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Australian Poetry Slam: SA Heat 3

Saturday, 1st September, 2018

Jive
181 Hindley Street, Adelaide

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 … ... Read more ...

SA Slam Heat 1 goes off!!

A superb start to the 2018 Slam season at the State Library of South Australia with a near capacity crowd and 24 poets registering. Sadly that meant 4 missed out. With Alison Bennett – Performance Poet as guest and inspiration, 20 poets shared their words and gave us their all! Congratulations to Andrew Drake and Sarah Jane Justice who have booked their spots in the State Final. Thanks to our official photographer Lucinda Corin for the happy snaps. 

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Poetry Slam SA 2018

 

The search is on to find Australia’s best spoken word poet!

Speak, 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.

Following the very successful and inaugural Rumble SA slam program for poets 26 and under, Spoken Word SA is gearing up to kick off the South Australian component of the Australian Poetry Slam season with an official launch and its very first heat at 7pm Friday, 17th August at the State Library of South Australia.

Contestants are given … ... Read more ...

RUMBLE SA Youth Slam ends on a high!

Well that’s that! The inaugural Rumble SA Youth Slam program is over.  Congratulations to all our finalists and all our poets along the way.  Our very first Rumble SA Youth Slam winner is Audrey Mason-Hyde!  Runner-up was Divya Jacob and Jill Saji came in third.

Thank you to everyone involved with The Rumble SA program. Thank you to Arts South Australia for the funding support as part of their Community Arts & Cultural Development program. Thank you to Writers SA and
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Zohab Zee Kahn at Jive

Zohab Zee Khan is one of the absolute very best that Australian spoken word has to offer. This is his very first tour of Adelaide. One not to be missed!

Supported by
Kultar “Koolta” Ahluwalia (2016 Most Popular Hip Hop Artist – SA Music Awards).
and
Jason Marsiglia (wordsmith extraordinaire and SA Poetry Slam winner)

Jive Nightclub
181 Hindley Street
27th June
7 pm
$15.00 entry
18+

Zohab Khan is an educator, poet and multidisciplinary artist. Since 2006, Zohab has been building a formidable career in spoken word poetry, culminating in taking out the title of the Australian Poetry Slam … ... Read more ...

RUMBLE SA Slam showcase events

 

The Rumble SA is a new youth poetry slam initiative from Spoken Word SA, the organisation behind the SA leg of the National Poetry Slam and its immensely popular (and much more informal) sister event, the Summer Slam. In conjunction with Arts South Australia, The Rumble SA aims to mentor young poets (aged 26 and under) by expanding their knowledge of and strengthening their skills in the art of spoken word performance and slam poetry.

The Rumble SA represents a significant opportunity to empower young people to make themselves heard on a major stage and share with … ... Read more ...

RUMBLE SA Workshop #4 with Kultar “Koolta” Ahluwalia

Friday 11th May
5 PM – 9 PM

Base 10 Youth Centre
10 Main South Rd, Reynella, SA 5161

A FREE workshop for ages 26 and under. Presented by Spoken Word SA in partnership with Arts South Australia, Writers SA and the City of Onkaparinga.

A diverse skill set is needed to be an accomplished spoken word performer. They include compositional skills (adapting vocabulary and grammar to the medium, developing an authorial voice, choice of poetic style), performance skills (vocal technique and phrasing, creating a unique stage presence, timing, memorisation, dealing with mistakes) and professional skills (meeting deadlines, … ... Read more ...