[4] SUDS currently operates out of the society's own production space, the Cellar Theatre, underneath the Holme Building on the Camperdown Campus of the University of Sydney.
During the society's heyday SUDS was considered one of the leading production companies in Australia, attracting a range of theatrical talent and audiences beyond its student base.
[5] This popularity peaked in the postwar years of the 1950s-60s during which time many prominent actors and personalities passed through its ranks.
SUDS is considered to have played a leading role in the establishment of Australian theatre, alongside breakaway group The Sydney Players, during this time.
[7] Other notable members have included Gough Whitlam, a future Prime Minister of Australia, who met his wife Margaret through SUDS,[8] and personalities Germaine Greer and Clive James both of whom went on to manage the Cambridge Footlights during its golden era.