Work & Activities

These are some of his most important theatre plays:

Zardigot (1974), A sonada e proveitosa enchenta do Marqués Ruchestinto no derradeiro século da súa vida (1975), O cabodano (1977), Azos de esguello (1990), Maremia (1996), O son da buguina (1999) Luscofusco (2000) and Labirinto da memoria (2010). In Minimalia. 20 pezas curtas (2004) there is a selection of short plays. He also wrote plays for children: Teatro infantil (O aparello troca tempos, Os ledos chirlomirlos de don Farraco Farraqueiro, A marquesiña encantada) (l988) and Brinquemos ó teatro (25 peciñas para nenos e xoves) (1990)
As a novelist, he wrote Casarriba (2000) and a lot of short stories published in press, magazines and collective books, many of them collected in the volume De corpo enteiro (1994). He also wrote the stories A fonte de Ana Manana, Noite americana and Amor.es.
He also wrote essays and research works, many of them taken from his participation as a lecturer in courses, seminars and conferences that were published in books and magazines. Many of these works were selected in the volumes Xogo de máscaras. Escritos sobre teatro galego (2003) and Escena aperta. Escritos sobre teatro (2009). “A plasticidade no teatro de Castelao” and “Achegamento ao teatro de Luís Seoane” in the first volume, “Mito e símbolo en Divinas palabras”, “A soldadeira: espazo e liberdade” and “Ecos do teatro oriental na dramaturxia occidental” in the second one are some of the most important ones. But his most important study is Valle-Inclán e o teatro galego. A recepción da obra dramática de Valle-Inclán na dramaturxia galega (1916–1973), which was published in 2005 and was awarded Valle-Inclán prize that same year.
In addition to the audiovisual work with Lupa, he was also the scriptwriter and director of VertiX (2008) and Mamai Fedra (2009). Ruibal also wrote other scripts: Macana de dote, che, Papá querido, Chacharachada, Aire fresco, Maruxía, Baile de máscaras and Namberguán.
He ran Torques Gallery (1975-1979) and Citania Gallery (1978) in Santiago de Compostela. Exhibitions of prestigious Galician artists (Laxeiro, Seoane, Colmeiro, Torres, Mallo, Castillo, De Dios, Lamazares…) or artists from other Spanish cities (Picasso, Miró, Saura, Tàpies…) were carried out in these galleries; there were also artistic and cultural activities with the collaboration of Blanco-Amor, Cunqueiro, Del Riego, etc. He also coordinated the edition of several portfolios of graphic work by famous Galician artists (Laxeiro, Granell, Colmeiro, Dans, Costa, Virxilio, De Dios, Lamazares...) and coedited Citania. Artes, letras, espectáculos (magazine of literary and creative studies) He organized several exhibitions, some of them itinerant all around different cities in Europe (Vitoria, Lorient, Cracow) and South America (Asunción, Buenos Aires, Río de Janeiro, Salvador de Bahia)