theatre works presents
by meg goodfellow
Draw Two
17 - 27 SEPTEMBER | EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
by meg goodfellow
Back in her hometown, a woman stands in the ‘fifteen items or less’ line at the local Woolies. There, an old (now-hot) school friend, Kieran, mistakes her as Mia. And she doesn’t correct him.
The thing is, Mia is her identical twin who recently died, leaving behind a son, Lucas.
Everyone has a 20-something crisis. Hers is a choice between staying in Melbourne with an ambitious girlfriend, becoming the legal guardian of a five-year-old, or something entirely different…
If Kieran can’t tell the difference, does it really matter? At the end of the day, where does she end and Mia begin?
Draw Two, is a sharp, poignant and funny monologue about mistaken identities, Neapolitan ice cream, sunburnt shoulders, sharks in bathtubs and beating little kids at Uno. It’s also about how we come to terms with loss and sudden motherhood, and what it truly takes to care.
VENUE
Explosives Factory, Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda
DURATION
75 minutes (no interval)
WARNINGS
Draw Two contains haze, coarse language, descriptions of sex and engages with deception, death and grief.
ACCESSIBILITY
Explosives Factory is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
“Draw Two is a superbly crafted piece of dramatic fiction” - Theatre Red
“Goodfellow’s use of the vernacular is brilliant and McGinness inhabits it flawlessly” - Theatre Red
“Georgia McGinness is phenomenal. It’s an extraordinary performance” - Theatre Red
“Intricately plotted play by Meg Goodfellow confidently directed by Lauren Bennett” - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sydney Arts Guide
“Georgia McGinness’ solo performance was radiant, sassy and funny.” - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sydney Arts Guide
DATES + TIMES
Wednesday 17 September 7:30pm (Preview)
Thursday 18 September 7:30pm (Opening)
Friday 19 September 7:30pm
Saturday 20 September 7:30pm
Tuesday 23 September 7:30pm
Wednesday 24 September 7:30pm
Thursday 25 September 7:30pm
Friday 26 September 7:30pm
Saturday 27 September 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
$48.00
CONCESSION*
$38.00
PREVIEW
$30.00
RUSH TIX**
$25.00
MOB TIX
$25.00
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
**Limited to 20 tickets per performance
Shows in the WITH THEATRE WORKS stream align strongly our values and missions - these works we co-produce and co-present with independent artists and/or companies. Projects within this stream receive significant producing, marketing, PR and production support in addition to free use of the venue and a generous box office split.
CREDITS
PLAYWRIGHT & PRODUCER
Meg Goodfellow
DIRECTOR
Lauren Bennett
STAGE AND PRODUCTION MANAGER
Sam Gray
CAST
Georgia McGinness
MEET THE ARTIST -
Meg Goodfellow
Meg is a writer whose work has been developed and presented by theatre companies across Sydney and Melbourne and published by Currency Press and WestWords.
Her playwriting credits include: Skirt (2018) presented by UOW and Merrigong Theatre Company; Dead Things (2019) presented in ATYP's Intersection: Arrival and published by Currency Press; Co-writer for UOW’s production On The Edge Of The Known World (2020); Hiding Lights in Dark Places developed through Elbow Room Productions’ Development Series (2020), presented as part of the Storytellers Festival (2022) and shortlisted for the Born Writers Award (2023); Desolate shortlisted for the ATYP Foundation Commission (2023) and Draw Two presented in The Old Fitz Theatre Late Night program (2024). In 2024, her short fiction ‘Shells’ was published in WestWords ‘Living Stories: Over The Line…?’ anthology. Meg is currently co-writing Crate, a television series with Georgia McGinness.
Meg has been a participant for ATYP’s National Studio (2018), the Young Playwrights Program at Canberra Youth Theatre (2020), bAKEHOUSE and Montague Basement’s The Laboratory (2021) and ATYP’s Creating Your Own Work (2022).
Meg is a lecturer and tutor of creative writing at the University of Wollongong, where she is undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing.
