<p><a href="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/09/The-Village-Square.jpg?x35425"><img decoding="async" class="size-medium wp-image-3278 alignright" src="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/09/The-Village-Square-300x292.jpg?x35425" alt="" width="300" height="292" srcset="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/09/The-Village-Square-300x292.jpg 300w, https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/2025/09/The-Village-Square.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a>Guitarist <a href="https://robbiemelville.com/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robbie Melville</a>, Cello player <a href="https://www.flindersquartet.com/musicianbios" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zoe Knighton</a> and Actor <a href="https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75744-richard-piper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Richard Piper</a> performed excerpts from Robbie&#8217;s latest creation &#8211; <a href="https://robbiemelville.com/the-village-square" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Village Square</a> &#8211; LIVE from Studio A at JOY 94.9.</p> <p>Robbie talked about his writing a short story in response to a request from Zoe, but that it became somewhat bigger and more complex than he had originally thought; and the joy that he, Zoe and Richard have experienced themselves and from their audiences to date when performing the work.</p> <p>The Village Square is a work that combines live music and storytelling &#8211; with a story that is set in an imaginary town.  The work presents stories of love and loss, misfortune and mirth, the graceful and grotesque.</p> <p>Robbie has produced a book and an album of the work, featuring the artwork of David Frazer.</p> <p>Robbie spoke about the images from the story that have been created by <a href="https://robbiemelville.com/store" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Frazer</a> in his hand made engravings on end grain wood, hand printed on an antique printing press.</p> <p>Robbie, Zoe and Richard will be performing The Village Square as part of <a href="https://www.melbournefringe.com.au/whats-on/events/the-village-square" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Melbourne Fringe Festival</a>.</p> <p>For more details about Robbie, The Village Square, and to see David Frazer&#8217;s artwork for the project, head to the website of <a href="https://robbiemelville.com/the-village-square" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robbie Melville</a>.</p> <p><em>Robbie Melville, Zoe Knighton and Richar Piper were guests of Bent Notes on Sunday September 21, 2025<br /> </em>Bent Notes – 2 hours of Jazz and Improvised Music – 7 o’clock every Sunday night<br /> <span style="color: #ff00ff"><strong>JOY 94.9 – Out.Loud.Proud – Your Voice – Your Radio Station</strong></span></p> <p><a href="https://joy.org.au/support-joy/donate" rel="payment">Support this podcast, Donate to JOY;</a> <a href="https://joy.org.au/support-joy/become-a-member" rel="payment">Become a member</a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes/2025/09/the-village-square-live-from-studio-a/">The Village Square &#8211; Live from Studio A</a> appeared first on <a href="https://joy.org.au/bentnotes">Bent Notes</a>.</p>