SUDS Attends: NUTS’ ‘The Frogs’
For you big fans of student theatre, come support our brothers in arms: NSW University Theatrical Society (NUTS)! Have a cheeky bev at The Regent Hotel with us before heading to Studio 1 for The Frogs on the 8th of November. Drinks at 5:30PM, show starts at 7PM!
Message SUDS Facebook or Rose Cooke/Sophie Newby for a cheeky discount code!
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NUTS Presents: The Frogs
Directed by Anastasia Dougenis and Zoe Berg
Produced by Dylan Abadee and Isobel Holland
Dionysus, the god of theatre, wine, and many other things, feels as if Athens has fallen from its former glory. He is unhappy with the poets and playwrights that are alive. To restore Athens, and the genre of tragedy, Dionysus hatches a plan to bring Euripides back from the underworld. Dragging his servant Xanthias with him, they begin a bizarre journey to cross into Hades. Faced with monsters, frogs, religious cults and corpses, the pair reach Pluto’s Palace, only to find out that tensions between Aeschylus and Euripides have brought about questions of who truly deserves the chair of Tragedy, marking them as the superior tragic writer. To solve this dilemma, Dionysus hosts a competition to decide who will return to the overworld with him. Through its bizarre comic story, The Frogs explores authority, and the illogical behaviour of those in power and the value that individuals have placed on the ‘superiority’ of traditional values.
CONTENT WARNINGS: This show contains some sexual references, references to torture and death, religious themes, some misogynistic language and undertones and bright flashing lights.
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If you have any questions or concerns about SUDS Attends, please feel free to contact Rose Cooke and Sophie Newby (SUDS Social Secretaries 2024) at sudsthewash@gmail.com!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY:
SUDS acknowledges that the University of Sydney and the Cellar Theatre reside on stolen land; the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. As a society that exists to tell stories, it is important to acknowledge that stories were being told on this land for thousands of years before British colonisation. SUDS pays respect to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded – Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land