Mockingbird Theatre Company presents Michael Healey’s multi-award winning and much-loved play, The Drawer Boy, at the Belconnen Arts Centre for a limited season from 21 August 2025.
This brilliantly touching and often hilarious play follows Miles, a young actor from the big city who moves in with two friends, Morgan and Angus, aging bachelor farmers, to do research for a new play.
Intrigued by the puzzling Angus who suffered brain damage during World War II, and gently tormented by Morgan because of his ignorance of all things rural, Miles attempts to integrate himself into farm life with varying success.
Desperate for material, Miles includes an overheard story in his play, unwittingly breaking open the fragile pattern of the farmers’ lives.
Directed by Zac Bridgman (Fully Committed) and featuring Chris Baldock, Callum Doherty and Richard Manning, The Drawer Boy is an elegant testimony to the transcendent nature of fiction and the healing power of truth.
“The Drawer Boy is a beautifully written play. It moves from toughness and hilarity to something devastating and tender.” – Michael Ondaatje
The Drawer Boy
Belconnen Arts Centre, 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen (ACT)
Season: 21 – 30 August 2025
Bookings: www.belcoarts.com.au
For more information, visit: www.mockingbirdtheatrics.com for details.
Image: Callum Doherty to feature in The Drawer Boy – photo by Zac Bridgman and Chris Baldock