spoken word | Words Out Loud

Visiting Melbourne poet Earl Livings at April’s Words Out Loud.

Recordings of a selection of performances from our March and April events are now available for your listening pleasure!

This is something we’re doing this year for the first time, to add another string to the bow of those fronting the mic each month. We’re absolutely thrilled with the way the event has grown over the past two and a bit years, and we hope this adds more value for our loyal and enthusiastic supporters.

Performers, if you would like a copy of your audio, just let us know and we can email it to you. If you’ve changed your mind about having it online, let us know and we can take it down.

You can listen to the March playlist here and the April playlist here. Additions will be posted under the Audio tab as the editions roll out.

The mic will be hooked up again for our May edition on the 17th, with a simpler permission slip to allow the recording to go online. Words Out Loud is even more out loud than usual!

Words Out Loud looks up for inspiration in May, whether to the heavens or simply the fairy light-festooned ceiling of the Printers Room. It might be that the dinner special of hearty stews and damper, and perhaps a few other bush treats, had an influence too, in setting the theme to “under the Milky Way”.

No need to pitch a tent or stoke the camp fire, though: pitch a piece of prose, poetry or yarn of up to five minutes, and stoke the creative juices instead! Theme’s not your thing? No worries — it isn’t compulsory. And non-performers are very welcome to join us to simply enjoy the night’s offering of spoken word.

The May edition runs 7-9pm on Thursday May 17 at the Printers Room, in the basement of Sebaastians at the corner of Mair and Lydiard streets. The dinner special is $20, and the full menu is also available, along with a well-stocked bar.

The spoken word event encourages poets, writers and raconteurs to share their work, or favourite pieces by others, for five-minute open mic sessions on the third Thursday of each month (unless otherwise advertised).

Enter via Mair St. Drink and food available before and during. Take in the air in the beer garden. Enjoy the show from couches, the tables or a seat by the bar. Gold coin donation appreciated.

This is a great opportunity to road test new material, celebrate a success or share some inspiration, or simply enjoy a diverse range of spoken word.

Keep in touch at facebook.com/wordsoutloud or join our mailing list.

Need further inspiration for May’s theme? The Church may answer your prayer: