JACKY
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16 Jan – 2 Feb 25 Upstairs Theatre
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1 Hour & 40 Minutes (No Interval)
JACKY
By Declan Furber Gillick
Directed by Mark Wilson
- Venue Upstairs Theatre
- Dates 16 Jan – 2 Feb 25
- Duration 1 Hour & 40 Minutes (No Interval)
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Produced by
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Co-presented with
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Indigenous theatre at Belvoir supported by
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Jacky’s a smart, enterprising young blackfella who has made a life for himself in Melbourne. He’s got the hang of the 21st century. Negotiating the gig economy? No worries. Slipping from office internships to cultural performances? No probs. Sex work? Pays the bills. But when Jacky’s unemployable little brother Keith rolls into town, Jacky’s various lives in the white world threaten to come undone.
Whip-smart and utterly of the here-and-now, this wink-of-the-eye, award-winning play of private life, work life, and that thing called ‘culture’ comes to Belvoir after an acclaimed premiere season in Melbourne.
One of the exciting things about 2025 at Belvoir is that there are two great examples of a new generation of Indigenous writing, Big Girls Don’t Cry and Jacky. I was enraptured when I saw it last year and knew it was perfect for our Belvoir stage and for us, the Belvoir audience. Guy Simon is magnificent as Jacky, and Declan Furber Gillick is a talent on the rise. – Eamon
Jacky was commissioned and developed through Melbourne Theatre Company’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program thanks to support from the Company’s Playwrights Giving Circle, with Craig Semple and the Trawalla Foundation.
Performance Times
Upcoming Performances
Thursday • 16 Jan 2025
7:30pm
Preview Session
Friday • 17 Jan 2025
7:30pm
Preview Session Queer Night
Saturday • 18 Jan 2025
7:30pm
Opening Night (Invite Only)
Sunday • 19 Jan 2025
5:00pm
Tuesday • 21 Jan 2025
6:30pm
Q&A Following Performance
Wednesday • 22 Jan 2025
1:00pm
Wednesday • 22 Jan 2025
6:30pm
Weekly Times
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tuesday 6:30pm
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wednesday 1pm & 6:30pm
No 1pm performance on 29 Jan
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thursday 1pm & 7:30pm
No 1pm performance on 16 Jan
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friday 7:30pm
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saturday 2pm & 7:30pm
No 2pm performance on 18 Jan
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sunday 5pm
Except Feb 2 at 2pm & no performance on 26 Jan
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Preview Session
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Special Performance
TEAM
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Declan Furber Gillick
WriterDeclan Furber Gillick
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Mark Wilson
DirectorMark Wilson
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A cast of 4 including
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Mandy McElhinney
Read full bioMandy is one of Australia’s most beloved actresses, having been seen most recently in popular seriesWakefield. Mandy’s numerous other television credits include The Exhibitionists, Love Child, BadMothers, Squinters, House of Hancock, Hyde & Seek, Paper Giants, Comedy Inc, Bed Of Roses, andMDA. Mandy’s feature film credits including Ned Kelly and The Bank.Mandy’s stage credits include: […]
Mandy McElhinney
Mandy is one of Australia’s most beloved actresses, having been seen most recently in popular series
Wakefield. Mandy’s numerous other television credits include The Exhibitionists, Love Child, Bad
Mothers, Squinters, House of Hancock, Hyde & Seek, Paper Giants, Comedy Inc, Bed Of Roses, and
MDA. Mandy’s feature film credits including Ned Kelly and The Bank.
Mandy’s stage credits include: Cinderella, Forget Me Not (Belvoir Theatre); The Glass Menagerie,
Dirty Birds which she co-wrote and co-starred in with her sister Hayley McElhinney (Black Swan); Tiny
Beautiful Things, (Queensland Theatre), Appropriate, Mosquitos, In The Next Room (Or The Vibrator
Play), The Beauty Of Queen Lenane, Kafka’s Metamorphosis, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Great
And Don’s Party (Sydney Theatre Company); Dreams In White (Griffin Theatre Co); When The Rain
Stops Falling (Brink); Di Viv And Rose, The Hypocrite, Life After George and Pride And Prejudice
(Melbourne Theatre Company); This Way Up, Holy Day, Twilight Series, Inside 2000 (Playbox).
Mandy received the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for her role in
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Guy Simon
Read full bioGuy Simon is a proud Birripi, Worimi, Waddi Waddi and Walbunga man and is the 2024 Balnaves Fellowship recipient. His theatre credits include: My Brilliant Career (Belvoir), Jasper Jones (Belvoir- Return Season & NSW Tour,) The Visitors (STC), Jacky (MTC), The Tempest (STC), White Yella Tree (Griffin Theatre Company), The Return (Malthouse Theatre), Grand Horizons […]
Guy Simon
Guy Simon is a proud Birripi, Worimi, Waddi Waddi and Walbunga man and is the 2024 Balnaves Fellowship recipient. His theatre credits include: My Brilliant Career (Belvoir), Jasper Jones (Belvoir- Return Season & NSW Tour,) The Visitors (STC), Jacky (MTC), The Tempest (STC), White Yella Tree (Griffin Theatre Company), The Return (Malthouse Theatre), Grand Horizons (STC),Playing Beatie Bow (STC), First Love is the Revolution (Griffin Theatre Company), Cloudstreet (Malthouse Theatre), The Harp in the South (STC), Strangers in Between (Cameron Lukey Presents), Bright World, (Theatre Works), Jasper Jones (MTC), Blaque Showgirls (Malthouse Theatre, The Battle of Waterloo (STC), The Myth Project: Twin (Arthur, A Theatre Company), Black Diggers (QLD Theatre Company), This Fella, My Memory (Mooghalin Performing Arts, Yellamundie (Mooghalin Performing Arts), Junction (Bakehouse Theatre),Stolen (STC), Lucky (IPAN Productions).
Film: Undertow, Around the Block. TV: The Secret She Keeps S2, Wakefield, The Wrong Girl, Redfern Now 2. Other: Online Series: A Chance Affair. Training: NIDA. Pronouns: He/Him
Awards: 2017 Helpmann for best Male Actor in a Supporting role in a Play
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Greg Stone
Greg Stone
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Creatives
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Christina Smith
Set DesignerChristina Smith
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Emily Barrie
Costume DesignerEmily Barrie
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Matt Scott
Lighting DesignerMatt Scott
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James Henry
Composer and Sound DesignerJames Henry
