Adelaide
Dunstan Playhouse
Fri, 15 – Sat, 30 Nov '24
Step back in time to 19th-century London, where intrigue and mystery mix in the world premiere of "Jack Maggs." This adaptation brings to life Peter Carey’s best-selling and Miles Franklin Award-winning reworking of Charles Dickens’ canonical novel "Great Expectations." The story follows the enigmatic ex-convict Jack Maggs, returning to London from Australia on a relentless quest to find his ‘son’ Henry Phipps, who has mysteriously disappeared.
As Maggs becomes entangled with Phipps’ neighbor, Percy Buckle, and his bizarre household, he makes a deal with young novelist and mesmerist Tobias Oates, but Oates has his own plans and might find inspiration for a new novel in Maggs.
Experience a world of ambition, secrets, and unexpected alliances, featuring a cast of celebrated South Australian actors including Mark Saturno as Jack Maggs, James Smith as Tobias Oates, Jacqy Philips, and recent NIDA graduate Ahunim Abebe. Directed by Geordie Brookman, "Jack Maggs" offers audiences a strange and surprising journey through the Old Dart, complete with a cavalcade of dazzling Dickensian characters all in search of the truth. This is the most exciting page-to-stage adaptation since "The Dictionary of Lost Words.
Step back in time to 19th-century London, where intrigue and mystery mix in the world premiere ofJack Maggs. Peter Carey’s best-selling and Miles Franklin Award-winning “reworking” of Charles Dickens’ canonical novelGreat Expectations,Jack Maggscomes alive on stage in a sweeping new adaptation by South Australian playwright Samuel Adamson, renowned for his successes at England’s National Theatre withSouthwark FairandThe Light Princesswith Tori Amos. The story follows the enigmatic ex-convict Jack Maggs (Carey’s version of Magwitch) returning to London from Australia and embarking on a relentless quest to find his ‘son’ Henry Phipps, who has mysteriously disappeared. Maggs soon becomes entangled in the web of Phipps’ neighbour, Percy Buckle and his bizarre household, where he makes a deal with young novelist and “mesmerist” Tobias Oates (or is it Charles Dickens himself?) to find Phipps. Oates has other plans though, and in Maggs, might just find the perfect inspiration for his new novel. Unveil a world of ambition, secrets and unexpected alliances, with a cast of beloved and celebrated South Australian actors including Mark Saturno as Jack Maggs, James Smith as Tobias Oates, Jacqy Philips and recent NIDA graduate hotshot Ahunim Abebe. Under the masterful direction of Geordie Brookman,Jack Maggswill take audiences on a strange and surprising slither around the Old Dart with a cavalcade of dazzling Dickensian characters all in search of the truth, in the most exciting page to stage adaption sinceThe Dictionary of Lost Words.
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