Poetry Reading with Peter J Casey and Open Mic

Peter J Casey has worked professionally in musical theatre and cabaret for more than thirty years, as a musician, writer, and performer. He was the winner of the Sydney Cabaret Convention in 1999, after which he co-wrote and performed several one-man cabaret shows including Closes on Saturday Night, Renaissance Bloke and I Am Sick to Death of Hearing About the Weimar Republic, the last of which earned a Green Room Award nomination for Best Original Songs. 

For musical theatre, Peter has co-written lyrics and music for Angry Penguins, The Lizard of Oz, and The Devil Builds a Chapel, which was shortlisted for London's Flourish new opera writing competition. He was a founding member of New Musicals Australia for the Hayes Theatre Company, and of the Advisory Panel for The Grassroots Initiative at the Victorian College of the Arts. Peter has also worked in radio as a producer and presenter, winning ABC Radio's Best New Talent Award in 2009. 

Since 2015 he has been a proud member of the staff at Wagga Wagga City Library, despite earning no awards.