SUDS Presents: DEATHWATCH
Event description
SUDS Presents: DEATHWATCH
24th April - 4th May
The Cellar Theatre, 7pm
Directed by Zoe Le Marinel
Assistant Directed by Jasmine Jenkins
Produced by Alex Ma and Rubba Fatima
The Show
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.
Content Warnings: Sexual References, Mild Coarse Language, Misogyny and Sexist Language, Themes and References to Death, Violence, Onstage Depiction of Murder
Runtime: approx. 70 minutes, no intermission.
CAST:
Green Eyes: Olivia Castree-Croad
Jules LeFranc: Amélie James-Power
Maurice: Steph Kemple
The Guard: Taylor Barrett Fair
PRODUCTION:
Dramaturg: Kat Butler
Costume Design: Tamsyn Cotezee, Scout McWhinney
Assistant Costume: Gaby Whalland
Hair and Makeup: Leo Westgard, Adele Beaumont
Set Design: Sofia Angelini, Celine Kwon
Stage Manager: Rose Callaghan
Sound Design: Harry Steele
Lighting Design: Cameron Nott
Lighting Assistant: Nasrin Keast
Graphic Design: Margot Roberts
Photography: Jessica Lau
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 and present. Sovereignty was never ceded - Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.