JACKY

About the show

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