones
Oct
9
to Oct 19

SUDS Presents: Chosen Ones

Set against the backdrop of pre-war Nazi Germany, and within the four walls of a paediatric clinic, “Chosen Ones” follows Walter Fischer, a doctor burdened with the duty of deeming disabled patients “unfit” for society, and in doing so condemning them to forced sterilisation and state-sanctioned murder. As Walter treats a group of children, he reckons with an inner conflict, cowardice and courage, to eventually face a choice between what is moral and what is mandated. 

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SUDS Presents: You're Killing Me
Sep
11
to Sep 21

SUDS Presents: You're Killing Me

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What’s the normal thing to do after the worst thing that ever happened to you?

Harper is a young playwright who struggles with something that she hasn’t exactly come to terms with yet. She channels this into a new script — one about a woman who was raped.

You’re Killing Me traces Harper’s journey with the people at the centre of this: the actors in her play, her best friend who doesn’t really know, and the man who ruined her life.
Rehearsals, pub trips, awkward conversations, a messy bedroom and harsh realities — weaving together scenes from Harper’s script and her life, an at times messy convergence.

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SUDS Presents: Bin Night
Aug
16
to Aug 24

SUDS Presents: Bin Night

Bin Night is a black comedy, depicting five episodes of a play school-esque TV show made for adult problems. It takes place in a dingy share house in Redfern, where three 20-somethings attempt to navigate the horrible lessons of their puppet teacher, Mr. Shingles. They learn about big topics that are far too complex for the time they are given, like relationships and… gambling. Each episode devolves into a riotous mess, with neck maiming, puppet wrestling, and crippling tetanus just the tip of the titanic-sinking iceberg.

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SUDS Presents: DOGHOLE
Jul
31
to Aug 10

SUDS Presents: DOGHOLE

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DOGHOLE is a coming of age metatheatrical dramedy that examines the relationship young people have with their art and ambitions. Set in rural suburban Queensland in 1999, we follow the story of DOG, an ambitious teenager obsessed with writing their novel DOGHOLE, as that’s their ticket out of their middle-of-nowhere town. As they write, they are haunted by the great white men of Australian literature and fiction and reality crossover. 

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SUDS Presents: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Revised Again]
May
21
to Jun 1

SUDS Presents: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Revised Again]

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. In 90 minutes. Haters may say it's an impossible feat, but these four are going to do their very best to make sure it happens. With laughs, tears, mistakes and too many mispronounced words, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] presents a wonderfully refreshing take on all the Bard's works (and we mean all). From a cooking show starring Titus Andronicus to a sports game with every monarch in history, you are sure to be laughing constantly and crying sometimes. Because who said Shakespeare was only for nerds? This is Shakespeare for cool hot people (and nerds too... we never said you wouldn't love it too...). This is Shakespeare for people who hid their phone in a book during Year 7 Reading time. This is Shakespeare for -- wait, 10 Things I Hate About You is based on WHAT?

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SUDS Presents: DEATHWATCH
Apr
24
to May 4

SUDS Presents: DEATHWATCH

Three drag kings: a murderer, a jewel thief and a juvenille delinquent, are all locked in a prison cell together, living the most confused and tense love triangle you’ve ever seen. The play follows the power struggle between them as they express their admiration, jealousy, desire and inevitably their violence. Performed in drag for the first time in its troubled history, it is drenched in camp, over-the-top criminality- sexual innuendo, shirts torn open, vicious insults and grown men(?) crawling on the floor.

This show is a celebration and vindication of drag- we aim to promote and glorify an artform that is facing discrimination, opposition and active supression today. 

We also wanted to have a ball - which we did. 

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SUDS Presents: RED
Mar
23
7:00 PM19:00

SUDS Presents: RED

It’s the late 1950s, Mark Rothko is commissioned to create a series of murals for the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City. Battling with his own relevance and place in the art world, a new movement of art threatens to trample his entire sensibility of what art is and should be. He becomes torn by self doubt, struggling to find the balance between life and death or rather scared to face the fact that the black is swallowing the red.

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