Assorted Sporks is a free queer friendly regular poetry and performance night at Mamma Chen's on Thursday August 28th

Featuring Loran Steinberg with Guest Host Kitten!

Theme: Conversations with Yourself

Themes are not mandatory, they are just to encourage you to experiment with your writing and improvisation. Feel free to make it weird.

Loran Steinberg can usually be found hosting Assorted Sporks, hanging around at other people's poetry readings, or just having a beer at Mamma Chen’s but they’re featuring themselves this time! Also it’s they’re birthday! They’re poetry is introspective, with lots of ups and downs and birds and tea, and self-mockery and also compassion. Someone once said that it was like being punched in the chest and then given a hug, so if you’re into that, come along.

7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm start, sign up will be available on the night.

5 minute limit.

Perform your poetry, creative writing or performance art on the open mic to a friendly audience or come and be part of the crowd. There are going to be themes, writing prompts and improvised creativity (2 lines to a theme to music). Completely free. For more information check the events closer to the date. Hosted by Loran Steinberg (they/them) Music by George O'Hara (he/they).

To keep this event a safe space for everyone, there will be no hate speech or your mic will be turned off and you may be asked to leave the stage.

Mamma Chen's is a wheelchair accessible venue however, the stage is not; we can organise lift access to the stage if you contact us at least a week prior to the event.

Mamma Chen’s acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and the Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, the true owners of the land that we live and operate on. We would like to pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.