Assorted Sporks is a queer friendly regular poetry and performance night at Mamma Chen's on Thursday March 27th

Free Entry

Featuring Steve Smart

Theme: Camp and what it means to you

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

Steve Smart is an obsessive word person. The right word, grammatically and/or emotionally, is very important to him. It’s why he likes to paint and make videos sometimes, or create soundscapes and strange noiseworks, because words can be exhausting when you care about them too much. Steve is very happy and comfortable on stage, more than he ever has been before. You will know this if you’ve seen his recent attempts at incorporating dance into his performances. Yes, Steve Smart has begun to twerk in his work.

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 Facebook 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 are happy to pass you the mic if needed.

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.