SUDS Presents: The Year My Voice Broke

By John Duigan

12th-21st May

The Cellar Theatre

Directed by Haddie Davies

Produced by Alice Stafford

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“If they heard us talking, people'd think we were mad.”

“Maybe we are. Or else everyone else is.”

The Year My Voice Broke is raw, bittersweet, and at moments dark. It is a portrait of the joys and woes of teenage life in 1960s rural New South Wales.

Originally written as a film by John Duigan in the 80s, this is a coming of age tale of adolescent love. It follows the three central characters as they stumble through a year of high school under the scrutiny of their conservative small town, the repressive control of their parents, and their own simple yet consequential mistakes.

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CAST

Danny: Joshua Di Mattina-Beven

Freya: Ruby Zupp

Trevor: Hayden Cotter

Jonah: Jim Bradshaw

Mrs Embling / Gail: Sophie Newby

Mr Embling / Tony: Sam Hill-Wade

Mrs Olson / Lisa: Mali Lung

Sergeant Pierce / Barry: Michael Sebastian

CREW

Director: Haddie Davies

Producer: Alice Stafford

Assistant Producer: Luna Ng

Costume Designer: Eleanor Douglas

Sound Designer: Shea Berecry

Lighting Designer: Alice Stafford

Assistant Lighting Designer: Nikki Eghlimi

Set Designer: Haddie Davies

Stage manager: Emily Reynolds

Graphic Designer: Monty Crosbie

Dramaturg: Isla Mowbray

Production Assistant: Bethany Schanzer, George McMillan, Zander Czerwaniw

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Course language

Sexual references and themes

References to death and suicide

Depictions of miscarriage

Use of herbal cigarettes

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 sudsslot5@gmail.com