The Heats are done, the judges have judged, so it’s congratulations to our 10 State Finalists: Andrew Drake and Sarah-Jane Justice (heat 1); Manuela Akot and Kelly Lee Cusack (heat 2); Caroline Reid and Emma Tan (heat 3); Charlie Kamp and Tracy O’Callaghan (heat 4); and Emelia Haskey and Tracy McNally (heat 5).
The SA Poetry Slam State Final:
Thursday 20th September 2018
Goodwood Institute Theatre 166a Goodwood Road, Goodwood.
Another great heat at Woodcroft Library. Congratulations to our winner Charlie Kamp and runner up Tracy O’Callaghan! Off to the State final on September 20th at Goodwood Institute. Only one heat to go!! Kings Head Thursday 13th September, don’t be late! Thank you to Lucinda Corin as always for being our official photographer and to Matilda Bookshop for their continued support of Lucinda’s work.
Kings Head Hotel 357 King William Street, Adelaide.
Sign in at 6:30pm for 7:00pm start
$6
The search is on to find Australia’s best spoken word poet! Speak, sing, howl, whisper or sing your original poem at the South Australian heats of the Australian Poetry Slam, an electric live event where the audience is the judge.
Contestants are given two minutes to speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing their original poem on stage at one of five heats scheduled to take place at different locations around metropolitan Adelaide during the August – September period.
The rules are simple. There are no props, no costumes, and no music allowed; just the poet and their words. Judges are selected at random from the audience. Click here to read the full rules.
First and second place in each heat compete again at the SA Final, to be held this year at the Goodwood Institute. Always a popular event on the Spoken Word SA calendar, it has sold out in advance three years running. The SA Final winner and runner up are then flown to Sydney to slug it out for over $10,000 in prizes and the coveted title of Australian Slam Poet 2018 at the Australian Poetry Slam National Showcase and Final hosted at the Sydney Opera House.
Guest performer for Heat 5
And a great guest performer with a difference: Daydream Fever “Daydream Fever is essentially a one man band, an evolution in sound, effortlessly blending a wide range of genres from hip hop to punk to electronica. A DDF live set takes the crowd on a rollercoaster ride, with double time raps, vocal loops, belted soulful vocals and impromptu freestyle jams.”
SA State Final Thursday 20th September Goodwood Institute Theatre 166a Goodwood Road Goodwood Doors open 7.30pm for 8pm start $20 Admission https://www.trybooking.com/402694
Another great night with a big crowd at Jive and a sterling line up of fresh and familiar faces. Congratulations to our winner Caroline Reid and runner up Emma Tan who will be back on the stage at the State Final 20th September at Goodwood Institute.
Thanks to our official photographer Lucinda Corin for her sterling camera skills and to Matilda Bookshop for their continued support of her work.
Heat 2 at Salisbury went off, with so many fresh voices stepping up. Congratulations to our winner Manuela Akot and runner up Kelly Leigh Cusack who have secured their places in the State Final on 20th September. Thanks to guest poet, Manal Younus, MC, Kami, and photographer, Lucinda Corin.
Sign-up from 6:30pm for a 7:00pm start. A maximum of 20 competitors.
$6 entry
The search is on to find Australia’s best spoken word poet! Speak, sing, howl, whisper or sing your original poem at the South Australian heats of the Australian Poetry Slam, an electric live event where the audience is the judge.
And for something a little different this time around our Heat 3 guest performer is Marc Ryan aka The Beautiful Bogan – Adelaide’s own home grown northern ‘burbs bogan. Since setting foot on stage in 2011, Marc’s comedy career has taken off. During 2014 Marc won both the Adelaide Comedy Lehmo’s Award and the South Australian Raw Comedy competition. This in turn landed Marc in the National Raw Comedy Finals at Melbourne’s International Comedy Festival. As a result of his performance, Marc was given the accolade of having delivered “the night’s best joke” by the Herald Sun. In 2015 Marc won Dave Grant Comedy Award and went on to write and perform two successful Fringe Shows each earning him 4.5 star reviews.
The rules for the slam are simple. Contestants are given two minutes to speak, scream, howl, whisper or sing their original poem on stage at one of five heats scheduled to take place at different locations around metropolitan Adelaide during the August – September period. There are no props, no costumes, and no music allowed; just the poet and their words. Judges are selected at random from the audience. Click here to see the rules in full.
First and second place in each heat compete again at the SA Final, to be held this year at the Goodwood Institute (166a Goodwood Road, Goodwood). Always a popular event on the Spoken Word SA calendar, it has sold out in advance three years running. The SA Final winner and runner up are then flown to Sydney to slug it out for over $10 000 in prizes and the coveted title of Australian Slam Poet 2018 at the Australian Poetry Slam National Showcase and Final hosted at the Sydney Opera House.
SA State Final Thursday 20th September Goodwood Institute Theatre 166a Goodwood Road Goodwood Doors open 7.30pm for 8pm start $20 Admission https://www.trybooking.com/402694
