theatre works presents
by zadie kennedy mccracken
You're Being Dramatic
24 APRIL - 4 MAY | EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
You're Being Dramatic
VENUE
by zadie kennedy mccracken
Thea and Arvy are best friends. The bestest friends. They’re good at being best friends. They’re so good at being best friends. They’re the best friends to ever best friend. And everything is totally, absolutely, completely normal.
In the long, dark night of Thea and Arvy’s weekly sleepover, they swap stories, drink vodka, talk boys, and make blood oaths, vowing they’ll never leave each other’s sides.
But Thea has a secret, one which could unravel the very fabric of their friendship; and who is it that keeps knocking at their door?
Darkly funny and deeply moving, You’re Being Dramatic is a devastating and beautiful new play from emerging writer/director Zadie Kennedy Mccracken, exploring intimacy, queer identity, patriarchy, and the agony of unfulfilled desire.
Explosives Factory
Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda
DURATION
90 Minutes
WARNINGS
Suggested violence, references to sex, violence, sexual assault, and misogyny
ACCESSIBILITY
Explosives Factory is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
DATES + TIMES
Wednesday 24 April - 7:30pm
Thursday 25 April - 7:30pm
Friday 26 April - 7:30pm
Saturday 27 April - 7:30pm
Tuesday 30 April - 7:30pm
Wednesday 1 May - 7:30pm
Thursday 2 May - 7:30pm
Friday 3 May - 7:30pm
Saturday 4 May - 7:30pm
Theatre Works has a lockout policy for latecomers. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
TICKETS
FULL PRICE
$35.00
CONCESSION*
$28.00
PREVIEW
$20.00
20 at $20**
$20.00
MOB TIX
$20.00
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
**Limited to 20 tickets per performance
Our FRESH WORKS program is for Early Career Artists. Similar to our WITH THEATRE WORKS program but for those less along in their producing and making journey. In addition to producing, marketing, PR and production support, FRESH WORKS artists have access to creative, technical and producing mentorship.
CREDITS
WRITER & DIRECTOR
Zadie Kennedy Mccracken
PRODUCER
The Maybe Pile
DRAMATURG
Ruby Rees
SET DESIGNER
Ella Campbell
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Oliver Ross
CAST
Megan Mitchell
Jess Sofranos
MEET THE ARTIST -
Zadie Kennedy Mccracken
Zadie Kennedy Mccracken (she/they) is a Naarm-based writer, producer, director, and theatre-maker. As a creative, they are interested in exploring patriarchal injustice, queer intimacy, aesthetics of excess, and the politics of desire. Zadie has worked with Melbourne Theatre Company, Pony Cam, La Mama, Darebin Arts, Melbourne Fringe, fortyfivedownstairs, Arts Centre Melbourne, Wit Incorporated, Theatre Works, and Union House Theatre. Most recently, they production managed flit for Melbourne Fringe and directed their second play, Everyone Wants to be Emma, for La Mama, both to great acclaim. Most of Zadie’s work is about love and what to do with it.
