This American Life - Live!

with host Ira Glass
Captured Live and screening in Australian cinemas
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 May

Ira Glass, host of WBEZ Chicago’s critically acclaimed radio show This American Life, broadcast on ABC Radio National, is coming to Australian cinemas for the first time with This American Life – Live!, a special captured live performance on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 May.

Captured live from the Skirball Center at New York University, Glass will present stories by writer David Rakoff, comedian Tig Notaro and Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington. Together they will perform a live stage version of the radio show, centred on the theme “The Invisible Made Visible.” The performance will also feature a new short film by Mike Birbiglia, live music by the rock band OK Go, a dance performance by Monica Bill Barnes & Company, original animation and illustration, and special surprise guests.

“I saw this amazing dance performance by Monica Bill Barnes’ company, and I thought – that is totally in the style of our radio show.”

“But obviously you can’t have dance on the radio. Then I realized, we have to do another cinema event! We’ve built this line-up of stories mixed with super visual things, including the dancers I saw that night, so it’s going to feel like the radio show but also totally unlike anything we’ve done before. I really can’t wait to see how it turns out.”

- Host Ira Glass

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Saturday 26 Tickets     Sunday 27 Tickets