SUDS Presents: The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus

Original text by William Shakespeare

Adapted by Jim Bradshaw and Amelia Vogelsang

5-13th August

The Cellar Theatre

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‘I'll find a day to massacre them all, the cruel father and his traitorous sons, and make them know what 'tis to let a queen kneel in the streets and beg for grace in vain.’

400 years on from when it was written, Titus Andronicus still remains one of the bloodiest plays ever staged; possessing a power to shock that has seldom dwindled in the years since. A wretched tale of revenge set amidst a crumbling Roman empire, it tells the story of Tamora, Queen of the Goths, and Titus Andronicus, the Roman general who murdered her eldest son.

With the setting and context shifted to the final days of humanity, SUDS Presents: The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus shines the spotlight on some of the characters less prominent in Shakespeare’s original work, and attempts to re-shape it into a timely tale about the victims of imperialism. As a multi-generational story of lineage, trauma and the sins of the father, this is a play that speaks to our generation's fears of inheriting a world that is irrevocably broken. To the cast and crew of this production, Titus Andronicus is a warning.

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CAST

Titus: Sophie Newby

Tamora: Kimmi Tonkin

Aaron: Zahara Jithoo

Lavinia: Ruby Zupp

Lucius: Hunter Shanahan

Marcia: Mary Franklin

Saturninus: Daniel Prichard

Chiron: Hayden Cotter

Demetrius: Aqsa Suryana

Bassianus: Danny Cabubas

Ensemble: Zara Podmore

CREW

Director: Jim Bradshaw

Assistant Director: Amelia Vogelsang

Producer: Luna Ng

Stage Manager: Stuart Rich

Set/Costume Co-ordinator: Bella Wellstead

Set/Costume Team: Rachel Hui, Sam Hill-Wade, Nikki Eghlimi

Makeup/SFX: Cedar Podmore, Georgie Eggleton, Adele Beaumont

Lighting Designer: Oliver Durbidge

Sound Designer/Composer: Alex Paterson

Photographer/Graphic Designer: Annabelle Radford

Production Assistant: Paul Lapinski

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Strobing effects.

Blood, gore and vomit effects.

Depictions of murder, cannibalism and dismemberment.

Depictions of child endangerment and neglect.

Explicit references to, and themes of sexual assault.

References to torture and mutilation.

Racist, xenophobic and misogynistic language and activity.

Depictions of slavery.

Threats and discussions of infanticide.

Themes of grief, death and war.

Sexual references.

SUDS acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which this play is taking place: the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

For any further questions on the show, please contact the show-runners at titus.suds@gmail.com.