The Schoolgirl

Female | Teen | 3 to 5 minutes
Starts on page 5

EXTRACT: Instead of Maths we have a special assembly about not wearing our hair to the side. They say it’s important for our ponytails to be tied in the middle of our head. I leave school through the back gate. We’re not supposed to use this gate. I’m going to get in a lot of trouble for leaving school. I’m already in trouble. Because it’s a Tuesday I open the gate of number twenty-seven and I walk around the back. They’ve got a dog there. I’ve taught it not to bark.

The Man

Male | 20s | 3 to 5 minutes
Starts on page 3

EXTRACT: When I wake up there’s something on my face. I wonder if I’m still dreaming. I hope I’m still dreaming because I’ve got no fucking clue what this shit on my face is. I’m not dreaming. There’s these flecks of dry paint on my face. I turn the light on. I look at the ceiling. There’s a gap in the paint. It’s blue underneath. I hate blue. I stare at the ceiling for a while. I try to imagine that the blue patch is sky and that it’s a really nice day. It calms me for about half a second.

PROGRAM: TUESDAY BY LOURIS VAN DE GEER

PDF Program for 'Tuesday' by Louris van de Geer, presented by MKA, 2012.

REVIEW: TUESDAY ON MY MIND

ANNE-MARIE PEARD, AUSSIE THEATRE, 20 JUNE 2012

"Tuesday is an incredible script. With images like swinging signs in an aisle, missing spice packets and a pyramid of tuna tins with an inflatable tuna, [Louris van de Geer] creates a vivid world that’s beautiful in its suburban dullness."

REVIEW: TUESDAY

ELLY VARRENTI, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 14 JUNE 2012

"Emerging playwright Louris van de Geer demonstrates a keen eye for the ordinary stuff that gets under our skin: from the insane competition for a car park to the unavailability of a particular brand of peaches."