A Bold, Award-Winning Show Tours Country Stages
Award-winning satire show Trophy Boys is hitting the road to South Australia’s country theatres, bringing sharp, funny and thought-provoking storytelling to Port Pirie, Port Lincoln, Whyalla and Mount Gambier in February and March.
Performed by a female and non-binary cast in drag, Trophy Boys follows an all-boys debating team from the fictional St Imperium College as they prepare to argue a deliberately provocative topic – that feminism has failed women. It’s the biggest night on Melbourne’s academic calendar, and everything is on the line.
Comedy With Something to Say
On the surface, it’s loud, camp and laugh-out-loud funny. Underneath, it digs a little deeper into attitudes many Australians already recognise – toxic masculinity, entitlement, ego, and a private school culture that still feeds straight into politics, power and leadership.
Presented by State Theatre Company South Australia and Country Arts SA, Trophy Boys uses humour to tackle big conversations without preaching to its audience.
Country Arts associate producer Jayden Gonsalves said the show lands right where people are already having these conversations.
“Trophy Boys is an important show and relevant to the current zeitgeist because it explores the complex relationship that young men have with feminism,” he said.
“I think it’s particularly important that school-aged people see the show because it’s the perfect vessel to open up dialogue around this topic.
“Many men in my life don’t fully comprehend the breadth and depth of what feminism actually means and stands for, and Trophy Boys is a great introduction to exploring that.”
Trophy Boys won Best New Work at the 2024 Sydney Theatre Awards and is the recipient of multiple Greenroom Awards Nominations for Best Production, Best New Writing and Best Director.
If you like your theatre smart, funny and with something to say, this one’s worth leaving the couch for.
TROPHY BOYS
PORT PIRIE
Northern Festival Centre
February 26 & 27
PORT LINCOLN
Nautilus Arts Centre
February 28 & March 2
WHYALLA
Middleback Arts Centre
March 3 & 4
MOUNT GAMBIER
Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre
March 10 & 11
Tickets and full details are available at countryarts.org.au/events/trophy-boys.
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