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Melbourne is full of literary activity with something happening every night of the week. Explore the calendar below, use the category tags to focus in on what you like or use our search box to zero in on your interests.
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Life Changing Show
10 December 2021
La Mama Theatre
Lou Wall, Beng Oh, Emilie Collyer, Kate Hood,...
A resurrection of the best theatre we have ever seen.
In Conversation at La Mama
10 December 2021
La Mama Theatre
La Mama invites VCA students and alumni to take part in an intimate conversation with performing artists...
The Prisoner at the End of the World – Set Truth Free
11 December 2021
La Mama Theatre
Three very different women work as volunteers in HM Prison Belmarsh.
La Mama Poetica at War-Rak-Banksia
11 December 2021
La Mama Theatre
Alice Allan, Maxime Banks, Thabani Tshuma &...
The War-Rak Banksia Festival edition of Poetica brings you poetry and spoken word that will open you up to...
Dispatches from the Frontlin
11 December 2021
La Mama Theatre
Geraldine Cook-Dafner and Naomi Edwards
Dispatches from the Frontline is a performed reading by Geraldine Cook-Dafner of excerpts from the diary...
Bukjeh’s (Stories of home… and of having to leave it)
11 December 2021
La Mama Theatre
In Arabic, Bukjeh is a small pack of belongings carried by travellers and refugees.
My Sister Jill
11 December 2021 to 12 December 2021
La Mama Theatre
A family saga examines the legacy of war.