Game Masters Film Program
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters Follow this group of disparate Tetris players who gather at the Tetris World Championships to compete for the title of Tetris Master and the illusive ‘Max-Out’ score. Film Season > ACMI Cinemas Saturday 1 September – Sunday 9 September
DAVID BRIDIE
MARIA MINERVA
TEK TEK
LIBBY GORR
CHLOE HOOPER
ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne www.acmi.net.au/film
COLLIDER SOLO IN RED
FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE
3RRR Presents LYRICAL
An extraordinary fusion of music, text and images led by acclaimed Melbourne composer Kynan Robinson, Solo in Red is inspired by the unmistakable writing of Cormac McCarthy and performed by the renowned contemporary music sextet blending brass and strings Collider.
Start your Festival weekend with Friday Night Live in the spectacular BMW Edge. Join Australia’s sharpest siren, Libbi Gorr, for the Festival’s Letterman meets-Jon Stewart late-night talk show, with provocateur Germaine Greer, comedian and author Mark Watson, science writer Margaret Wertheim, comedian Lawrence Leung and musicians Maria Minerva and house band Tek Tek.
On Saturday 1 September, two musical events at The Toff in Town explore storytelling through song, as celebrated songwriters showcase their work in an intimate evening of show and tell. The artists will let us in on the stories behind their songs as they perform them.
Presented by Melbourne Recital Centre and Collider in association with MWF WHEN FRI 24 AUG 6pm + 8pm, SAT 25 AUG 8pm TICKETS $40/$30 WHERE Melbourne Recital Centre BOOKINGS melbournerecital.com.au or 03 9699 3333
LINER NOTES One of Melbourne’s best-loved spoken word events, Liner Notes is a poetic tribute to a classic album, song by song. This year, we salute David Bowie’s leper Messiah from outer space, Ziggy Stardust, on the album’s 40th anniversary. Tim Flannery, Deborah Conway, Joumana Haddad, Benjamin Law and First Dog on the Moon, Emilie Zoey Baker, Sean M. Whelan, Omar Musa, Yana Alana, Ben Pobjie, Alicia Sometimes, and Michael Nolan WHEN SAT 25 AUG, 8pm WHERE Regal Ballroom TICKETS $25 BOOKINGS mwf.com.au
WHEN FRI 31 AUG, 9pm WHERE BMW Edge TICKETS $25
THE RADIO HOUR Be part of the audience for a unique radio event recorded live for broadcast on ABC Radio National’s 360documentaries. Telling stories on the theme ‘Do You Read Me?’, Pico Iyer, Chloe Hooper, Jon Tjhia and Jessie Borrelle (from audio journal Paper Radio), Natalie Kestecher (ABC Radio National) and Rachel Maher will be accompanied by musicians James Cecil, Shane O’Mara and Dan Marsh. Hosted and produced by Jaye Kranz, this is documentary radio like you’ve never seen before.
LYRICAL: FROM THE GROUND UP With the eclectic David Bridie, the alt-country folk of Kate Fagan and Hello Satellites’ Eva Popov. WHEN SAT 1 SEP, 3pm (Doors open 2.30pm) TICKETS $25
LYRICAL: BREAKING AND ENTERING With gothic electro of Maria Minerva (UK), lounge-pop duo Fox + Sui and the sensual stylings of Lost Animal. WHEN SAT 1 SEP, 8pm (Doors open 7:30pm) TICKETS $25
Proudly supported by APRA and 3RRR
Proudly supported by ABC Radio National WHEN SUN 2 SEP, 6pm TICKETS $25 WHERE Fairfax Theatre BOOKINGS artscentremelbourne.com.au or 1300 182 183
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