Description

'Do you have anything at all that's actually yours? That's actually real?'

Jacky is a smart, enterprising young blackfella in the big city. He skilfully negotiates the gig economy, skipping neatly from office internships to cultural performances to sex work. When his unemployable little brother Keith rolls into town, Jacky's carefully compartmentalised lives are set to collide.

Declan Furber Gillick is an Arrernte writer and artist from Mparntwe (Alice Springs) with a practice spanning theatre, television, poetry, music, rap and visual arts. In 2018 he took up a residency with Melbourne Theatre Company's NEXT STAGE Program. Jacky is Declan's debut with the company.

Biography

Declan Furber Gillick

DECLAN FURBER GILLICK is a multidisciplinary artist from Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and a proud Arrernte man with Irish-Australian heritage. His practice spans writing, theatre, poetry, music, rap, film, television and visual arts. Declan will be making his Melbourne Theatre Company debut with Jacky. Other credits include Scar Trees (Ilbijerri Theatre Company) and Bighouse Dreaming (Melbourne Fringe Festival). He is currently working as part of a First Nations writing team to adapt Melissa Lucashenko’s novel Too Much Lip for television. Bighouse Dreaming was awarded the Green Room Award for Best Independent Writing and Best Ensemble, Melbourne Fringe Awards for Best Performance Work and Best Writing, Melbourne Festival Discovery Award and Best Emerging Indigenous Artist. In 2018 he took up a residency as part of Melbourne Theatre Company’s Next Stage Writers’ Program. He has also worked with Melbourne Theatre Company’s First Peoples Young Artist Program. Declan completed a Masters of Writing for Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2017.

Book Data

Cast Info	1F, 3M
Genres	Drama, Naturalism / realism
Themes	Diverse sexuality themes, First Nations, LGBTQIA+, Political/Social themes
Audiences	Adult

Extent	100
Edition	CTS
Size	137 x 210 mm