Join us for the world premiere live performance.
Venue: Four Winds
Location: Burraga Bay, near Bermagui
When: 3pm on 30th August 2025
How to Read A City, Your Place of Last Resort, is an immersive literary and listening experience.
Acacia String Quartet will present the world premiere live performance of Richard Lawson’s classical song cycle, which featured in ABC Limelight Magazine’s Australian Art Music Playlist in 2025 and received airplay on ABC ClassicFM. The work is paired with Elizabeth Walton’s poetry, which was listed in the Tom Collins Poetry prize and the June Shenfield poetry prize, in a performance which brings together words and music in a rare convergence of the senses.
This collaborative work explores the beauty and sadness of the times we live in, building a sense of hope for the future which inviting audiences to experience the ephemeral magic of poetry and classical music.
The performance will present a mosaic of listening and responding in conversation with one of the South Coast’s favourite interviewers, ABC South East’s Eddie Williams, sharing insights into the creative process behind this deeply moving new work.
