The Black Sequin Dress
# The Black Sequin Dress

The Black Sequin Dress is a play by Australian playwright Jenny Kemp.

## Plot

A woman leaves her children for an evening to go to a nightclub. In a moment of indecision she glances back, slips and falls. Money, desire and dreams converge as she enters a surreal world of haunting colours and lyrical distortions.

## Premiere and cast

The Black Sequin Dress was commissioned for the 1996 Adelaide Festival, where the Playbox Theatre Centre premiered it on 5 March 1996 with the following cast:

* Woman 1: Margaret Mills
* Woman 2: Helen Herbertson
* Woman 3: Natasha Herbert
* Woman 4: Mary Sitarenos
* Man: Ian Scott
* Waiter: Greg Stone
* Girl's voice: Romanie Harper
* Director, Jenny Kemp
* Composer, Elizabeth Drake
* Designer, Jacqueline Everitt
* Lighting designer, Ben Cobham

## Publication

The play was published by Currency Press in 1996.

