The Mic Drop

Think+DO Tank is proud to present our new monthly open mic night, THE MIC DROP! 

Hosted by award-winning poet Omar Sakr at the TDTF Community House in Fairfield, on Fridays at 6pm, this is a night for everyone and anyone: if you have a story to tell, a poem to share, a song to sing, a rap to beat, a joke to light us up or a story to enthrall, don't be shy! 

We have a small stage, a mighty mic, and a warm welcome waiting. Our Community Director, Afaf Al-Shammari, will even cook us up a beautiful soup to keep the winter chill out. It's free! Why? Because we want it to be. Because we're tired of feeling isolated. Because we want to connect. Because there's a million reasons not to, and art doesn't need to answer to any of them. 

We love stories, we love sharing, and if you want to be part of it, register here! If you're a musician with tech requirements, please get in touch in advance so we can ensure you have everything you need - everyone else wanting to perform can sign up on the night. Don't worry about coming at 6pm on the dot, the run sheet roughly goes like this: 6pm-6:30 Omar stressing, 6:30pm-7pm soup and vibes, 7pm-8:30pm performances, 8:30-9pm pack up!

THIS AUGUST 23rd, our featured guests are PETER POLITES and SHEREE JOSEPH. 

Peter Polites is a is a writer of Greek descent from Western Sydney who has written and performed pieces all over Australia. His novels include God Forgets the Poor, Down the Hume, and The Pillars, which won the 2020 NSW Premier’s Multicultural NSW Literary Award. He also won the 2020 Woollahra Digital Literature Prize for Fiction. In 2021 he was the ACT Writer in Residence at UNSW Canberra.

Sheree Joseph is an Arab-Australian writer from the lands of the Wallumedegal and the Darug peoples in Sydney’s North West. She was the former editor of The Vocal, an award-nominated solutions journalism publication at Fairfax. She has written for the ABC, SBS, The Lifted Brow, The Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Life, Junkee and Metro Film Magazine. Sheree had her fictional debut in the Sweatshop Women: Volume Two anthology.