Boys will be boys

Sydney Theatre Company presents
Boys will be boys
By Melissa Bubnic
16 April to 9 May 2015. Opening Night: Saturday 18 April 2015 at 8.15pm
Wharf 2, Sydney Theatre Company, Pier 4/5 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Boys will be boys, a Sydney Theatre Company commission at Wharf 2 from 16 April
to 9 May, is a bold, risqué new work by Melissa Bubnic, winner of STC’s 2010 Patrick
White Playwright’s Award for her play, Beached. The run has only limited ticket
availability remaining and the first tranche of Suncorp Twenties ($20 tickets for
every STC performance) for Boys will be boys become available on 7 April 2015.
Danielle Cormack plays Astrid, a currency trader at the top of her game in the dogeat-dog world of frenzied buying and selling. When a bright young woman, Priya
(Sophia Roberts), applies for a junior position, Astrid decides to play mentor. But in
the self-serving world of the trade floor, every favour has a price.
Satirising this world of men, Boys will be boys is abrasive and searing as it inverts all
expectations of moral certainty. The play features an all-female cast (comprised of
Cormack, Roberts, Tina Bursill, Meredith Penman and former STC Resident Zindzi
Okenyo), three of whom play men in multiple roles throughout, exploring themes
and ideas around gender in a male dominated workplace.
Rattray, STC’s 2015 Richard Wherrett fellow, recently directed This House is Mine
with Milk Crate Theatre Company and is a former Resident Director at Griffin and
Co-Founder of independent company, Arthur. Design is by former STC Resident
Designer David Fleischer whose work has included STC’s Children of the Sun and
Calpurnia Descending. Lighting Designer Ross Graham makes his STC debut while
composer and musical director Kelly Ryall takes on the musical interludes
punctuating the play.
Cast: Tina Bursill, Danielle Cormack, Zindzi Okenyo, Meredith Penman, Sophia Roberts
Director: Paige Rattray. Designer: David Fleischer. Lighting Designer: Ross Graham.
Composer, Sound Designer & Musical Director: Kelly Ryall
Box Office: 02 9250 1777. sydneytheatre.com.au Tickets: from $27 (fees apply)
Suncorp Twenties become available from 7 April and are released for sale every
Tuesday at 9am for the following week’s performances (Monday to Saturday).
Insight Events:
Pre-season Briefing: Monday 13 April at 6.15pm. Wharf 2 Theatre
Audi Night with the Actors: Monday 27 April (post-show)
For further information: Georgia McKay (9250 1705 gmckay@sydneytheatre.com.au)
or Tim McKeough (9250 1703 tmckeough@sydneytheatre.com.au)