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  • Close up of the face of poet PiO, a man in his 60s with white-grey hair and a neutral expression, looking directly at the viewer.
  • Half bust of poet Evelyn Araluen, a woman with long straight pale brown hair, smiling slightly, wearing a pale coloured suit jacket.
  • Vidya Rajan, a woman shown in half-bust format, wearing a patterned brown long-sleeve top and holding a whole coconut close to her face, posed against a pink background.
  • Comedian and musician Sez, smiling at the viewer, with straight brown shoulder length hair, wearing an aqua and purple zipped-up tracksuit top.
14 Aug

Hatred of Poetry

  • Comedy
  • Music

Poetry: love it or loathe it, six daring voices debate its worth in a fierce, funny and unmissable night of literary sparring – during Poetry Month no less.

What does it really mean to hate poetry? Why do so many of us feel alienated by it – even as we reach for it in moments of joy, grief, crisis and change? Might poetry and the hatred of poetry in some ways be intertwined?

On the side arguing that the hatred of poetry is justified: Evelyn Araluen, Sez, Suren Jayemanne. On the side arguing that the hatred of poetry isn’t justified: Eloise Grills, PiO, Vidya Rajan. These six electrifying and impassioned debaters will spar over poetry’s place in contemporary life – and answer once and for all the age-old question most of us ask when faced with stanzas - what does all this even mean?

Hosted by David Quirk, with an opening reading by Isabella Eichler-Onus and a closing musical performance by Leah Senior.

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Date Times
Thu 14 Aug
  • 6.30pm - 7.30pm 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Location

The Wheeler Centre
176 Little Lonsdale St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

From $19.50 to $29.50

Adult / general $29.50
Senior $19.50
Student / concession $19.50

Free for children under 2

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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9094 7800
  • email address: ticketing@wheelercentre.com
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