Raw, candid, and shot through with warmth and humour Rebecca Clarke’s Unspoken is a beautifully poetic one-woman show that takes the audience on a journey inside a young woman’s soul, mind and heart. Unspoken is a semi-autobiographical piece exploring a woman’s relationship with her severely disabled brother and her first love.

THE PRODUCTION STORY SO FAR
Rebecca Clarke started writing her one-woman show, Unspoken, in 2003. In 2004 she took the piece to the Australian National Playwright’s Conference where she worked with Peter Matheson (ex Melbourne Theatre Company dramaturg) to re-imagine the story. Later she consulted with dramaturg Mary-Anne Gifford then Wayne Blair joined as director and dramaturg for the premier performance at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Woolloomooloo in 2005. (Wayne went on to director Ursula Yovich in The 7 Stages of Grieving for the Sydney Theatre Company’s Education program, alongside his acclaimed film making, and acting roles.) Unspoken was highly commended for the Philip Parsons Playwriting Award, shortlisted for the 2006 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and published by Currency Press that same year. (Order your copy at www.currencypress.com.au) At the 2005 Sydney Theatre Awards it won the Best Independent Production award and Rebecca was awarded Best Newcomer. She also received a GLUG award for Performer on the Way.

In 2006 and 2007 Unspoken toured Australia with producers Performing Lines and tour directors Teresa Bell and John O’Hare (co-founder of O'Punksky's Theatre). The national tours included Adelaide’s Vitalstatistix Waterside Theatre, Melbourne’s Malthouse, Rockhampton’s Walter Reid Centre, Thuringowa’s Riverway Arts Centre, Mackay and Gladstone’s Entertainment Centres, Brisbane’s QUT Loft Theatre as part of the Brisbane Festival, Sydney’s Seymour, Parramatta’s Riverside Theatre, Albury-Wodonga’s Hothouse Theatre and the Castlemaine State Festival. More at www.performinglines.org.au

In 2007 Rebecca recorded Unspoken for ABC Radio National’s Airplay, with producer Jane Ulman.

Rebecca is currently looking at international touring options for Unspoken.