IN DEVELOPMENT
THE COUNTDOWN
BY LAUREN ANDERSON AND MEEGAN MAY (SHE WRITES COLLECTIVE)
The Countdown is a flaming family dramedy about multiple generations of mistakes. When a family comes together over New Years to finally scatter the ashes of their late father in a quiet ceremony, they are shocked to find out that matriarch BARB has thrown one of her famous NYE parties to mark the occasion – and the whole town is invited. If only a catastrophic bushfire wasn’t also on the guest list…
ABOUT THE ARTISTS - LAUREN ANDERSON AND MEEGAN MAY Lauren Anderson and Meegan May are writers, producers and wives to be. Meegan has worked extensively in TV development (Seven Studios, Guesswork Television) while Lauren has written for kids comedy Kitty is not a Cat and hit reality series Australian Survivor. They’ve recently started co-writing theatre and it’s the best. They started off with a short work for Theatre Works in 2019 as part of Green Room Award winning She Is Vigilante. The Countdown marks their first full length play and is being developed through Theatre Works She Writes program (with initial support from Creative Victoria). Their Audio project Starship Gold Star has received funding from Creative Victoria, the City of Melbourne, and Moreland Council. 93
