Suds

Sussex University Drama Society (SUDS) has undergone many changes over the past years. Most recently a series of lockdowns and restrictions resulted in cancelling in-person shows, and opting for small…

For those of us coming to the end of another year of university study, the prospect of careers, marriages and babies may seem a long way off. It comes as…

Final year English and Drama student Sophie Pester will be taking her original stage show A Glass Half Empty to Brighton Fringe next month. First performed by SUDS (Sussex University…

Identity politics is a pertinent issue in today’s society, and A Number exposes the struggle of defining identity in a categorically saturated world. In a futuristic narrative where cloning is…

Picking A Number was an easy choice. Director and actor Tom Chown explains his love for Caryl Churchill and how her “lineage of plays throughout her career, from Cloud Nine…

This wasn’t theatre, this was an interactive evening in Utah with the State Governor, Merriweather, come terrorist which blew me away, literally, there is a terror explosion in the first…

Our Theatre Editor, Miles Fagge, interviews both Dara Meunier-Patterson, the star of SMuTs breath-taking production of Cabaret last term and SUDs member Emma Zambon, who gave a brilliantly chilling performance…

Saving the best for last, Grey Skies was hands-down one the best SUDS performance this term. An original play written and directed by Gabriel Owen — who is no stranger…

Sussex Live 2011 brought to you by the University of Sussex Students’ Union in association with the National Lottery was all about being yourself, trying something new and showcasing what…

The intimate space of the debating chamber made a fitting setting for SUDS unassuming adaptation of ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’, performed by a small but adept cast. As the lights dimmed,…

After The End 10-12 November Falmer House Lana Harper and Peter Howarth took on two equally demanding roles in the SUDS production of After The End: a chilling microcosm of…

Fancy yourself versatile like Will Smith? A comedian like Frank Skinner? Or a songbird, like Claire Sweeney? Well, your opportunity to shine sits on your doorstep. Celebrated as “one of…

Questions are raised in SUDS’ new production Last week I was invited to watch a twenty-minute snippet of SUDS’ (Sussex University Drama Society) week seven production of Blackbird, followed by…

Last week, the SUDS Edinburgh festival entry piece was reprised to great aplomb. Opening to the macabre sounds of four butchers sharpening their knives over the frigid body of a…

Looking suitably casual, as their name would suggest, and lounging on leather sofas, I sit with James Hamilton and Dave Newman, two Sussex students turned comedians. We are waiting for…

Tues 6th Oct (campus) AUDITIONS – West Side Story – Mandella Hall, 2pm or 5pm For more information see http://ussu-smuts.webs.com/ Tues 6-10th Oct (Brighton) The Hypochondriac – The Royal Theatre,…

Are you on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Are you finding work a little too much? Do you think you could name anyone who actually loves you? Do you…

The Chairs, Debating Chamber, Falmer House, 21/11/08 Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs opens in a very poignant fashion. The lights come up on an elderly married couple in a many-doored room…

Ellie Williams, director of SUDS’ latest theatrical offering, on why this week’s play is one to see… This week, in the Debating Chamber, the Drama Society presents ‘The Chairs’; a…

Lana Harper talks to Chris Davis, the director of SUDS’ latest production, ‘Educating Rita’