The Little Theatre Company

07/12/2025

To get us warmed up, we will kick off Café Philosophique: Death with a performance from the one and only zen cowboy Kim Cheshire.

An ARIA nominated country music singer/songwriter Kim's latest album is titled Looks Like Heaven. The title track was inspired by a TV interview Kim saw with an elderly woman reflecting on her recent near death experience. The interview had him reflecting on his own mortality, which he has now penned into 10 tracks that draw on grief, love and loss.

Following Kim's performance will be a Writing Through Grief Workshop - led by Amanda Anastasi - an open mic and philosophy café conversations!

Don't miss our last session for 2025!

📆 Wednesday Dec 10, 6:30pm
📍 Bridge Hotel Werribee

Tickets via link in comments

04/12/2025

We're in the news!

Thanks to Afia for attending our last Café Philosophique session and doing this great write up on the event for The Westsider.

Read the article here:

Café Philosophique connects community through poetry, music, and conversation.

21/11/2025

Exciting news!

Veteran Café Philosophique poet Amanda Anastasi will be returning for our final session for the year.

As we will be discussing our relationship death, Amanda will deliver her signature "writing through grief" workshop as part of the night!

We will also be privy to a music performance from country music singer/songwriter Kim Cheshire, delicious desserts, an open mic, and deep conversation.

Don't miss it!

📆 Wednesday Dec 10th, 6:30pm
📍 Bridge Hotel Werribee

Link to book in the comments

14/11/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Café Philosophique on Wednesday as we pondered our future!

We set goals and aspirations through vision boards, used imagination to concoct the world we want for future generations, and mused on legacy and presence.

Thanks to our feature poet Alicia Sometimes and everyone who brought their energy and ideas.

Don't miss our final event for the year!

Café Philosophique: Death
📆 Wednesday Dec 10, 6:30pm
📍 Bridge Hotel Werribee

05/11/2025

As part of Café Philosophique: The Future, we will begin the evening with a craftanoon of vision boarding.

Think old magazines, scissors, glue and textas - as we map out our goals, aspirations and visions for ourselves, community and the planet.

Let those scissor skills shine!

📆 Wednesday November 12, 6:30pm
📍 Bridge Hotel Werribee

Link to tickets in the comments

03/11/2025

Meet our feature poet for next Wednesday's Café Philosophique: The Future!

Passionate about bringing together art and science, Alicia Sometimes is a poet, artist and broadcaster. Her latest book is Stellar Atmospheres, in which she writes:

"From the first moment I listened to stories about the night sky, I fell in love with astronomy and physics. Not just the stars or galaxies but also the why and how of it all.

What happened before the Big Bang? What are we made of? How will the universe end? I am not a scientist, just eternally curious and have made scientific research the basis for a great deal of my poetry. The cosmos is endlessly fascinating. And writeable."

Don't miss Alicia perform poetry drawing on deep time, from the past well into the future.

📆 Wednesday November 12, 6:30pm
📍 Bridge Hotel Werribee

Link to book in comments

28/10/2025

Don't miss our next Café Philosophique on Wednesday Nov 12 as we look to the future 👀

We'll begin setting goals and aspirations through creating vision boards for ourselves.

We'll then hear from our feature poet Alicia Sometimes - a writer, poet and broadcaster who loves to bring together art and science - especially when it comes to all things interstellar.

Then of course we'll have some creative writing time, our open mic, and philosophy café conversations, fuelled by the Bridge Hotel Werribee's finest desserts!

Link to book in the comments

06/10/2025

Don't miss delicious deserts and deep conversations happening this Wednesday at Café Philosophique!

We'll be exploring our relationship with the present and ponder ways we can become a little more comfortable living in it. They'll be music, poetry, writing, sharing and plenty of chats!

📅 Wednesday Oct 8, 6:30pm
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Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/cafe-philosophique-the-present/tickets

03/10/2025

Meet our feature poet for next week's Café Philosophique: The Present!

To help us explore our relationship with the present and lead us into our own creative writing is poet Nathan Curnow.

Nathan Curnow works and lives on the lands of the Wathaurong people. He is the author of six poetry collections, with his work being widely anthologised and awarded over the last twenty-five years. His latest book A Hill to Die On is available through Liquid Amber Press.

Don't miss this evening of music, poetry, reflection, conversation and connection!

📆 Wednesday October 8, 6:30pm
📍 Bridge Hotel Werribee
Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/cafe-philosophique-the-present

Nathan Curnow is a writer of poetry, plays & short fiction based in Ballarat. 15 years ago he decided to make a commitment to writing. Along the way, he became…

01/10/2025

A week until our Café Philosophique: The Present!

To help us unpick our relationship with the present, we will begin the session with a guided meditation, led by Kurunji didgeridoo player Michael Cussens & pan flute maestro Rosamel Burgos.

Don't miss this special night!

📆 Wednesday Oct 8, 6:30pm
📍 Bridge Hotel Werribee

Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/cafe-philosophique-the-present

26/09/2025

Don't miss our next Café Philosophique as we explore our relationship to the present.

To help ground us in the moment, we will begin with a guided sound meditation from proud Kurinji man and didgeridoo player Michael Cussens, and Chilean pan-flutist Rosamel Burgos.

We will then hear from our feature poet Nathan Curnow, who will lead us into our own reflective writing.

Rounding up the evening will be our Philosophy Cafe - full of cakes and conversations!

Café Philosophique: The Present
📆 Wednesday Oct 8, 6:30pm
📍 Bridge Hotel Werribee

Book here: https://events.humanitix.com/cafe-philosophique-the-present