16 Sep 2017

Robyn Archer - The Sound of Falling Stars

From Saturday Morning, 8:27 am on 16 September 2017

Robyn Archer is a singer, writer, artistic director and public advocate for the arts. She is currently strategic advisor, Gold Coast Arts and Culture, deputy chair of the Australia Council for the Arts, and chair of the National Institute of Dramatic Art's inaugural Master of Fine Arts (cultural leadership). She is an officer of the Order of Australia. Archer's burgeoning career was fast-tracked when her one-woman show - A Star is Torn - became a major hit, touring throughout Australia from 1979 to 1983, and playing for a year at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End. In it, she explored the careers and tragic lives of 13 women performers including Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, and Janis Joplin. Archer's latest work (as director and writer) is called The Sound Of Falling Stars which plays at the Auckland Live International Cabaret Season from September 21-24. In it, she looks this time at the famous male singers who were also taken too soon - Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Jeff Buckley, Sam Cooke and more.