Now in their 32nd year of celebrating this much-loved worldwide event, Bloomsday in Melbourne proudly brings their latest season to fortyfivedownstairs, Between The Lines – The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters.

A young scholar makes the discovery of the century – letters between James Joyce and comedy legend Groucho Marx – and believes she has secured her legacy. But in the cut-throat Joyce Industry, credit rarely goes to a woman.

A razor-sharp, wryly witty literary mystery that follows her descent into a patriarchal web of ego and academic theft, Between The Lines invites audiences on a heady journey as her groundbreaking discovery is hijacked by the very mentor she trusted to protect it.

Packed with intellectual gymnastics and dramatic reversals, this electric new Bloomsday offering asks, who gets to own history?

Established in 1994, Bloomsday in Melbourne is an Australian literary and theatrical group dedicated to celebrating the life and works of James Joyce, particularly his landmark novel Ulysses. For over 30 years, the organisation has hosted an annual festival in June —the date immortalised as Bloomsday — featuring professionally staged plays, literary seminars, and social gatherings. The group creates original theatrical scripts annually that reimagine Joycean themes for contemporary audiences.