Bloomsday in Melbourne 2021 - A Zoom Celebration
BLOOMSDAY 2021
Wednesday 16th June
ZOOM 6pm
(Link will be emailed when you book)
6pm-7pm: MOLLY'S BED ON THE TRAM TRACKS
Bloomsday in Melbourne presents a history of... Bloomsday in Melbourne!
From misplaced erotic letters to clashes with the constabulary, 29 years of scrapes and misadventures bringing James Joyce's Ulysses to the streets and the theatres of Melbourne (and Dublin... and Kobe...).
Presented by Frances Devlin-Glass, founder and Creative Director, Bloomsday in Melbourne
PLUS: The first Bloomsday - a brief history
Presented by Steve Carey
7pm: A showing of Joseph Strick's Ulysses (1967)
Join us for a Zoom 'Watch Party' with commentary and discussion
Note: You are welcome to join us on Zoom from 5.30pm if you're not too familiar with Zoom and want to test your settings. We'll be sharing our screen and using the Chat function, so do join us early if you'd like to get set up. (But remember the Bloomsday in Melbourne promise: you don't have to speak or join in unless you want to! It's perfectly fine to join us quietly and just enjoy the show.)