Jack Charles V The Crown
ILBIJERRI Theatre Company
Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Jack Charles V The Crown by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company
6 May 2018
Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
ILBIJERRI is Australia’s leading and longest running Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Company.
Jack Charles V The Crown is based on the life of Uncle Jack Charles, spoken in his own words. Uncle Jack Charles is an Australian legend: veteran actor, musician, Koorie elder and activist, but for a good portion of his nearly 70 years he has also been an addict, a thief and a regular in Victoria’s prisons.
From Stolen Generation to Koori theatre in the 70s, from film sets to Her Majesty’s prisons, Jack Charles V The Crown runs the gamut of a life lived to its utmost. Charles’ unswerving optimism transforms this tale of addiction, crime and doing time into a kind of vagabond’s progress – a map of the traps of dispossession and a guide to reaching the age of grey-haired wisdom.
Accompanied by a three-piece band, this one-man show is a theatrical delight and a celebration of one of the country’s near forgotten treasures.
We are pleased to announce that the lecture by Rachael Maza, the director of the performance, will be held at Waseda University in Tokyo following the performance.
Title：Power of Art to RE-RIGHT The narratives
Date and Time：Monday, 7th May 18:30-20:00
Lecturer：Rachael Maza Artistic Director, Ilbijerri Theatre company
Place: Waseda University, room 308 building 8
