Other Stuff

Friday 7th September 2018
Woodcroft Community Centre Library
175 Bains Road, Morphett Vale, SA 5162

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 … ... Read more ...

Rumble SA 2018 winner – Audrey Mason-Hyde

Runner-up, Divya Jacob

Third place, Jill Saji

Rumble SA 2018 Finalists

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.

Friday 15th June, 6:30 pm

Carclew House, 11 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide

Come along and check out the amazing new talent unearthed during the 4 heats of RUMBLE SA!!

$10 entry.

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 ...

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 ...

Saturday 5th May
11 AM – 3 PM

Institute Building, State Library of South Australia
Cnr North Tce and Kintore Ave, Adelaide.

A FREE workshop for ages 26 and under. Presented by Spoken Word SA in partnership with Arts South Australia, Writers SA and the State Library Of South Australia.

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) … ... Read more ...

If you would like to pre-book for any of the RUMBLE SA workshops, please use the form below.
(You can book for more than one workshop if you so desire… but remember, you need to be 26 years old or under…)

Here are the session details (click on the dates for maps):

Salisbury Workshop : 17-19 Wiltshire St, Salisbury 

Wednesday 18th April : 10am – 2pm 

Salisbury Institute Hall

17/19 Wiltshire Street, Salisbury, South Australia

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

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 Salisbury’s 12 – 25 program. Salisbury Institute Hall, 17/19 Wiltshire Street Salisbury South Australia.

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, … ... Read more ...