On what felt like the first sunny sunday in months, it took a special sort of event to lure hundreds to sit in the Melbourne Town Hall for a day of debates and discussions. With their debut event (under the…
In a full house of school-age kids, Dream Puppets showcased their artful new production, a version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest as part of the Wheeler Kids literacy program at the Wheeler Centre. Founded in 1996, this company is highly experienced, touring extensively…
The Wheeler Centre’s annual gala of storytelling returned with an incredible group of guests sharing their stories on the chosen theme of the evening: death. Stories For The Dead saw the Wheeler Centre partner up with Arts Centre Melbourne for…
Despite the use of cutting-edge technology, Lynette Wallworth’s virtual reality film Collisions has been a long time coming. The film tells the story of Martu man Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, whose first encounter with Western culture came when he witnessed the explosive…
Tonight, I was lucky enough to see Not Quite Australian: Citizenship and Belonging, a talk that had already piqued my interest. I have been meaning to go to The Wheeler Centre for a while now. As Melbourne’s self-professed, and well-reputed, centre…
This July, The Wheeler Centre have been putting on some literary winter warmers at their home away from home at The Toff in Town, like Erotic Fan Fiction. Their latest show combined the work of composer and pianist Darrin Archer and…
Here are words you might never have said on a Monday night: Erotic Fan Fiction. Yes, this is an actual event that happens in Melbourne, and on a blustery winter’s eve it was filled to capacity with Melburnians eager to hear sordid, tawdry…
We came from all walks of life to queue up at the Wheeler Centre at 9am on a Saturday morning for ‘Paul Kelly Does Shakespeare’. On a pilgrimage of sorts, we stood much as they would have outside The Globe…
Does the universe have memory? Yes. Do you know how I know that? Because I got to attend the Interrobang Festival of Questions, and the marvellous Dr. Alan Duffy told me. Essentially, if you are looking at the planet from…
With summer just around the corner, there’s no better place in Australia to be than right here in Melbourne. We’ve scoured hundreds of events and narrowed it down to the top 10 you should be penciling in to your diaries…