“I jolt awake at 2.20am every single morning, heart thumping, pulse racing...2.20 am. It’s always 2.20am”.

2.20AM, a new Australian play by award winning playwright Rebecca Lister, is drawn from Lister’s own experience of losing a family member to suicide along with real stories of people directly impacted by suicide. 

Four ordinary people, all bereaved, meet as strangers at a creative writing class and are forced into a reluctant bond. Together they grieve, laugh, behave badly and reveal far more about themselves than they bargained for.

This contemporary drama tackles the subject of suicide directly and pulses with the credibility of lived experience.  

2:20AM was commissioned by Support After Suicide, a program of Jesuit Social Services.

“Those feelings?  All those feelings? I call them grief.  And each morning I say ‘hello grief’ and then I get on with my day.”

Playwright: Rebecca Lister
Director: Hallie Shellam
Dramaturgy: Mari Lourey
Cast: Joanne Davis, Michael Treloar and Donna Steven 

Dates: 29 August - 9 September

Times: Wednesday – Saturday: 8pm, Sunday Matinee: 5pm

Cost: Full: $28, Concession: $22, Group of 6 or more: $20

Venue: Richmond Theatrette

anvilproductions.com.au

jss.org.au

supportaftersuicide.org.au