Balingup Arts & Cultural Hub and Southern Forest Arts Presents

Women Speak; a collection of voices speaking on what matters.

Sari Bennett

Karen Louise

Yael Harris

open mic spots

To celebrate International Women's Day, you are invited to come along to this special night of poetry and music.

Sari Bennett performs Stitch Poetry... an intimate evening of poetry in motion showcasing a selection of her new and well loved original works. Audiences will be swept into the arms of a colourful world where whimsical imagery is masterfully and unapologetically woven through hard hitting concepts that question human behaviours and challenge the status quo. Stitch Poetry is a celebration of what it means to be human and reflects the kind of magic that can only occur when things fall apart at the seams and are lovingly put back together again as something new.

Sari Bennett is a W.A based writer, performance poet and upcyler who lives on Molloy Island. She is a collector of moments and a seeker of the sacred hidden within in the mundane.

With a background in physical theatre, Sari's embodied spoken word performances breathe life into her heartfelt poetry. Sari has performed at many festivals and events including the Nannup Music Festival, The Denmark Festival of Voice, The Nanga Music Festival, The Wild Village Womens Festival and More.

Here is a link to the trailer Stitch Poetry at the Heart in Margaret River 2024.

For Balingup, live music will be performed by Anu Grace

https://youtu.be/6fiEnxtBe5I?si=BYuPt2UDDbO9w9_T

Karen Louise is a performance poet in Balingup, Western Australia. 2024 Australian Poetry Slam finalist. Karen will open with a 15 minute set of her latest work.

'Karen Louise (she/her) is a storyteller who lives on Wardandi land in Australia's South West. Her works are sepia-stained explorations of light, loss and discovery. Her performances find space, her poems sing and her songs taste like a 1920s speakeasy.'

Photo credit Rohit Kanchi.

DIRTY LAUNDRY by Yael Harris

DIRTY LAUNDRY was Yael’s first visual art project, a Poetry-Art Installation depicting the loss of self-identity to domesticity, motherhood, and wifehood. A fusion of romantic flashbacks and inner reflections cathartically ironed on pieces of laundry. The installation was launched at the Spoken Word night, Bunbury Fringe 2021, with part 2 presented at the 2021 Perth Poetry Festival.

Yael will be re-airing some pieces of her Dirty Laundry at Women Speak.

OPEN MIC slots available: Sign up when you arrive, first in best dressed!

Doors 6.30pm
Non-alcoholic drinks and snacks for sale CASH ONLY
BYO
16+ recommended for content

Contact the host of Women Speak with Sari Bennett's STITCH POETRY