Production still for "Blackie Blackie Brown: Traditional Owner of Death". Tahlee Fereday. Photographer: Tim Grey

Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death (2019)

29 August 2019 – 14 September 2019 Beckett Theatre

Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company,

New Writing Theatre Co-Production Remount

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.

In 2019, Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death returned to Malthouse Theatre for one more strictly limited season. Sold-out seasons in Melbourne and Sydney saw Blackie Blackie Brown rally audiences to laugh, cheer and bay for blood. In the process, she became our nation’s favourite Indigenous superhero.

★★★★★
"FAST-PACED ADVENTURE THAT BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN"
— ArtsHub

★★★★½
"LUI'S FEROCIOUS NEW COMEDY WILL HAVE YOU ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT FROM START TO FINISH"
— Limelight Magazine

Production still for "Blackie Blackie Brown: Traditional Owner of Death". Ash Flanders, Tahlee Fereday. Photographer: Tim Grey

Production still for "Blackie Blackie Brown: Traditional Owner of Death". Tahlee Fereday. Photographer: Tim Grey

Production still for "Blackie Blackie Brown: Traditional Owner of Death". Ash Flanders, Tahlee Fereday. Photographer: Tim Grey

Production still for "Blackie Blackie Brown: Traditional Owner of Death". Tahlee Fereday. Photographer: Tim Grey

Cast

Ash Flanders

Actor

Tahlee Fereday

Actor

Elaine Crombie

Actor

Creatives

Verity Hampson

Lighting Designer, Visual Director

Declan Greene

Director

Steve Toulmin

Composer, Sound Designer

Playwright

Designer

Visual Artist

Animator, Video Designer

Acknowledgements

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. Proudly presented by Victoria University.