Enough Said Poetry Slam is a stage for spoken word, where poets new and experienced can get up on stage and share their words with a captive audience. Our monthly event brings together lovers of poetry to share, click, listen, and compete for prizes, as well as some of the biggest names in poetry in Australia and overseas to perform for our audience.

Come along for a fun, relaxed evening where you can get as involved as much as you're comfortable with – as a poet, judge or enthusiastic audience member – and support local wordsmiths on the mic.

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FEATURE POET: Dan Hogan
SUPPORT FEATURE: AJ

6:30pm - DOORS OPEN + SLAM SIGN-UP
7:00pm - POETRY BEGINS

ENTRY

$10 - standard
$5 - unwaged/student/concession
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POETRY SLAM RULES

Sign up at the door when you arrive if you'd like to perform. Everyone is welcome, from bedroom poets to experienced performers.

Three-minute time limit, no props, music or costumes, jump up on stage with a mic and share your original poem with a live and engaged audience. Rapping counts as poetry and some singing is allowed, but not for the majority or all of the poem.

Random people from the audience become the judges, and the highest-scoring poet wins! 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes to be awarded!

But remember: The points are not the point, the point is poetry!

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VENUE

Getting There: Side Door Theatre is on Crown St in Wollongong. It has a small door that can be found directly across the road from the Atchison St entry to Spotlight. It's a four-minute walk from Wollongong Train Station and a two-minute walk from the nearest free bus stop. Free parking can be found on surrounding streets, starting with Atchison St, or there is paid parking nearby in the mall.

Libations: Side Door Theatre is a licensed venue with drinks and snacks available for sale. Please do not bring in outside alcohol, though outside food is allowed.

Accessibility: Entry to the venue is down four steps from the front door and is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. Please reach out to us if you have access needs and you'd like to discuss entry into the venue. There are a number of gender neutral toilets inside the venue.

Entry for Kids: This is not a kid-friendly event, but kids are allowed to come with an adult. We ask poets to give a trigger warning before starting their poem if it has intense themes, but we don't ask anyone to moderate their poetry to be appropriate for children. Expect to hear swearing at a minimum.

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MEET THE FEATURES:

FEATURE ACT

Dan Hogan is the author of Secret Third Thing, which won the Five Islands Prize and Mary Gilmore Award, and was named one of the ‘best 25 Australian books of 2023’ by The Guardian. More of Dan's work can be found at www.2dan2hogan.com.

SUPPORT FEATURE

AJ works in tiny homes construction. Has been attending and appreciating the enough said community for a few years. AJ writes poetry in spare time, she enjoys the rules to "English" don't apply and loves you can't see her spelling and has no idea how it makes sense. She is excited to perform all new stuff.

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We acknowledge our events take place on the land of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation and pay our respects.

Enough Said Poetry Slam is supported by the South Coast Writers Centre.

Contact the host of Enough Said Poetry Slam ft. Dan Hogan