Echoes of Ruby Dark

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Event Echoes of Ruby Dark
Venue Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 3 February 1983
Last Date 27 February 1983
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description Echoes of Ruby Dark is the story of a woman's life as a street singer. She is forever changing her name and appearance, divining her future by stars or by street lights. She spends the long blue nights singing and telling stories of her immediate life, as though the telling were an act of exorcism. After she bears her son, she attempts to erase her life, a past she would rather forget. The consequences become part of a cycle from which the only escape is the story Ruby imagines for her son, and finally tells in the lightning-like phrasing of long blues lines.

Ruby and her son tell their story with remorseless clarity, in a shifting flow of images remembered and invoked in language that at once recalls the lyrics of songs and the eyewitness accounts of survivors.
Description Source Flyer/Poster
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Daniel Keene Actor Johnny
Rhonda Wilson Actor Ruby Dark
Susie Dee Lighting Designer
John Francis Howard Lighting Designer
Alan West Musician
Daniel Keene Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Australian Drama Project (UQ) ECHOESODK
Event Identifier 93083