Words Wide Night in Perth, Western Australia | Event

Words Wide Night

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Address: Shoe Bar & Cafe, Yagan Square 6000 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: www.patreon.com/wordswidenight

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25.01.2022 Your worst writing habit is also your post-punk, goth, or new-wave band name.Your worst writing habit is also your post-punk, goth, or new-wave band name.

24.01.2022 Pleasures, by Bertold Brecht

20.01.2022 The Fringe gods have smiled on our friends in Tone Deft and granted them some encore season Fringe shows. Join some of Words Wide Night’s familiar faces for their great debate a great 90s musical comedy show for people who love either, or both. Get your ticket https://m.facebook.com/pg/tonedeftchoir/photos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0#!/events/130741522248277

19.01.2022 If you were sad to miss Words Wide Night this month, take heart you can still see some of the city’s best performers at ‘A Nestful of Villains and a List of So-Called Quacks’. It’s on tomorrow night at DTC in Vic Park, so fly south for the evening and join some of Perth’s poetry people. You’d be quackers not to go... https://m.facebook.com/pg/duckanddashpoetry/events/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0#!/duckanddashpoetry/photos/gm.2558461137785039/249144329994322/?type=3&source=44&ref=page_internal

17.01.2022 To celebrate National Poetry Day (which was nearly 5 days ago and in a different nation) I bring to you today this masterful piece of writing.

16.01.2022 Legendary Patti Smith being... a legend

15.01.2022 Words are important

15.01.2022 Opinions about Amanda Palmer can be a little... mixed at times, but Brain Pickings calls this 1976 work by Elizabeth Bishop "the ultimate Pandemic Poem" -- and it's worth sharing for that alone. Check it out here: https://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/elizabeth-bishop-one-art

14.01.2022 The sensational Samuel Field snapped these shots at our event last week, looks like his photography is as great as his poetry! October’s event details are to follow later today.

14.01.2022 Put off work a little while longer by pretending this is important reading about words

14.01.2022 Support local artists and help people affected by the Wooroloo bushfires this Saturday

12.01.2022 HeyMuzo run some of the best nights in town for up and coming musicians -- check out their upcoming Practice and Play night https://www.facebook.com/events/737641897095502

12.01.2022 I found this old poem in a Facebook memory today, all credit to David Jones (no relation to the department store). Poets both emerging and established, fresh first timers and award-winning finalists are welcome at Words Wide Night.

12.01.2022 Tonight! Get down to YMCA HQ for some of the best poets ever to take to a stage.

10.01.2022 Greetings from Rottnest, by Sally Morgan, says so much and speaks loudly without words. One thing we can’t express at Words Wide Night are visual mediums without words unless more people want to perform dances? https://sc.artgallery.wa.gov.au/19940344-greetings-rottnest

10.01.2022 Everyone has a story or two to tell. Get in touch today if you want to share yours with a friendly audience -- join us for Words Wide Night October: It's our birthday! on October 13

09.01.2022 #perthisokagain

08.01.2022 Sound on for this video! Trust us on that

08.01.2022 Press 1 on your keypad to vote for absurdist Beat poetry about bears at the next Words Wide Night.

07.01.2022 A rural Japanese town under siege by monkeys is defended by three elderly women armed with airguns calling themselves the Monkey Busters.

05.01.2022 Words Wide Night is a welcoming and inclusive event

04.01.2022 Barefaced Stories is on next week! Get your tickets for Perth’s best brutally frank (and slightly bear-themed) storytelling night today: https://fb.me/e/2UelMf8vE

04.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who came out last night for Words Wide Night: September 8 and thank you to The Shoe Bar & Cafe for hosting us! Your performers last night were: (comedy) the awesome Aaron Smyth... the gracious Gareth Knight the joyous John PINNO the gregarious Gill The scottish terrier (music) the great Gimpels Club the bloody brilliant Brooklyn Newton (storytelling/poetry) the sensational Samuel Field (instagram.com/samlfield) the legendary Leonard James the jocular JC the lobotomy patient the zealous Zeppo the original Ollie the bodacious Ben Riddle - Poet and, as always, your host/organiser/social media presence is just Jay Thank you for giving your business to The Shoe, thank you for giving your time and attention to local musicians, writers and comedians, thanks for coming out on a Tuesday night and continuing to support this scrappy little event of mine. Thanks to everyone who joked and laughed and sang and played and mused and told stories and who clapped and cheered your hearts out. Stay tuned for details of Words Wide Night October! It will be our third birthday, so I want to make it something special.

01.01.2022 Got some words burning a hole in your pocket, or in your soul? Share them with us next week at Words Wide Night: September 8. We've got a couple of open mic spots for musicians and writers up for grabs, and would love to see your faces. RSVP now: https://www.facebook.com/events/1159013404498565/