Past Event

Joyce's Carnival of Vice

16th Jun 2010

Presenter: Bloomsday In Melbourne
Website: http://www.bloomsdayinmelbourne.org.au
Event Duration: 720 minutes

Every year Bloomsday in Melbourne is celebrated with a theatrical homage to James Joyce’s Ulysses.

On June 16, 2010, the New Ballroom at Trades Hall will become Dublin’s infamous red light district, teeming with the chaos and sacrilege of Leopold Bloom’s descent into hell.

This outrageous burlesque, adapted from the Circe chapter, will not only delight Joyce aficionados but will provide the ‘ah-hah’s’ for those of us unable to penetrate the text. Carnivale of Night-town is pure Joyce: an irreverent absurdist romp involving bizarre antics, gibberish, blasphemy, gritty humour and sexual hallucination.

It is a celebration of the unsurpassed richness of language that made Ulysses the greatest novel of its time, which continues to intrigue and entertain 88 years after publication despite being branded pornographic and banned.

Directed by Brenda Addie and featuring Drew Tingwell as Leopold Bloom.

A Burlesque: Carnivale of Night-town (Tickets $35)
1.00 PM (90 mins) Performance 1
7.30 PM (90 mins) Performance 2

Why not make a full day of it?

Seminar: Sexologists vs Puritans (Tickets $20)
3.30 PM (90 mins)

Dinner & more Literary Sexology at La Notte, 140-146 Lygon Street (Tickets $45)
5.45 PM for 6.00 PM

Whilst you can book each of these events separately, why not buy a Carnival Pass for all three events for $95?

For all bookings please phone Bob Glass on 03 9898 2900.