Archimedes War by Melissa Reeves

A work by the library's playwright-in-residence, Melissa Reeves, and directed by Susie Dee, will be staged in June as part of the Darebin Speakeasy, a year-round contemporary performing arts program.

Archimedes War is a dark comedy exploring the frightening depersonalisation of modern warfare, where waging war can look like a video game and playing video games has real-life consequences.

Performances are from June 9-19 at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre and bookings can be made through darebinarts.com.au