The individual experiences found in Australian society are the fear of the unknown‚ grief and loss‚ life in a ‘cul-de-sac’ and identity. Matt Cameron explores these ideas in the play Ruby Moon through the use of cyclical structure‚ Absurd and Artaud theatre and transformational acting as well as the elements of production to convey the experiences to the audience. The prevailing cultural‚ historical and political contexts in Australia influenced him to write the play‚ which is a fusion of non-realism
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with the elements on stage can also heavily imply meaning – a doll standing on a well-lit stage with happy nursery rhymes would have different air than the same doll standing on a shadowy stage‚ a haunting Greensleeves playing in the background. In Ruby Moon‚ multi-media plays an essential role in lending mood to the audience member – the recurring use of song and sound effects‚ and contrasting well-lit scenes and shadowy‚ unrealistic ones allows for an ever-evolving space. I found‚ as an audience
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their ideas. In the play ‘Ruby Moon’ Matt Cameron the playwright uses various techniques such as symbolism‚ transformational acting‚ cyclical and episodic dramatic structure and a fractured fairytale. Ruby Moon was written by Matt Cameron in 2003. It is a story about a well known tragedy. In Flaming Tree Grove everything seems to be perfect. A young girl‚ Ruby Moon disappears after she sets off to her grandmothers. After parcels of mannequin doll parts arrive on Ruby Moons parents door step; Ray
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Project Unit 1 Introduction A flash of green and red‚ the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s sole breeding hummingbird. These brilliant‚ tiny‚ precision-flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun‚ then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source. Feeders and flower gardens are great ways to attract these birds‚ and some people turn their yards into buzzing clouds of hummingbirds each summer (Unknown‚ n.d). Ruby-throats are intensely inquisitive and thus easily attracted
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Rosa Parks + Ruby Bridges Compare and Contrast Essay There once were two very important women in our country’s history. They had many differences‚ and many similarities. This essay here is all about those differences and similarities. Who are they‚ You may ask? Rosa Parks‚ and Ruby bridges. I hope you will learn lots about them by reading this. Rosa Parks was a 30-40 year old woman who had refused to give up a seat on a bus for a white man‚ And she even got arrested for it! Rosa felt she was right
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This critique is based on a theatrical performance entitled‚ ‘Ruby Moon’. Ruby Moon is a playwright written by Matt Cameron. This play is directed by Christopher Ling. There are only two actors in the play: the main actor is Alex Chua portraying as Ray Moon‚ and the main actress is Davina Goh portraying as Sylvie Moon. The play was performed at Pentas 2‚ KLPAC on the 1st of March‚ 2013. In my opinion‚ the main theme of the play is acceptance. Ray Moon and Sylvie Moon’s daughter went missing and
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Ruby Moon is a gothic fairytale‚ with the play repeatedly drawing on the familiar tale of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. A parent’s worst nightmare is to have lost their child‚ especially if the neighbour is assumed to have been involved. “The child randomly taken from our midst is an all-too-common tragedy which threatens us in a deeply primal way” (Matt Cameron). In using this element of a crippled fairy-tale with the added form of heightened naturalism‚ there is the constant essence of fears of contemporary
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surrounding world to ultimately impact audiences. Our unit of drama including Matt Cameron’s Ruby Moon and Jane Harrison’s Stolen does exactly this‚ but more specifically reflects on contemporary Australian culture and events. This combined with our experiential learning proved that theatre indeed is a mirror to society. Ruby Moon’s depiction of suburbia and its “dark underbelly that lurks beneath
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The Case Study of Jack Ruby- Analyzing Multiple Components of Disorders with Violence Tammy Poe PSY 410 November 12‚ 2011 Tim Duncan The Case Study of Jack Ruby Jack Ruby became famous for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald‚ Two days after Oswald’s Assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Jack Ruby had many significant factors that contributed to his motivation to commit murder. During Ruby’s crime he experienced rage‚ and wanted to stress his beliefs in a manner that society seen
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Running head: ORGANIZATION STRATEGIC PLANNING Organizational Case Analysis on Ruby Tuesday Tanisha Adams Florida International University ADE 6180 – Dr. Alfred Case Analysis #1 - Ruby Tuesday Introduction At some point it becomes necessary for an organization to undergo changes. If embracing change is truly one of the organizations core beliefs than efforts should be taken to make the necessary transition. A strategic planning structure allows the organization to stay focused
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