Spoken Word - Festival of Surrealisms 2026
About this episode
This episode features poets and performers from the Festival of Surrealisms, showcasing Melbourne's independent artists.
In this show we are hearing from poets and performers from the Festival of Surrealisms, which will be on 14th and 15th March at Temperance Hall in South Melbourne, midday to 8.30pm of each day. Discover Melbourne’s most pioneering independent poets, theatre makers, comics, puppeteers, filmmakers and experimental artists as they uniquely celebrate the absurdities of life at this year’s Festival of Surrealisms. You can find out more or buy tickets at the website linktr.ee/FestivalOfSurrealisms 1. Sean O Callaghan - Sunshine Dreamtime2. Jonathan Griffiths - Lollypop man & breaking news3. Bill Marshall as Captain Fish - I don’t get it4. Helchild erforming as Senator Pauline Shitson / President Donald Dump in a single shitshow called One Ablution5. DW Phoenix - Swipe Left6. Steve Smart - Bear Remembers7. Pauline Sherlock as Paulie-ann Marie - sex therapist - Falling in Love
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