SUDS Presents: Swings & Roundabouts

Slot 3 is our annual show for SUDS newbies, giving them the chance to experience acting, directing and writing in a low-stakes, supported environment. Each of our original short plays has been written or directed by a talented SUDS member, and has a team full of those looking to cultivate new talent in our society. We are super proud of our amazing debutants, who have taken the theme of ‘Swings & Roundabouts’ and made it their own! There’s something for everyone and each night is a totally different collection of shows, so we encourage you to come and see them all! 

CONTENT WARNINGS: Some of our Slot 3 pieces include mature themes that some audiences may find triggering. The content warnings for each night will be announced in the pre-show message. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the SUDS team at sudsthewash@gmail.com. 

LINE UP

(please note that each night of Swings and Roundabouts is an entirely different set of plays to the one before, so be sure to double check the line up of pieces for your selected night! Run time for each night is varied, but is average 40 minutes). 

NIGHT 1: Wednesday, 9th April

Green Jelly

Written by Antigone Marchbank

Directed by Antigone Marchbank & Ellie Sifis

with Daniel Bott and Weylin Martins-Mullane

Worcestershire Sauce & The Passing of Time

Written & Directed by Myan van de Graaf

with Eve Moss-Ratcliffe and Annabell King. 

Untitled

Written & Directed by Camilla Smatova

with Maddy Jarred and Mimi Lloyd. 

Not On

Written by Rose Cooke

Directed by Sophie Wishart

with Lily Belden, Ella Thomas, Katie Hunter, Amelie Roberts and Anjali Asha Mohan. 

All I Wanted

Written & Directed by Alex Butler

with Natalie Salmon.

Family

Written by Michael Krizan & Maya Yoneda-Hutchings

with Michael Krizan, Maya Yoneda-Hutchings and Blake Markulin. 

Writer’s Block

Written & Directed by Toby Eastway

with Emilie Martin. 

NIGHT 2: Thursday, 10th April

The Hum

Written & Directed by Arlo Coleman

with Claudia Moras, Garrett Molinari, Jack Batchelor and Jude Araim. 

Remnants of Innocence

Written by Tempest Lew

Directed by Tempest Lew & Iris Merdegia

with Madz Chauhaun, Xavier Swann, Grace Winspear, Camilla Smatova and Sienna Rusling.

The Tenancity of Iron

Written by Aidan Hale & James Wily

Directed by Aidan Hale

with Henry Rooney and Niamh Bray.

The Podium

Written & Directed by Sara Angelini

With Neil Chengath, Jasmin Schofield, Zoe Gelagin, Shaurya Shartiya and Ming Li. 

Rhinoceros 

An excerpt from the play by Eugene Iuensco

Directed by Georgia Hogan

with Banny Xu, Natalie Yuen, Amitis Ebrahim, Alexandra Papadimitriou, Ritu Singh and Min Woo Koo. 

Something Priceless

Written by George Tsarikis

Directed by Adhiraj Singh Jamwal

with Max Cheung, Ace Kumar, Sholto Miles Black and Jess Nipperess. 

NIGHT 3: Friday, 11th April

Waiting 

Written by George Tsarikis

Directed by Joshua James

with Qian Zhou, Isabella Beindeich, Jude Araim and Garrett Molinari.

Red Velvet

Written & Directed by Ruby Scott-Wishart & Avigal Holstein

with Angelica Joseph and Amelia Glastonbury.

Thank You, Five

Written by Jack Batchelor

Directed by Henry Atticus Wilcox

with Arnav Jain, James Ferry-Toole, Tess Endry and Olivia Kosiak.

Staged 

Written & Directed by Coll Burns

with Ryan Li, Daniel O’Neill and Murphy Scott.

Written in Blood

Written & Directed by Dane Hockey

with Hannah Snow, Dominic Wee & Elizabeth Day.

NIGHT 4: Saturday, 12th April

Interstellar Roundabout

Written & Directed by Toby Eastway

with Charlie Carroll

Shakespiss

Written by Sydney Hure

Directed by Jess Nipperess

with Isabelle Henkel, Alani Winn and Hannah Hodge.

Therapy Session

Written & Directed by Madhavi Chauhran

with Sophia Walker, Veronika Yanishevska, Dinh Van Khai Nguyen and Alice Ginters Campbell. 

Pros & Cons

Written by Sofia Angelini

Directed by Nathan Zahrouni

with Sam Cheung, Ethan Koman, Jamie Marsh, Ishaanya Bhargava and Eleonore Anquet. 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

SUDS acknowledges that the University of Sydney and the Cellar Theatre resides on the stolen 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 colonisation. SUDS pays respect to elders past, present and emerging.