Ruby's Story

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The Australian Art Orchestra with Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter.

The Australian Art Orchestra with Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter.

Ruby's Story is a unique collaboration between Ngarrindjeri woman, Ruby Hunter, her partner in music and life, Gunditjmara man Archie Roach, and acclaimed musician, Paul Grabowsky. Together and separately Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach have forged careers that cross musical and cultural boundaries. In this powerful collaboration, Ruby and Archie join forces with members of the Australian Art Orchestra to perform songs they have written about their experiences as members of the Stolen Generations.

The songs recount Ruby's birth by the side of a billabong near the banks of the Murray River in South Australia and chart her search for identity, the discovery of hope through love, and Ruby and Archie's return to the river to build a new life and a new home, to mend the wounds of the past. Paul Grabowsky's arrangements, which have been hailed as his best work yet, take their leads from the country music and gospel traditions that have inspired them and from his own jazz and classical influences.

Venue:

Civic Theatre
Burns Way & Tarcutta Street
Wagga Wagga 2650
Phone: 6926 9688
Fax: 6926 9689
Website: www.civictheatre.com.au
Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 10.00am - 5.30pm Saturday 10.00am - 12.30pm
Facilities: Air conditioned, Disabled access, Food outlet, Induction loop, Parking available, Public toilets

Prices:

46.00 Adults
27.00 Children
41.00 Concession
32.00 Subscriber Concession
30.00 Subscriber Youth U25
32.00 Youth U25
39.00 Subscriber Full