Trophy Boys
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Theatre
A Soft Tread production in association with The Maybe Pile Presents
Trophy Boys
Power. Privilege. High School Debating.
24 Apr 2026
Sessions
Information
Show type
Theatre
duration
75 minutes, no interval
Location
Her Majesty's Theatre Ballarat
Time
Bars Open: 6.30PM
Show Time: 7.30PM
MATINEE
Bars Open: 10.30AM
Show Time: 11.30AM
There will be a post-show Q-&-A for our matinee performance
Show Time: 7.30PM
MATINEE
Bars Open: 10.30AM
Show Time: 11.30AM
There will be a post-show Q-&-A for our matinee performance
Prices
EARLY BIRD PRICING UNTIL 01 FEB 2026
ALL PRICES LISTED ARE 20% OFF THE USUAL PRICE
A Reserve
Full: $39.20
Concession: $35.20
B Reserve: $31.20
$30 Under 30: $24
Students (via a school booking): $20
Mob Tix: $24
Restricted View: $24
We are proud to offer Mob Tix. These are discounted tickets for self-identified First Nations People to selected shows at Ballarat’s Cultural Venues.
School Bookings
For All Schools booking please contact the box office via hermaj@hermaj.com or 03 5333 5888
ALL PRICES LISTED ARE 20% OFF THE USUAL PRICE
A Reserve
Full: $39.20
Concession: $35.20
B Reserve: $31.20
$30 Under 30: $24
Students (via a school booking): $20
Mob Tix: $24
Restricted View: $24
We are proud to offer Mob Tix. These are discounted tickets for self-identified First Nations People to selected shows at Ballarat’s Cultural Venues.
School Bookings
For All Schools booking please contact the box office via hermaj@hermaj.com or 03 5333 5888
Suitable for
Recommended 15+
Additional information
Content Warnings: This show contains bright flashing lights, sustained and sudden loud noises/music and coarse language. There are Homophobic and misogynistic slurs, references to underage drinking, sexual violence, sex scenes and depictions of image-based abuse
Boys being Boys...
It’s the grand finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament, and the all-boys team from St Imperium College is ready to annihilate their sister-school. But as they prepare to argue ‘that feminism has failed women,’ a bombshell accusation of sexual assault changes everything.
Performed by a female and non-binary cast, Trophy Boys uses drag, satire and camp to playfully and powerfully interrogate the well-documented toxic masculinity, misogyny and homophobia of our elite private boys' schools, and their prevalence in the highest offices of power in the country. With biting satire and queer methodologies, Trophy Boys takes aim at the cultural pipeline, leaving no one unscathed.
Content Warnings: This show contains bright flashing lights, sustained and sudden loud noises/music and coarse language. There are Homophobic and misogynistic slurs, references to underage drinking, sexual violence, sex scenes and depictions of image-based abuse
It’s the grand finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament, and the all-boys team from St Imperium College is ready to annihilate their sister-school. But as they prepare to argue ‘that feminism has failed women,’ a bombshell accusation of sexual assault changes everything.
Performed by a female and non-binary cast, Trophy Boys uses drag, satire and camp to playfully and powerfully interrogate the well-documented toxic masculinity, misogyny and homophobia of our elite private boys' schools, and their prevalence in the highest offices of power in the country. With biting satire and queer methodologies, Trophy Boys takes aim at the cultural pipeline, leaving no one unscathed.
Content Warnings: This show contains bright flashing lights, sustained and sudden loud noises/music and coarse language. There are Homophobic and misogynistic slurs, references to underage drinking, sexual violence, sex scenes and depictions of image-based abuse
Cast & Creatives
Myfanwy Hocking (They / Them)
Owen
Owen
Tahlia Jameson
Scott
Scott
Fran Sweeney-Nash (They / Them)
Jared
Jared
Kidaan Zelleke
David
David
Writer
Emmanuelle Mattana
Director
Marni Mount
Designer
Ben Andrews, Emmaunelle Mattana, and Marni Mount
Lighting Designer
Katie Sfetkidis
Sound Designer
Ben Andrews
Produced By
Jo Dyer and Ben Andrews
Partners
Myfanwy Hocking (They / Them)
Owen
An actor, playwright, poet, and teacher, living and working in Narrm. They are most interested in queer, feminist theatre that seeks to rail against the patriarchy and capitalism.
As a performer, they have worked at the Melbourne Theatre Company, Theatre Works, Butterfly Club, Antipodes Theatre Company, and NORPA Lismore. Their play HOW TO BE A PERSON WHEN THE WORLD IS ENDING debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022, and their newest play Storked debuted in May this year at Theatre Works.
As a performer, they have worked at the Melbourne Theatre Company, Theatre Works, Butterfly Club, Antipodes Theatre Company, and NORPA Lismore. Their play HOW TO BE A PERSON WHEN THE WORLD IS ENDING debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2022, and their newest play Storked debuted in May this year at Theatre Works.
They are also a passionate voice artist, having narrated over 15 audio books.
Myfanwy is a double graduate of the VCA, attaining their BFA in Acting, and their master’s in 'Writing for Theatre'. From this institution, they were awarded the George Fairfax Memorial Award (2022) and the Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Scholarship (2023), both for excellence in their craft.
Myfanwy adores all things art and all things queer, and they are seeking to queer the theatrical climate in Narrm through all their work.
Myfanwy is a double graduate of the VCA, attaining their BFA in Acting, and their master’s in 'Writing for Theatre'. From this institution, they were awarded the George Fairfax Memorial Award (2022) and the Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Scholarship (2023), both for excellence in their craft.
Myfanwy adores all things art and all things queer, and they are seeking to queer the theatrical climate in Narrm through all their work.
Tahlia Jameson
Scott
Fran Sweeney-Nash (They / Them)
Jared
A queer actor, writer and theatre maker living and working predominantly on Wurundjeri and Bunurong country. They value community engaged practices, queer dramaturgies and non-hierarchical processes of collaboration.
They have appeared on the VCE drama and theatre studies playlist twice (Cactus and Trophy Boys) and have been nominated for a Green Room award (Trophy Boys, best production).
They have appeared on the VCE drama and theatre studies playlist twice (Cactus and Trophy Boys) and have been nominated for a Green Room award (Trophy Boys, best production).
Recent works include This is a Self-Portrait (Testing Grounds), nowhere gradually (Science Gallery Melbourne), Cactus (La Mama), Trophy Boys (fortyfivedownstairs), The Peach Blossom Fan (VCA), WORMS (MUSE Festival), Seven Seconds (MUSE Festival) and Land (St Martins Youth Arts Centre).
They are currently studying at the Victorian College of the Arts.
They are currently studying at the Victorian College of the Arts.
Kidaan Zelleke
David