2026 Festival
Speaker Profile
Richard Piper
Richard Piper has had a distinguished acting career in England and Australia, appearing in more than 80 productions, including 40 for the Melbourne Theatre Company. After training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, he appeared in West End productions Grease and Elvis. In the 1980s he travelled to Australia as part of the band The Bouncing Czecks, before moving to Melbourne permanently.
Free Event
School Event: Shakespeare Unpacked: Act One
Thursday April 23
Ellen Grant Hall
10.00am
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60 mins
with Jane Montgomery Griffiths and Richard Piper
This session is for our Dromana and Rosebud Secondary School students
Free Event
School Event: Shakespeare Unpacked: Act Two
Thursday April 23
Ellen Grant Hall
11.30am
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60 mins
with Jane Montgomery Griffiths and Richard Piper
This session is for our Dromana and Rosebud Secondary School students.
Special Event
The Village Square: Music, Fables And Your Own Imagination
Friday April 24
Sorrento Bowls Club
5.00pm
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90 mins
Zoe Knighton, Robbie Melville and Richard Piper
Enter The Village Square. On your left, music and fables. On your right, your own imagination.
Special Event
On Hope: Our artists discuss, reveal, recite and read
Saturday April 25
Halcyon Hall, The Continental
5.30pm
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90 mins
Evelyn Araluen, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Erik Jensen, Richard King, Thomas Mayo and Richard Piper with Jane Montgomery Griffiths
This session is supported by I-Nex
This is a Special Event