Redfern Now Premiere

Overview

The ABC’s upcoming series Redfern Now looks like a pretty sweet deal. Its cast includes heavy-hitting actors like Deborah Mailman and Leah Purcell, the Sapphires’ Wayne Blair on direction and story production from the British writer of Cracker and the Street, Jimmy McGovern. Redfern Now, like the Street, tells the story of six people across six episodes, each neighbours in the same small neighbourhood — in this case, Redfern.

McGovern says “there are certain stories that belong only to Aboriginal Australia.” These are some of those stories. In recognition of Redfern's central role in the series, and in the urban life of Aboriginal Sydney, the ABC is premiering Redfern Now on the Block a day before it hits Australian TV screens, with Casey Donovan and Marcus Corowa taking to the stage an hour before the 7.30 screening. So take a rug, grab a (non-alcoholic) drink and prepare to be proud of something fundamentally home grown.

Refreshments will be provided, but this is a booze-free event.