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Wellspring: Inquiry and Exchange
Bringing campus to the community, Wellspring is an exciting series of immersive events that explore new depths of cultural enquiry and exchange. A collaboration between The Street Theatre and the ANU School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, Wellspring invites Canberra’s curious to experience the inexhaustible source of human creativity and communication.
Get ready for big bold ideas inviting curiosity and conversation.
Wellspring 2026
Reimagining Sex Work
Tuesday 9 June, 5:30pm
Imagining sex work beyond the one-dimensional woman
A frank and illuminating conversation designed to open space for sex workers to start sharing more nuanced, ethical and inclusive stories.
Beyond the Algorithm
challenging the manosphere
Wednesday 22 July, 5:30pm
If you could stop hate on social media, how would you do so?
How might we redesign digital spaces to minimise misogyny and associated social harms.
Preserving Australian Modern Dance
Creating a Pedagogy for the Bodenwieser Technique
Thursday 3 September - 7pm
An immersive lecture-demonstration exploring Gertrud Bodenwieser’s radical dance legacy through movement demonstration, live performance and discussion with Wesley Lim, James Batchelor and Ruth Osborne.
BOOKINGS AVAILABLE SOON
Singing The News
Bound for Botany Bay
Wednesday 7 October - 7pm
Singing the News in Early Colonial Australia revives a lost news medium, the ballad. This event allows participants to learn how the news was once sung, to hear these ballads performed, and to even sing along.
BOOKINGS AVAILABLE SOON
See Previous Wellsprings here
