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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.
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 ...
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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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 ...
Winner of the 2017 SA Poetry Slam, Andrew Drake, in action at the State Finals at the Goodwood Institute, 22nd September, 2017.
Well that’s it for the 2017 SA Poetry Slam! Congrats to winner Andrew Drake and runner-up Chiara Gabrielli. They are both off to Sydney Opera House to compete in the National Poetry Slam. Congratulations to all the other finalists – Kachol Banok, Alison Bennett, Melody Chen, Nigel Ford, Mika Friebel, Sarah Pearce, Nina Phillips and Caroline Reid – as well as big cheers to everyone who competed in the heats, the fantastic audiences who came along and cheered, the sponsors, volunteers and supporters who keep the whole thing going. Kami was MC for the night as well as … ... Read more ...
Now we have the full list of competitors for the 2017 SA Poetry Slam Final.
Friday 22nd September, 7:30 – 10:00pm.
Goodwood Institute Theatre
166 Goodwood Road, Goodwood.
$20 plus booking fee, but get in fast, tickets sell out quickly!!
It’s a great line up featuring Kachol Banok, Alison Bennett, Melody Chen, Andrew Drake, Nigel Ford, Mika Friebel, Chiara Gabrielli, Sarah Pearce, Nina Phillips and Caroline Reid.
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The heat finalists go head to head for $600 in cash prizes and the two spots … ... Read more ...
Heat 5 of the SA Slam was a fitting way to finish the heats: hot poets, great crowd, fantastic venue. Congrats to winner, Nina Phillips and runner-up, Caroline Reid, both of whom will be in the State Final. Book your tickets soon: they sell out fast!! Thanks also to guests Juno and sacrificial poet, Nikki Baumann.
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Special thanks to Luxi Photography and Filmography for the photos and Matilda Bookshop at Stirling for sponsoring Lucy’s camera work.
