SUDS Presents “Rent: The Musical (No, Not That Rent)”
Event description
SUDS Presents “Rent: The Musical (No, Not That Rent)”
By Bella Wellstead
4-7 December 2024
PACT Centre for Emerging Artists, Erskineville
Runtime: 2 hours with a 15 minute interval
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SUDS acknowledges that the University of Sydney and PACT Centre for Emerging Artists are on stolen land; the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. Stories were told on this land for thousands of years prior to British colonisation, and we are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to continue to create and tell stories here.
Sovereignty was never ceded. Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.
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The sun rises on a Petersham pub. Hazel zips around the bar in a blur of vaporised nicotine. Isaac rests his pounding head on a sticky table. Rowan is late. Rowan’s always late. It’s giving Hazel the shits, big time. She has something important to ask them both.
A rooster crows outside a bedroom window in Mumbil - a tiny town 68km north of Orange. Callum lounges at the foot of his best mate’s bed. Joey paces, swinging around a half-packed bag. He sighs. He has something important to tell him.
The midday sun blisters over an apartment inspection in the Inner West. Seventy people stand outside, fanning themselves, glancing up and down the line of punters. They’ve all just come to the same realisation. They’re fucked.
“Rent: The Musical (No, Not That Rent)” is an original musical inspired by the pop-country hits of the nineties and naughties. A story of love, loss, and expensive bloody schooners, “Rent” lays bare the sorry state of searching for a rental in Sydney’s Inner West.
Content warnings:
Sexual references
Coarse language
References to drugs and drug use
Depictions of smoking and vaping
Themes of death and grief
Show times:
Wednesday 4 December, 7:00pm
Thursday 5 December, 7:00pm
Friday 6 December, 7:00pm
Saturday 7 December, 1:00pm
Saturday 7 December, 7:00pm
Tickets prices:
Adult $28
Concession $24
SUDS Member $21
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“Rent: The Musical (No, Not That Rent)”
Written, Directed, and Produced by Bella Wellstead
Music Direction and Assistant Directed by Jessica Louise Smith
Assistant Produced by Renzo Alcordo, Jasmin Everett, and Bonnie FitzGerald
Cast:
Joey | Finnegan Lai
Callum | Tiffany Henson
Hazel | Jasmin Schofield
Isaac | Shea Berecry
Rowan | Charlotte Meg Tan
Katie | Adele Beaumont
Darren | Felix Tonkin
Trish | Nasrin Keast
Ibis | Jasmine Jenkins
Band:
Keyboard | Oli Burgmann
Bass | Coll Burns
Drums | Alexis Corrie
Trumpet | Darya Goudarzi
Guitar | Morgan Mandorla
Violin | Margot Roberts
Creatives:
Music Supervisor | Emily Boffa
Composers | Osibi Akerejola, Jed Arthur, Emily Boffa, Mitchell Brown, Samara Delgado, Jayden Hagley, Vincent Huynh, Heath Jelovic, Sammy Jensen, Georgina Moujalli, Sarah Shanahan, Jessica Louise Smith, Harrison Walker
Dramaturg | William Phillips
Stage Managers | Jack Fahd and Matilda Holton
Set Designer | Adrian Naracita
Costume Designer | Bella Wellstead
Costume Supervisor | Charlie Thomson
Set and Costume Assistant | Jesper Duffy
Props Master | Charlotte Jones
Lighting Designer | Charlie Campbell
Production Assistants | Linh Ade, Navya Aggarwal, Idina Wang, Ruby Scott-Wishart
Photographer | Dom Young
Graphic Designer | Sebastian Mahony
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