Trophy Boys
It’s a blazer-trailing new play navigating power, privilege and the terrifying confidence of young men who know exactly how to say the right thing.
By Emmanuelle Mattana
Four elite private-school boys are locked in a prep room before the biggest debating final of their lives. Jared, David, Scott and Owen are best friends, top blokes, future leaders. Blazers crisp. Egos enormous. Futures already sorted.
Then the moot drops: FEMINISM HAS FAILED WOMEN. AFFIRMATIVE. They’re horrified. They’re feminists. They love women. But trophies don’t win themselves, and these boys have never been taught to lose.
Performed by women and non-binary actors, Trophy Boys is a fast and wickedly funny satire that immerses itself in the struggles and triumphs of our young men today: the affirmative and the negative.
What begins as an empathetic account of boyhood bravado — banter, badges, brotherhood — is picked at like a scab and tears into something much more dangerous. The jokes get sharper. The room gets smaller. The good boys start showing their teeth. They’re gonna crush it.
Winner of Best New Australian Work, Sydney Theatre Awards, 2024 |
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