Jack Maggs 2024EXPIRED

published: 23 Sep 2024, 3 min read, 'EVENT EXPIRED'

when: 15 - 30 November 2024 | venue: Jack Maggs | cost: See event organiser for details | address: Festival Drive,
Step back in time to 19th-century London, where intrigue and mystery mix in the world premiere of Jack Maggs. Peter Carey’s best-selling and Miles Franklin Award-winning “reworking” of Charles Dickens’ canonical novel Great Expectations, Jack Maggs comes alive on stage in a sweeping new adaptation by South Australian playwright Samuel Adamson, renowned for his successes at England’s National Theatre with Southwark Fair and The Light Princess with Tori Amos.

Directed by Geordie Brookman and presented by State Theatre Company South Australia, 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 (The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?, A View from the Bridge) as Jack Maggs, James Smith (Euphoria, Girl From The North Country) as Tobias Oates, Jacqy Philips and recent NIDA graduate hotshot Ahunim Abebe.
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Event Details

what: Jack Maggs 2024
when: 15 - 30 November 2024
opening hours: 01:30:00 - 01:30:00
venue: Jack Maggs
city/suburb: Adelaide
address: Festival Drive,

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