Drama

Northern Stage
Ruby Moon

Directed by Erica Whyman
Designed by Soutra Gilmour
Strring Tilly Gaunt and Nick Haverson

Erica Whyman directs the UK premiere of Ruby Moon, an absurd, nightmarish portrayal of the damage grief can do to a family.

It begins like a fairy tale but how does it end…?

In picture-perfect Flaming Tree Grove, a little girl called Ruby sets off to visit her grandma at the end of the street, but she never arrives. Her parents spiral into sorrow and suspicion. How could Ruby have disappeared in the street where she lived? She’s been gone a long time. The police have stopped calling and they’ve been told to expect the worst. But when a suspicious package appears on their doorstep they decide to take desperate measures.  In one last attempt to find out what happened to her, they’re going to take one side of the street each and interview their neighbours...



Starring Tilly Gaunt and Nick Haverson (playing all eight parts) Ruby Moon is by award-winning Australian playwright Matt Cameron and looks into the surreal reality of suburban life and what happens behind closed curtains.


"Erica Whyman's production skips brilliantly between the unbearably raw and the creepily playful... Unhappy ever after has never been so desperately compelling." 
THE GUARDIAN

Matt Cameron’s acclaimed play Tear From A Glass Eye was directed by Erica Whyman for The Gate theatre in Notting Hill, and was nominated for a prestigious Evening Standard award. Soutra Gilmour who will design Ruby Moon, designed Tear From A Glass Eye and the opening production at Northern Stage, Son Of Man. Erica and Soutra have collaborated on 16 productions, and Soutra is now the Creative Programming Associate at Northern Stage.

Ticket Information

Tickets £7 (£5 concessions). 

All seating for Ruby Moon is unreserved and is on backless cushioned benches, which are part of the set. 

There will be areas reserved for wheelchairs, but please contact our Box Office on 0191 230 5151 to let us know about any accessibility requirements.

Recommended for ages 15+

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Stage 2

Fri 25 May - Sat 9 June at 8pm (except Sun/Mon)
Sat 2 and Sat 9 June at 2pm

Post-show discussion Wed 30 May