Spoken Word SA

Well done to the class of 2018 and to our winner Sarah Jane Justice and runner up Caroline Reid who will be representing SA in Sydney at the Australian Poetry Slam Final!

The Final was a fabulous event, with outstanding performances in front of a full house.

Thanks to Noa Gfrerer for photography!

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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.