Mrs Starling and a dozen other family members attended a workshop with those behind the production earlier this year, and have been providing various pieces of memorabilia.
Credit: WA NewsĪfter growing up in Merredin, she and her late husband lived in Bullsbrook before retiring to Perth. Camera Icon Albert Facey homestead in Wickepin. “All of the elements of character that forced him to survive the hardships and suffering his life was peppered with.”Ĭreating the production has involved a lot of input from Facey’s family, the Wickepin community and the local Shire.Īs one of Facey’s 26 living grandchildren, Christine Starling has been helping the producers perfect their representation of her grandfather’s life. the traits of hope, fortitude and courage. “We wanted to explore the character traits that made Bert (Albert Facey) an exceptional person. “I had long wanted to turn this story into theatre, because, like for so many, I read the book as a child and it stayed with me,” he said. Camera Icon A Fortunate Life director and actor Stuart Halusz. In a unique style, three actors will play various characters in front of a giant cinema screen set with various backdrops.įootage captured by Albany’s Green Man Media will show significant landscape scenes for the cinema screens behind the actors.ĭirector Halusz, who wrote the script with Davis, said the cast of three actors would perform in front of the cinema screen.
The pair has created a 100-minute live performance for cinemas at Albany, Midland, Busselton and Geraldton. Now, the book has been adapted for a live theatre performance in cinemas by Perth-based Theatre 180 board member Jenny Davis and director Stuart Halusz. Camera Icon Behind the scenes of the stage performance of A Fortunate Life. Since its publication, more than 800,000 copies of the book have been sold, with the tale lauded for its demonstration of resilience, fortitude and love.
Facey, Mr Facey published A Fortunate Life in 1981 - nine months before he died.ĭuring the initial days of its publication, the bushman, sportsman, railway ganger, World War I soldier and a 20th century family man became a nationwide celebrity.
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