Soft Tread in association with The Maybe Pile present Trophy Boys.

It’s the biggest night of the Academic calendar, the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament, the all-boys team from St Imperium College are ready to ‘totally annihilate’ their sister school until …

Performed by a female and non-binary cast, the show unfolds in real-time as the boys are locked in a classroom for their one-hour prep, forced to argue that ‘feminism has failed women’. Aspiring future PM and brainiac scholarship kid Owen, joins soft-boy-jock, Jared, dopey lawyer’s son, Scott, and nerdy enigma, David, to come up with a case that will win them the debate - and save them from getting cancelled.

What begins as a humorous satire on insecure adolescent masculinity quickly shifts into a powerful interrogation of toxic masculinity, misogyny, and homophobia.

“Trust me. When have I let you down? International politics round you relied on me to know all about the complexities of Pyongyang’s internal power struggle. Technology round I knew all about the ethics of AI in sex dolls. Sports round I knew all the football players with charges of assault. And I don’t even like sport. It’s the same here. I’m on a scholarship. I’m smart. Trust me.” - Owen

Trophy Boys is a timely black comedy about power, privilege, and high school debating. Perfect for teachers and students examining how we navigate and negotiate the impacts of today's society on young people.

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