For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

FUMA Exhibition Launch

You are warmly invited to join us for the opening celebration of Un-Discipline, a new FUMA exhibition curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker. Showcasing works by First Nations artists from the collection, this powerful exhibition challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification.

Guest speaker
Kirstie Parker
Yuwaalaraay yinarr
Reconciliation advocate
Signatory, Uluru Statement from the Heart

Thursday 30 July 2026
5:00–7:00pm
Formalities from 6:00pm

Flinders University Museum of Art
Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building
Flinders University, Bedford Park

RSVP by 27 July

Artists: Richard Bell, Peter Japanangka Blacksmith, The Blak Laundry, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Michael Cook, Selma Nunay Coulthard, Destiny Deacon, Karla Dickens, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Gordon Hookey, Vanessa Inkamala, Danie Mellor, Hayley Millar Baker, Nancy Naawi, Clinton Naina, Alexander Nganjmirra, Sonya Rankine, Michael Riley, Yhonnie Scarce, Darren Siwes, Uta Uta Tjangala and Judy Watson.

Flinders University Museum of Art
Ground Floor, Social Sciences North Building

Humanities Road, adjacent carpark 5

Bedford Park SA 5042

FREE EXHIBITION

Monday 20 July–Friday 18 September 2026

Public Transport | Parking | Map

For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

Curious about a career in health and medical research? Come along to Road to Research and discover what’s possible.

Meet placement, honours, masters and PhD supervisors offering a wide range of research projects, from biosciences, through to clinical trials and public health. Find out about their research, discuss what interests you and potentially find your future research supervisor.

Learn more about the pathways into health & medical research at Flinders, discuss entry requirements & scholarships and talk with current Flinders Health & Medical Research Institute students, all in a relaxed environment – with pizza lunch provided!

Register via the Eventbrite link to secure your spot.

Book Club Series | Short Stories, Big Impact

About this event

Led by Flinders writer and academic Marina Deller, join us for the Book Club’s first city‑based session exploring short stories and the art of small narratives.

About this event

Short fiction invites us into a moment, a voice, a feeling, and often leaves us thinking long after we’ve finished. From flash fiction to contemporary collections, we’ll explore how writers create depth, tension and connection in just a few pages.

📚 Bring along a short story or collection you’ve enjoyed, even just one that has stayed with you, or come along to listen and join the conversation.

📖 Discover and borrow from the Library’s Leisure Reading Collection, curated to support reading for enjoyment.

About the Book Club Series

Supported by the University’s Thriving at Flinders program, the Library’s 2026 Book Club series is all about connection, wellbeing and the joy of leisure reading. Featuring Flinders University writers, it offers a relaxed space for staff and students to come together and share ideas.

Each session includes:

• Curated reading lists
• Guided discussion led by academic staff
• Light refreshments and small giveaways

👥 Open to staff and students.

📌 Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

About the speaker

Marina Deller is a writer, academic and critic at Flinders University, working on Kaurna Country.

Their work explores identity, grief, memory and storytelling across forms including essays, short stories, poetry and hybrid works. Marina’s writing has been published widely, including in The Conversation, Westerly, Voiceworks, Archer and InDaily.

They are an award-winning teacher of Writing and Literature and an active contributor to the Life Narrative Lab, where they curate and lead reading events that centre contemporary storytelling.

Event details

📅 Date: Tuesday, 11 August

🕛 Time: 12.00pm – 1.30 pm
📍 Location: Flinders City Campus, Welcome Hub (Level 1), Adelaide CBD
👥 Audience: Open to staff and students

📌 Accessibility & dietary requirements: Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

Eventbrite tickets here. 

This event is for prospective students interested in an Honours Degree with the College of Health and Enablement

This information session will provide details about what the Honours program entails; you will meet the Honours Health Sciences Coordinator; and hear from current/past Honours students; and there will be plenty of time for you to ask questions.

As part of the Honours degree, you can complete a research project in a health discipline of your choice – such as disability, nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, optometry, nutrition, exercise science and more – allowing you to shape your study around your passions.

An Honours degree enables you to develop advanced research skills, deepen your expertise, and work alongside experienced researchers on projects that make a real difference. You’ll contribute to meaningful research, build valuable professional connections, and gain the confidence to influence practice and drive positive change.

Scheduled Sessions:

• Tuesday 11 August
• Monday 23 November

For further information please contact che.honours@flinders.edu.au

Led by Justina Ashman – writer, editor and zine-making extraordinaire – this beginner-friendly workshop introduces the fundamentals of zine-making.

You’ll explore simple layouts, folding techniques, and creative prompts to help you build a complete A7 mini zine from a single sheet of paper by the end of the session.

Along the way, you’ll dive into the world of zines and DIY publishing, experiment with collage-based approaches, and have space to overshare about niche special interests in the name of creativity.

All art and collage supplies will all be provided – just bring your ideas and come along to achieve your zine dreams!✍️✂️📝🖨️

About the speaker:

Justina Ashman is a writer, editor, zine-maker and PhD candidate at Flinders University. Her writing has appeared in such journals as Liminal, Kill Your Darlings and Pencilled In. She is a co-producer and co-host of the Amy & Book Club podcast with author Amy Matthews. She spends her time researching queer romance novels and making zines about her cats.

Links:

• Follow Justina on Instagram at @javerstina
• Follow Amy & Book Club on Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts
• Read Justina’s short fiction at Liminal and Kill Your Darlings

Curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker Un-Discipline is a powerful exhibition of First Nations art that challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification. Join a free FUMA floortalk offering deeper insight into key works and curatorial ideas behind the show.

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 13 August

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 27 August

12:15 – 12:45    Friday 4 September

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 10 September

Flinders University Museum of Art

Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building

Follow the link to select a date and reserve your place

Swing past our Career Crew Popup for quick tips, real chats and the inside scoop on jobs, skills and opportunities.

✅ Discover CareerHub
✅ Explore jobs
✅ Chat with the Career Crew

No bookings, no pressure – just drop in, get inspired and own your next step.

Next Up…

Curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker Un-Discipline is a powerful exhibition of First Nations art that challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification. Join a free FUMA floortalk offering deeper insight into key works and curatorial ideas behind the show.

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 13 August

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 27 August

12:15 – 12:45    Friday 4 September

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 10 September

Flinders University Museum of Art

Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building

Follow the link to select a date and reserve your place

Curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker Un-Discipline is a powerful exhibition of First Nations art that challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification. Join a free FUMA floortalk offering deeper insight into key works and curatorial ideas behind the show.

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 13 August

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 27 August

12:15 – 12:45    Friday 4 September

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 10 September

Flinders University Museum of Art

Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building

Follow the link to select a date and reserve your place

PC4 2026 Scientific Symposium 

PC4 (Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group) in partnership with Flinders University’s Caring Futures Institute invites you to come together and drive innovation and improvement in cancer in primary care research on Wednesday 9 September 2026 at Crowne Plaza Adelaide, SA.

With a focus on the theme “Primary Care: Central to Comprehensive Cancer Care”, the day will showcase primary care’s vital and enduring role throughout one’s cancer journey — from prevention and early detection through to treatment, survivorship, and palliative care.

The Symposium will showcase the latest research in primary care and cancer across a range of sub-themes, including the incorporation of cutting-edge technology, optimising the integration and provision of care across primary and tertiary systems, improving psychological and physiological support, and emerging trends in cancer and cancer care.

Register here

Curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker Un-Discipline is a powerful exhibition of First Nations art that challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification. Join a free FUMA floortalk offering deeper insight into key works and curatorial ideas behind the show.

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 13 August

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 27 August

12:15 – 12:45    Friday 4 September

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 10 September

Flinders University Museum of Art

Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building

Follow the link to select a date and reserve your place

Swing past our Career Crew Popup for quick tips, real chats and the inside scoop on jobs, skills and opportunities.

✅ Discover CareerHub
✅ Explore jobs
✅ Chat with the Career Crew

No bookings, no pressure – just drop in, get inspired and own your next step.

Next Up…

Led by Justina Ashman – writer, editor and zine-making extraordinaire – this beginner-friendly workshop introduces the fundamentals of zine-making.

You’ll explore simple layouts, folding techniques, and creative prompts to help you build a complete A7 mini zine from a single sheet of paper by the end of the session.

Along the way, you’ll dive into the world of zines and DIY publishing, experiment with collage-based approaches, and have space to overshare about niche special interests in the name of creativity.

All art and collage supplies will all be provided – just bring your ideas and come along to achieve your zine dreams!✍️✂️📝🖨️

About the speaker:

Justina Ashman is a writer, editor, zine-maker and PhD candidate at Flinders University. Her writing has appeared in such journals as Liminal, Kill Your Darlings and Pencilled In. She is a co-producer and co-host of the Amy & Book Club podcast with author Amy Matthews. She spends her time researching queer romance novels and making zines about her cats.

Links:

• Follow Justina on Instagram at @javerstina
• Follow Amy & Book Club on Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts
• Read Justina’s short fiction at Liminal and Kill Your Darlings

Book Club Series | Witches: Dark Histories and Powerful Women

This spooky season, join Flinders University writer and academic Lisa Bennett for a Library Book Club session exploring witches across history.

About this event

From folklore and early modern fears to feminist reclamations and contemporary fantasy, we will trace how the figure of the witch has been shaped, challenged and reimagined across time.

📚 Bring along a book, character or story that features a witch figure, or simply come along to listen and join the conversation.

📖 Discover and borrow from the Library’s Leisure Reading Collection, curated to support reading for enjoyment.

About the Book Club Series

Supported by the University’s Thriving at Flinders program, the Library’s 2026 Book Club series is all about connection, wellbeing and the joy of leisure reading. Featuring Flinders University writers, it offers a relaxed space for staff and students to come together and share ideas.

Each session includes:

• Curated reading lists
• Guided discussion led by academic staff
• Light refreshments and small giveaways

👥 Open to staff and students.

📌 Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

About the speaker

Associate Professor Lisa Bennett is a literary scholar at Flinders University whose work explores gender, narrative and cultural representation across literature and popular culture. Her research spans the Viking Age, as well as genre fiction, speculative storytelling and creative practice.

She is the author of Viking Women: Life and Lore and the forthcoming Yet She Lives: Fierce and Fantastical Women of Norse Mythology (2026), a vivid retelling of the lives of mythological Norse women.

Lisa is also the co-author of Story Thinking and the Real-world Applications of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing and, writing as Lisa L. Hannett, is an award-winning author of multiple short story collections, a novel, and over 80 works across fantasy, science fiction, horror and historical fiction.

Event Details

📅 Date: 13 October

🕛 Time: 12.00pm – 1.30 pm
📍 Location: Central Library, Level 1
👥 Audience: Open to staff and students

📌 Accessibility & dietary requirements: Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

Eventbrite tickets here. 

Swing past our Career Crew Popup for quick tips, real chats and the inside scoop on jobs, skills and opportunities.

✅ Discover CareerHub
✅ Explore jobs
✅ Chat with the Career Crew

No bookings, no pressure – just drop in, get inspired and own your next step.

Next Up…

Book Club series | Halloween: Spooky Stories

Book Club just got spooky! Join Flinders writer and academic Amy T. Matthews and the AMY& podcast for a Halloween-themed discussion.

About this event

From classic horror and gothic fiction to contemporary thrillers, supernatural tales and eerie favourites, this session will explore why we’re drawn to unsettling stories, and how they reflect fear, imagination and the cultural moments we live in.

Blending conversation, storytelling and live recording, this session offers a unique finale to the series while keeping the relaxed and interactive feel of the Book Club.

📚 Bring along a favourite spooky, gothic or Halloween-inspired read, or come along to listen and join the conversation.

📖 Discover and borrow from the Library’s Leisure Reading Collection, curated to support reading for enjoyment.

About the Book Club Series

Supported by the University’s Thriving at Flinders program, the Library’s 2026 Book Club series is all about connection, wellbeing and the joy of leisure reading. Featuring Flinders University writers, it offers a relaxed space for staff and students to come together and share ideas.

Each session includes:

• Curated reading lists
• Guided discussion led by academic staff
• Light refreshments and small giveaways

👥 Open to staff and students.

📌 Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

Event details

📅 Date: 29 October

🕛 Time: 12.00pm – 1.30 pm
📍 Location: Noel Stockdale Room, Central Library, Level 1
👥 Audience: Open to staff and students

📌 Accessibility & dietary requirements: Please use the registration form to let us know of any accessibility requirements, allergies or food intolerances.

Eventbrite tickets here

About the speaker

Amy T. Matthews is an award-winning author and Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Flinders University.

Her novels have been published internationally and in translation, and are available in print, audio and ebook. She also writes under the names Amy Barry and Tess LeSue.

As an academic, Amy’s research focuses on genre fiction, particularly popular romance, historical fiction and fictions of climate change. She brings a strong interest in storytelling, genre and reader engagement to both her writing and teaching.

Amy is the host of the QBD Romance Book Club and co-host of the AMY& podcast.

Her publications include Someone Else’s Bucket List, voted onto the Better Reading Top 100 Books of 2025.

About AMY&

AMY& is a bookish podcast with benefits.

Hosted by Amy Matthews alongside series regulars Justina Ashman, Abby Guy, Millie Heffernan, Payton Hogan and Harry Stewart, the podcast features genre deep dives, author Q&As and a live book club with a signature cocktail or mocktail.

Blending accessible academic insight with a lively, conversational style, AMY& creates an interactive space for readers of all kinds, from new book lovers to seasoned bibliophiles.

This event is for prospective students interested in an Honours Degree with the College of Health and Enablement

This information session will provide details about what the Honours program entails; you will meet the Honours Health Sciences Coordinator; and hear from current/past Honours students; and there will be plenty of time for you to ask questions.

As part of the Honours degree, you can complete a research project in a health discipline of your choice – such as disability, nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, optometry, nutrition, exercise science and more – allowing you to shape your study around your passions.

An Honours degree enables you to develop advanced research skills, deepen your expertise, and work alongside experienced researchers on projects that make a real difference. You’ll contribute to meaningful research, build valuable professional connections, and gain the confidence to influence practice and drive positive change.

Scheduled Sessions:

• Tuesday 11 August
• Monday 23 November

For further information please contact che.honours@flinders.edu.au

Flinders University’s December Graduation Ceremonies are a celebration of academic achievement and an opportunity to recognise the dedication, perseverance, and success of our graduating students.

Held across a series of ceremonies, these events bring together graduates, their families, friends, supporters, staff, and distinguished guests to mark this significant milestone. Each ceremony features the formal conferral of awards, graduate processions, presentations by University representatives, and the presentation of graduates to the Chancellor.

Graduation is one of the University’s most important traditions, providing an opportunity for the Flinders community to come together and celebrate the accomplishments of the graduating class as they prepare for the next chapter of their personal and professional journeys.

We look forward to welcoming graduates and guests to celebrate this special occasion with us.