It is the story of a life lived to the full the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. A true classic of Australian literature, his simply written autobiography is an inspiration. This is a unique opportunity to immerse in modern history and experience the combined impact of live theatre and cinema. Despite enduring hardships we can barely imagine today, Facey always saw his life as a 'fortunate' one. A Fortunate Life is an autobiography by Albert Facey. In the last months of his life, 86-year-old Albert Facey became a best-selling author and revered cultural figure following the publication of his autobiography, A Fortunate Life. With three actors playing over 89 characters, this ground-breaking theatrical production for all ages explores an incredible true story connecting us with generations past and present through insights from Facey's experiences as a bushman, sportsman, railway ganger, a World War 1 soldier, and a 20th-century family man. His ordinariness and decency, and the enjoyment he took from a life that by the usual standards was far from fortunate, endeared him to his fellow Australians. Facey's extraordinary story unfolds, audio-visual projections and live actors evoke distinct natural environments, definitive historical events, and the daily grind of farmers, settlers, and city dwellers throughout 20th-century Western Australia. When he was 86 Facey published A Fortunate Life (1981), the autobiography that made him and his life famous.

‘A Fortunate Life’ embraces themes that are intrinsic to our history and culture as modern Australians - resilience, fortitude, hope and integrity, bringing the beloved bushland to the big screen and placing humanity centre-stage.Īs A.B. Facey, whose award-winning Australian classic autobiography, 'A Fortunate Life', has been adapted for theatrical presentation by THEATRE 180 and CinemaStage.

A striking collaboration between artists of stage and screen honours the trials and triumphs of extraordinary everyman A.B.

Albert facey a fortunate life