Presented as part of the 2025 Sydney Festival, Belvoir presents JACKY, Declan Furber Gillick’s award-winning play about culture, family and survival, this January.
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, Green Room Award-winning play of private life, work life and that thing called ‘culture’ comes to Belvoir after an acclaimed premiere season in Melbourne.
Written by Arrernte playwright Declan Furber Gillick and directed by Mark Wilson, Jacky stars Guy Simon (Jasper Jones, The Visitors) returning in the title role alongside Danny Howard (mainstage debut), Mandy McElhinney (Tiny Beautiful Things) and Greg Stone (August: Osage County).
“Vitally important and current while being enormously entertaining, hilarious and heartbreaking.” – ArtsHub
Director: Mark Wilson | Featuring: Danny Howard, Mandy McElhinney, Guy Simon, Greg Stone | Set Designer: Christina Smith | Costume Designer: Emily Barrie | Lighting Designer: Matt Scott | Composer and Sound Designer: James Henry | Intimacy Coordinator: Amy Cater | Voice and Dialect Coach: Matt Furlani | Assistant Director: Joel Bray | Dramaturgs: Jennifer Medway, Mark Wilson | Stage Manager: Jess Keepence | Assistant Stage Manager: Maddison Craven
JACKY
Upstairs Theatre – Belvoir Theatre, 25 Belvoir Street, Surry Hills
Season: 16 January – 2 February 2025
Information and Bookings: www.belvoir.com.au
Image: Guy Simon – photo by Jo Duck