“It will leave you with the thought-provoking message” – The Adelaide Show

“A breath of fresh air! Funny, honest, surprising, and heartfelt” – Sally Hardy – Awgie award winning playwright. 

“When a script like this pushes all the right emotional buttons, you are on a winner! Heartfelt, moving and funny” – Petros Giatrakos -International cabaret entertainer

“Hard hitting, witty, insightful and it gave me goosebumps” – Ben Cosford – Australian musician, actor

“Hilarious yet so powerful” – Paramita Roy – Australian writer, director

Show Description

The Good Immigrant is a comedy-drama about the life journey of Happy, an immigrant to Australia, who meets different people on the land down under who shape his life to become a better human being and a good immigrant. A hilarious, honest and entertaining play with twists, comedy, Bollywood dance and music, and inspired by actual events.

Running time: 65 Minutes

The Good Immigrant premiered at the Adelaide Fringe 2023 with the following crew and cast:

Produced by CJ Productions and Rek Kieron

Directed by Rek Kieron

Written by CeeJay Singh

Lighting: Tim Serekin

Sound: Sarah Gooda

Cast

CeeJay Singh

CeeJay is an Australian actor working on stage, television and films. Receiving training in Sydney from the Academy of Film, Theatre and Television, Sydney, Australia and KNK Institute, Mumbai, CeeJay has performed in A Play Without a Title at Belvoir St Theatre, Richard the Third, Lost Lives at Holden Street Theatre in Adelaide Fringe 2021 and in critically acclaimed Norm and Ahmed in Adelaide Fringe 2022. He has worked in Bollywood, local TV commercials and short films. His play ‘The Good Immigrant’ premiered at the Adelaide Fringe 2023 and has won ‘Spirit of the fringe’ award.

Jackson Kane

Jackson is an emerging actor, professionally and classically trained at Type Talent where he gained knowledge from many industry professionals and learnt from experienced actors and teachers such as Tony Knight, Mark Cherret, Marc Clement, Paulo Castro, Stefanie Rossi and more. He has worked in productions such Shakespeare by the Sea directed by Tony Knight, Breaking Point directed by Mark Clement and the fringe show, Lust or Bust directed by Marc Clement and The Good Immigrant directed by Rek Kieron.

Andie Douglas

Andie has been participating in school plays since 2015, playing the female lead in ‘The Seussification of Romeo & Juliet’, and Coral in a 2016 production of Michael Gow’s ‘Away’. She has worked with Heesom Casting for the 2021, partly Adelaide filmed, Mortal Kombat film. More recently, Andie has completed an Acting Intensive course through Type Talent with industry professionals Tony Knight, Nick Launchbury, Steph Rossi, Paolo Castro and more. She has also been working in supporting roles for local short films and professional voice work for Adelaide radio.

Ognjen Trisic

Ognjen Trisic is an Australian actor. He studied undergraduate acting course from Flinders University along with multiple short courses including Acting Techniques from NIDA Open among others. His most recent theatrical appearance includes his role as Robert Spalding at Blackwood Players, The Good Immigrant. Ognjen has been pursuing acting since 2014 as a hobby and as a serious endeavour since 2018, during this time he has worked on Theatre shows, Short Films, TV and Feature Film Projects.

Raul

Raul is a computer engineer by profession. Pursuing his passion to act, he has done many modelling shoots and theatre shows in New Delhi, India including the epic ‘Mahabharat. After coming to Australia, Raul is continuing his theatre journey through ‘The Good Immigrant’

Yash

Yash is an Actor/Rapper based in Adelaide Australia, working in the industry for the last 7 years. He has been featured in several tv commercials. He has also been part of state opera theatre play “The Pearlfishers”. Yash has also worked on feature film Hotel Mumbai and short films.

Vrinda

Vrinda Bhutani, moved to Australia only in 2019 by herself at the age of 18 for tertiary education. She is kind, loving and a big fan of life. She is adventurous and loves to travel and is very ambitious. She started acting in the year of covid – 2020 by doing short films and YouTube sketch shows.

Crew

Rek Kieron: Director, Producer

Rek is an Australian stage manager, producer, director and entrepreneur. Rek has assisted and stage-managed Adelaide based director Joh Hartog. In 2022, Rek co-produced and stage managed critically acclaimed Australian play Norm and Ahmed as part of Adelaide Fringe. In Adelaide Fringe 2023, Rek co-produced and directed award winning show ‘The Good Immigrant’. Rek loves to write short stories, poems, and quotes. Rek is also a vlogger, and she is passionate about helping socially disadvantaged and focuses on underprivileged children’s education.

Tim Serekin: Lighting Designer

Tim is an Australian technician who avidly pursues the magic of the stage. He is a recent graduate of the Elder Con and works mostly as a live engineer. He has also studied bachelor’s in music (Sonic Arts). For the last two years, Tim has been lighting designer for Star Theatres, designing lighting for theatre, comedy and dance shows.

Sarah Gooda: Sound Designer

Sarah has been working as a stage manager, lighting, sound and set designer for the last 20 years. She has worked on fringe festivals in Edinburgh, Dublin, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane as well as festivals in Alice Springs, Katherine and Woodford Folk Festival. Her most recent work includes two shows back-to-back at Holden Street Theatre, The Good Immigrant and work on several short films in the areas of continuity, sound recording and postproduction sound. She is also the artistic director of Spangled Aura Productions. She has produced and directed 3 original shows for the 2023 Adelaide Fringe.

About CJ Productions

CJ Productions is an independent theatre group which continues to contribute to the vibrant theatre scene in Adelaide, bringing thought-provoking and entertaining performances to the stage including the 2022 critically acclaimed production ‘Norm and Ahmed’, multi award winning show ‘The Good Immigrant’, ‘A Girl’ and ‘Yogambling’ for the Adelaide Fringe 2024. CJ Productions was honoured with the ‘Spirit of the Fringe’ award for Best Theatre, recognising their production ‘The Good Immigrant’. In addition, they also received the accolade for the Community Event of the Year 2024 for the same production from Australia Day Council of South Australia.

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“It will leave you with the thought-provoking message” The Adelaide Show

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