Spoken Word SA

Saturday 30th September 2023
Doors open at 7:30

Goodwood Theatre & Studios
166 Goodwood Road, Goodwood, SA 5034

$25 at Trybooking

Five thrilling slam heats. Ten talented SA State Finalists. One stage. One Final.

On Saturday September 30th, ten of South Australia’s finest performance poets will take it up a notch. The heats were hot, and the final will be fire! The audience at Goodwood Theatre will be treated to another round of fast-paced poetic prowess, with new poems from all of our finalists. At the end of the night, we will have our two 2023 National Finalists, locked in … ... Read more ...

heat 4 winners

Heat 4 Winner Katherine Sordini

Heat 4 Runner-up Melinda Gaughwin

Lena Yakas

Jill Wherry

Frankie Welk

Cedar McGeary

Cayley Ferguson

Tadgh Porter-Cameron

Tegan Sabine

Carissa Fischer

Cian Yakas

Anet Swain

Guest Cecilia Ronson

Sacrifice Ian Gibbins

MC Sarah Jane Justice

The Draw

 

What a show we had at Heat Four of the SA Poetry Slam: great to welcome some new faces amongst the regulars, a fabulous audience in a supportive (and warm!) venue on an otherwise dark and stormy night…

Congratulations to Heat Four Winner Katherine Sortini and Runner-Up Melinda Gaughwin. We’ll see you both … ... Read more ...

Winners

Arantza Garcia

Drew Cuffley

Beth Baillie

Anet Swain

Claire Watson

Cayley Ferguson

John Willison

Fiona Tiller

Doug Phillips

Pauline Lergessner

Luke Baker

Narny

Tegan Sabine

Sally Giles

Marc Ryan

Sarah Jane Justice

Hat Draw

Audience

 

Heat 3 of the 2023 Poetry Slam at Port Adelaide Library was a stellar evening of talented poets, battling for their chance to go to Sydney. We were humbled by all of your amazing performances and heartfelt words.

Marc Ryan The Beautiful Bogan had us in stitches while the scores were being tallied, with a perfect transition from “feels” to “lols” before our … ... Read more ...

Heat 2 Winners

Heat 2 Winner – Chris Battistuzzi

Heat 2 runner-up – Tim O’Loughlin

Drew Cuffley

Carissa Fischer

Anet Swain

John Willison

Louise Goodwin

Luke Baker

Tegan Sabine

Guest – Grace Colsey

MC – Sarah Jane Justice

Hat Draw

 

SA Heat 2 of the Australian Poetry Slam at the Woodcroft Library treated us to some outstanding performances! Winner Chris Battistuzzi and and Runner-up Tim O’Loughlin made it through to the State Final and feature performer Grace Colsey shared a spoken word twist on some of their award winning cabaret show. If you haven’t been to a heat yet, … ... Read more ...

Thursday 7 September 2023
Doors at 6:30pm for sign up

The Jade
142-160 Flinders Street, Adelaide, SA 5000

$10 at the door or at trybooking.com: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1086815

There is a maximum of 20 poets per heat, so make sure to get there on time!

Poems must be two minutes or under, no props, no costumes, just you and the power of your words. The full APS 2023 rules are at the following link – make sure you read them!  www.australianpoetryslam.com/rules

Two poets chosen by the audience at each of our five South Australian heats will head to … ... Read more ...

heat 1 winners

heat 1 winner – matthew pankhurst

heat 1 runnerup – alex van silalam

anet swain

amiee knubley

aaron woolford

drew cuffley

carissa fischer

claire watson

tegan sabine

luke baker

june spencer

victoria akut

heat 1 guest – shaine melrose

heat 1 sacrifice – kami

heat 1 MC – sarah jane justice

heat 1 audience

 

Heat 1 of the SA leg of the Australian Poetry Slam took off big-time at the State Library of SA, where we had a room full of poetry fans and 12 competing slammers. After a fierce round of fiery words and cheers … ... Read more ...