Arts and the Faith


Series 2026 - save the date!


The Peerless Bridge: Faith and the poetry of Emily Dickinson

Presented by the Rev’d Professor Dorothy Lee, Professor Emerita of Trinity College, University of Divinity.

Wednesday 18th March | St Peter’s Church | 6pm, concluding at 8pm.


Les Less Miserable: The poetic journey of Les Murray

Presented by Michael McGirr, author and Mission Facilitator of Caritas Australia.

Wednesday 13th May | St Peter’s Church | 6pm, concluding at 8pm.


Petertide Music Festival

Featuring concerts presented by the choirs and musicians of St Peter’s Eastern Hill.

19th - 20th June | More details to come!


Stanley Spencer: Prophetic visions

Presented by Dr Claire Renkin, Yarra Theological Union, University of Divinity.

Thursday 16th July | St Peter’s Church | 6pm, concluding at 8pm.


There are more things in heaven and earth…a Renaissance prince or a Reformation Play? Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Presented by the Rev’d Dr Gregory Seach, Vicar of St George’s Malvern, former Dean and Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and Warden of Wollaston Theological College, Perth.

Tuesday 22nd September | St Peter’s Church | 6pm, concluding at 8pm.


Damned by our knowledge: English religious anxiety in the novels of Graeme Greene.

Presented by the Rev’d Dr Michael Bowie, Vicar of St Peter’s Eastern Hill.

Wednesday 11th November | St Peter’s Church | 6pm, concluding at 8pm.