Trophy Boysby Emmanuelle Mattana uses queering, camp and drag as playful and powerful tools to interrogate the well-documented toxic masculinity, misogyny and homophobia of our ‘elite’ private boys schools.
SYNOPSIS
It is the biggest night of Melbourne’s academic calendar, the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament. The boys from the elite St Imperium College are locked in a classroom for their short debate prep, arguing ‘that feminism has failed women’. But what begins as a riotously funny satire on insecure adolescent masculinity and the ego of Australia’s next generation of politiciansquickly turns sour when news breaks that one of the boys has been anonymously accused of sexual assault.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Trophy Boys by Emmanuelle Mattana was first produced at the La Mama Courthouse on December 4 — 6. 2022.
Trophy Boys by Emmanuelle Mattana
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THEMES: Toxic Masculinity, Contemporary Feminism, Entitlement
LENGTH: 70 minutes, no interval
CHARACTER AGES: 16-17
NO. OF CHARACTERS: 4
SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years, Adults
Boys being boys.
Description
Trophy Boys by Emmanuelle Mattana uses queering, camp and drag as playful and powerful tools to interrogate the well-documented toxic masculinity, misogyny and homophobia of our ‘elite’ private boys schools.
SYNOPSIS
It is the biggest night of Melbourne’s academic calendar, the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament. The boys from the elite St Imperium College are locked in a classroom for their short debate prep, arguing ‘that feminism has failed women’. But what begins as a riotously funny satire on insecure adolescent masculinity and the ego of Australia’s next generation of politicians quickly turns sour when news breaks that one of the boys has been anonymously accused of sexual assault.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Trophy Boys by Emmanuelle Mattana was first produced at the La Mama Courthouse on December 4 — 6. 2022.
ISBN: 978-0-908156-91-7
Additional information
Hardcopy, Digital