DOORS 6:30PM // $15 ENTRY // SHOW STARTS 6:45PM

Thin Red Lines is a quarterly poetry night, and this is our first event for 2025! Featuring:

CHER TAN

Image credit: Leah Jing McIntosh

Cher Tan is an essayist and critic. Her essays, criticism and other written work have been published widely. She is an editor at Liminal and the reviews editor at Meanjin. Her debut essay collection, Peripathetic: Notes on (Un)belonging, is now out with NewSouth Publishing. She lives and works on unceded Wurundjeri land.

LUKE BEESLEY

Image credit: Tajette O’Halloran

Luke Beesley is a writer, artist and singer-songwriter. His latest book, In the Photograph, was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. In addition to his other highly regarded books, which include Aqua Spinach (2018), Jam Sticky Vision (2015) and New Works on Paper (2013), his poetry has been published widely in Australia and internationally and has been translated into several languages. Cornflake Sunset is Luke’s singer-songwriter moniker – his debut album Double Portrait was released in October 2024. He lives and works on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung land (Naarm/Melbourne).

JAG

Jag is a musician and poet from Melbourne. Through theatre and spoken word, she is dedicated to unraveling her current trials and future hopes in a format that heavily relies on audience participation. Inspired by theatre practitioners Augusto Boal and Antoin Artaud, she stylises her realisations in workshop form where she and her audiences learn and heal together. On a foundation of trust and a wave that audiences across Melbourne have bared witness to, such honesty, conviction and belief is delivered in Jag’s powerful speech.

MIA NIE

Mia Nie is a Chinese-Australian comic artist, essayist, illustrator, zine-maker, award-nominated ex-poet and resident arts industry party girl based in Naarm (Melbourne). She was recently published in the anthology Avast! Pirate Stories from Transgender Authors from Fremantle Press, and works as creative producer at Express Media.

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TICKETING INFO 

Please have a digital or printed copy of your ticket ready on arrival along with a valid photo ID. Acceptable ID includes a current and valid Australian Photo Drivers Licence, State Approved ‘Proof of Age’ card or Passport.

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VENUE INFO 

THE BALLROOM MENU
The kitchen will be serving The Ballroom Menu for this show.
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ACCESSIBILITY
The Brunswick Ballroom is Accessible.
The Brunswick Ballroom has made significant improvements to accessibility by installing an Acorn Chairlift. (Model: New Acorn Indoor 180 Curved Stairlift.)

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