BLOOMSDAY IN MELBOURNE
SAMUEL BECKETT AND
THE RAINBOW GIRL
GENIUS, LOVE, MADNESS, VIOLENCE
IN 1920S PARIS
AND ON SUNDAY 16TH JUNE, JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL BLOOMSDAY LUNCH AND JOYCEAN SEMINAR.
MORE ABOUT THESE EVENTS BELOW...
It's late 1920s Paris and Lucia, muse and only daughter of notorious banned novelist James Joyce, is poised to succeed as a daringly original dancer. Into this dysfunctional artistic household arrives alluring young Dubliner Samuel Beckett – enigmatic, hypereducated, a writer seeking his own literary voice. He finds himself drawn into the older writer’s web… and at the same time becomes the reluctant subject of Lucia’s increasingly obsessive amorous gaze. A series of romantic misunderstandings, at first comic but increasingly tragic, strip Lucia of her nascent career and, her family and love interest both lost to her, she spirals into madness.
Playwright Steve Carey has written about the origins and development of Samuel Beckett and the Rainbow Girl for Tinteán magazine.
Accessibility: Irene Mitchell Studio is on one level and with disabled bathrooms. For other concerns about access, email info@stmartinsyouth.com.au or phone 98672477
Proudly supported in 2024 by the Celtic Club @ Wild Geese
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A BRAND NEW PLAY FROM BLOOMSDAY IN MELBOURNE
SAMUEL BECKETT AND THE RAINBOW GIRL:
GENIUS, LOVE, MADNESS, VIOLENCE
IN 1920S PARIS
WRITTEN BY STEVE CAREY
DIRECTED BY CARL WHITESIDE
13-23 JUNE 2023
@ IRENE MITCHELL STUDIO, 44 ST MARTINS LANE, SOUTH YARRA 3141
The centrepiece of our Bloomsday in Melbourne Festival in 2024, Samuel Beckett and the Rainbow Girl tells the tragic yet darkly comic tale of Beckett's time with James Joyce in late 1920s Paris and his disastrous relationship with Joyce's doomed daughter, Lucia.
THE ANNUAL
BLOOMSDAY IN MELBOURNE
SEMINAR AND LUNCH
10.15AM-2.15PM
SUNDAY 16TH JUNE 2024
ARCADIA HOTEL
2 TOORAK RD, SOUTH YARRA
On the morning of Bloomsday itself, Sunday 16th June, join us a seminar (10.30am-12.00pm) presented by the playwright of Samuel Beckett and the Rainbow Girl Steve Carey, and special guest film artist Erin McCuskey.
Afterwards, join us for lunch (12.25pm-2.15pm) at the covered, heated rooftop room of The Arcadia Hotel.
Then it's a 700m leisurely stroll or a tram ride to the theatre for our matinee (2.45pm) or evening (7.30pm) performance of Samuel Beckett and the Rainbow Girl.
Please note that there isn't a lift at The Arcadia, and we're in the Rooftop Bar, up several flights of stairs.
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