SUDS Presents “Rent: The Musical (No, Not That Rent)”

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