Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death
BY / Nakkiah Lui
5 JUL – 3 AUG 2018
Beckett Theatre
★★★★★ 'Fast-paced adventure that brings the house down' — ArtsHub
On a dig in the Australian outback, archaeologist Dr. Jacqueline Black unearths a mystical skull from a hidden mass grave. It talismanically transforms her into arse-kicking indigenous superhero Blackie Blackie Brown.
Her mission: to track down every last descendant of the men who killed her ancestors and have her revenge. It ain’t about forgiveness. It ain’t about reconciliation. This is about Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death.
The unstoppable Nakkiah Lui (Blaque Showgirls, ABC’s Black Comedy) and Declan Greene (Calpurnia Descending) team up with Barkindji, Birri-Gubba illustrator Emily Johnson and digital animation studio Oh Yeah Wow. The result is a hilarious live-action bad-arse blaxploitation superhero comic book that will have you baying for blood.
PRODUCTION PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS
A Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company production. The creative development of Blackie Blackie Brown was produced by Performing Lines with support from ACMI, the Australia Council for the Arts and Create NSW.
Key image: Zan Wimberley
Images: Phoebe Powell
Illustrations: Emily Johnson
BY /
Nakkiah Lui
DIRECTION /
Declan Greene
CAST /
Ash Flanders, Dalara Williams
DESIGN /
Elizabeth Gadsby
ANIMATION & VIDEO /
Mike Greaney for Oh Yeah Wow
LIGHTING & PROJECTION DESIGN /
Verity Hampson
COMPOSITION & SOUND DESIGN /
Steve Toulmin
FOLEY ARTIST & ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGN /
Nate Edmondson
CONCEPT ARTIST /
Emily Johnson
Event & ticketing details
Performance Times
PREVIEW
OPENING NIGHT
TIME TO TALK
Event notes
DURATION /
90 minutes (no interval)
WARNINGS /
Contains coarse language, adult themes, strobe lighting, dynamic sound and violent themes and imagery.