Painted violin and photo by ReVerse Butcher.
Click here for tickets.
https://www.mso.com.au/tickets/select-seat
(Also there a concert in Wonthaggi Saturday 2nd August - Union Theatre 2.30pm. Please bear in mind Wonthaggi is 2 hours South East from Melbourne -
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1331831
Dennis Coard - Actor
Elyane Laussade - Pianist/arranger
Sarah Curro Violin/curator
Kirstin Kenny - Violin
Gabrielle Halloran - Viola
Michelle Wood - Cello
Andrew Macleod - Flute
Shane Hooton - Trumpet
The Poetry of War is a theatre-like concert experience weaving music and poetry to reflect on the grief, futility, and long echo of war. Rather than tell a single story, this performance creates space to listen, remember, and reckon—with words by Owen, Sassoon, Farjeon, Redgum, Barry Heard spoken by Melbourne's own beloved actor Dennis Coard. Music by Ravel, Britten, Webern, Crosthwaite, and more.
With poetry as its centrepiece, the music offers atmosphere, pause, and response—sometimes directly linked, sometimes gently reflective. A painted violin, wartime songs, trumpet calls, and silence all become part of the experience.
This is not a political event, but a meditation—an act of communal remembering through sound, text, and stillness.
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