WINTER—SPRING - Canberra 100

Jack Charles V The Crown
Image: Bindi Cole.
17 – 19 July
Jack is an actor, musician, potter and gifted performer, but in his nearly
70 years he has also been homeless, a heroin addict, a thief and a regular in
Victoria’s prisons. A member of the Stolen Generation, Jack has spent his life
in between acting gigs and caught in the addiction/crime/doing time cycle.
Today–no longer caught in the cycle–he lives to tell the extraordinary tale.
Jack’s constant and unswerving optimism, his generosity of spirit and his
humanity shine through in this theatrical delight, unravelling the layers of
this living legend’s colourful past. Jack Charles V The Crown is a theatre
experience full of pathos and resolve, shining a spotlight on the life of one
of Australia’s near forgotten treasures.
The show premiered in 2010 at the Melbourne International Arts Festival,
playing to sell out crowds. After tours to Belvoir, Brisbane and Perth
Festival, Jack Charles V The Crown is Victoria’s gift to Collected Works:
Australia 2013.
Directed by Rachael Maza, written by Jack Charles and John Romeril,
with musical direction by Nigel MacLean and musicians Phil Collings and
Malcolm Beveridge, the play will be performed at The Playhouse.
It is brought to Canberra by Australia’s leading and longest running
Indigenous theatre company, ILBIJERRI, and toured by Performing Lines.
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is supported by Australian Government
Indigenous Culture Support, Australia Council for the Arts and City of
Melbourne. Performing Lines and this tour are supported by the Australia
Council for the Arts.
Jack Charles V The Crown is part of Canberra Theatre’s Collected Works:
Australia 2013. The season is generously supported by Arts Victoria.
The Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre
www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Mabo Day
3 June
Mabo Day occurs annually on 3 June. It commemorates
Eddie Koiki Mabo (c. 29 June 1936–21 January 1992)
a Torres Strait Islander whose campaign for Indigenous
land rights led to a landmark decision of the High Court
of Australia in Canberra. On 3 June 1992, the High Court
overturned the legal fiction of terra nullius which had
characterised Australian law on land and title since the
voyage of James Cook in 1770.
www.maboday.com.au
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