![]() ![]() But also, discovering things we perhaps should be afraid of.” “It’s trying to grapple with the bad that exists in the world and people that have done bad things that idea of fear and mythology, and how for some of us that bubble bursts, and we see that some of those monsters aren’t monsters, and things we’re afraid of we don’t need to. “Monsters are talked about a lot in this play, from the literal sense where you have a character like ‘Mad Jack Lionel’ who becomes the bogeyman for the kids of the town to the ‘Nedlands Monster’ who’s also mentioned and researched by Charlie,” Jelk says. We catch three, even four characters in that moment, which comes back to that Silvey quote: it’s about bubbles being burst, and people maturing, and how the stuff that happens in those formative years can stay with you, about trauma and about friendship.” James Smith as Charlie Bucktin (Photo: Matt Byrne / KOJO) ![]() “Being 13, 14 years old, you’re not an adult, but you’re also not a kid actually, and the world is starting to take on a different shape. Or maybe your town is just 130 kilometres away from Perth. “There’s a lot of beauty, and some great, idyllic childhood moments, but there is also isolation, whether it’s environmental or societal, like it is with the character of Jasper. “I understand what it’s like to live in a small town and all the positives, but also the small-town mindset that can come along with it,” Smith says. “It still honours the dark, but the lightness feels important, to look after the audience in terms of dealing with that content matter.”įor James Smith, who plays 13-year-old protagonist Charlie, life in Corrigan echoes his own childhood in Riverton. “What Kate and Craig have done so beautifully is maintain a light tone on top of actually really heavy material,” Jelk says. Craig Silvey,s Jasper Jones (Allen & Unwin) Since its release in 2009 Silvey’s original novel has become a major motion picture, a staple of high school reading lists, and, since 2014, a popular stage production adapted by Kate Mulvany. Set in a remote Western Australian town in 1969, Jasper Jones follows bookish 13-year-old Charlie Bucktin as he navigates the wake of a death in the community, and an unlikely bond with the town’s resident youthful outcast, the titular Jasper (played by Elijah Valadian-Wilson in this production). We see Charlie wrestling with that, and the things he knows, things he doesn’t, and what he’s discovering.” “‘Grow up’ meaning, to take a look at the hard questions and realise things aren’t all peachy and nice. “There was a great quote from Craig Silvey that has really become the gem I’ve focused on: ‘As people we become adults, but we don’t all necessarily grow up’,” director Nescha Jelk tells The Adelaide Review. ![]()
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