BLOOMSDAY IN MELBOURNE
JAMES JOYCE'S EXILES
DIRECTED BY CARL WHITESIDE
15-25 JUNE 2023
AT FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS, 45 FLINDERS LANE
THE CENTREPIECE OF OUR BLOOMSDAY IN MELBOURNE FESTIVAL IN 2023, EXILES, IS JAMES JOYCE'S ONLY PLAY. IT WAS DESCRIBED BY JOYCE AS A 'CAT AND MOUSE IN THREE ACTS'. IT IS DARKLY FUNNY AND A GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA.
WHAT'S IN HIS 'CRACKED LOOKINGGLASS'?
BOOKINGS THROUGH FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS (THEATRE)
EXILES BY JAMES JOYCE
15-25 JUNE 2023
Exiles fascinatingly offers a rollercoaster ride through the minds of a self-doubting Machiavelli, a Byronic lover, and a woman deeply in touch with herself and pathologically honest.
Published in 1918, Exiles is James Joyce's forgotten play, his only play, and rarely seen. Pinter belatedly re-discovered it in 1970, and it changed theatre history, and psychodrama. See for yourself just how far in advance of his age James Joyce was in writing this play.
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BLOOMSDAY SEMINAR
16 JUNE 2023 ONLY
Join the community for a dive into both the world of Exiles and into how Bloomsdays are represented in fiction.
Steve Carey will tallk about the writing of Exiles and Philip Harvey revels in (mainly detective) fiction inspired by Bloomsdays
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BLOOMSDAY DINNER
16 JUNE 2023 ONLY
Kick back with the Joyce community between the seminar and the show over dinner, and drinks, and enjoy the craic.
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WELCOME TO OUR JOYCE COMMUNITY
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Bloomsday in Melbourne is a community of Joyce or would-be Joyce readers and theatregoers. It's free to join and we hope you will. Just fill in form below to be among the first to hear of our annual festival and you might want to join our Zoom Finnegans Wake Circle every third Saturday of the month.