Playwright Bill Marshall  founded the  Festival Of Surrealisms back in 1978  to help escape a mind-numbing boring job in the Tax Office, in 1978. The 4th Festival was in 1981 at what was then called the Australian Nouveau Theatre, better known as Anthill. 

The Seventh Festival sees a return to its roots, with Temperance Hall being the same location as the original Anthill’s Napier Street address. 

Under the guidance of artistic director Jean-Pierre Mignon, Anthill staged many avant-garde theatrical productions by writers such as Paul Adkin and Alex Miller.

Compered by Captain W.N. Fish (Bill Marshall) and his loyal co-producer Marco Lawrence, the FESTIVAL OF SURREALISMS features non-stop performances of Dadaistic poetry,

unusual musical offerings, wildly funny comedy, strange theatrical spectacles, psychedelic movies, avant-garde experimental sounds and bizarre “happenings”.

If you don’t know what to expect from a surrealisms festival…Ask yourself, why baked beans?

20^th Century Fish in association with Endlessoptimism, incontinently present: (The Seventh) FESTIVAL OF SURREALISMS, April 22 and 23^rd, at Temperance Hall in Napier Street, South Melbourne.

Bill Marshall  joins Dr Gonzo to chat and present a selection of  surreal recordings.

More surealisms HERE