Spoken Word SA

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Heat 5 at King’s Head was a great night! Full house and twenty poets sharing their words. Congratulations to winner Emelia Haskey and runner up Tracy McNally who now join the others at the Goodwood Institute next Thursday 20th September for the STATE FINAL! It promises to be a beauty. Thanks once again to Lucinda Corin for her stirling shutter work and Matilda Bookshop for their sponsorship.

 

[su_slider source=”media: 2653,2717,2752,2786,2799″ limit=”30″ height=”600″ autoplay=”5300″ speed=”300″] 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 Tracey 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. Doors open at 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start. $20 admission. Book your tickets for the State Final at www.trybooking.com/402694.

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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.

Thursday, 13th September, 2018

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.

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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.

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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 ...