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OutLoud Secondary Slam! 2023 Final

Mark your calendars for the return of the much-loved OutLoud Secondary Slam!
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Event and Ticketing Details

Dates & Times

Monday 04 September
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Location

The Wheeler Centre and wheelercentre.com

176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000

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Accessibility

Accessible toilets available

Assistive Listening

Wheelchair accessible

Please notify us of all access requirements when booking online so we can assist you with your visit. If you require further information, please contact reception on 03 9094 7800 or ticketing@wheelercentre.com.

Watch the live-stream from 11am Monday 4 September

About the event

Prepare to be mesmerised by some of the most electrifying new talent in Australian poetry in this special event, hosted by slam queen Emilie Zoey Baker. At the OutLoud Secondary Slam Final, OutLoud finalists will perform original poetry and spoken word pieces, showcasing their poetic prowess across three categories: Years 7-8, Year 9, and Years 10-12. Don't miss out on one of the most anticipated, spirited poetry events of the year, and your chance to witness future poetry superstars in action. This event is suitable for secondary students of all ages. Presented in partnership with Australian Poetry.

Wheeler Education

Wheeler Education encourages creativity and critical thinking on a range of issues, offering a range of events that prioritises the voices and experiences of young people – on the stage, and off. In our dynamic and interactive events, we’ll hear from young people about the challenges facing them right now, we’ll equip them with the skills they need to participate in important public conversations and, most of all, we’ll celebrate their passions, their ideas, and their stories.  

Featuring

Emilie Zoey Baker

Emilie Zoey Baker is an award-winning Australian poet and spoken-word performer who has toured nationally and internationally performing and writing. She was a Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, and has previously ...

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Alicia Sometimes

Alicia Sometimes is an Australian poet, multi-media artist and broadcaster. She has performed her spoken word at many venues, festivals and events around the world. Her poems have been in Best Australian Science Writing, Best Australian Poems, Meanjin, Griffith Review, The Age and many more. She is director/co-writer of the art/science planetarium shows, Elemental and Particle/Wave—a creative multi-media show about gravitational waves with sell-out shows as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival, World Science Festival Brisbane and featured at New Scientist Live (UK). Alicia’s TedxUQ talk in 2019 was about combining art with science. In 2021 she completed the Boyd Garret residency (City of Melbourne) and a Virtual Writer in Residency for Manchester City of Literature. In 2023 she has received ANAT’s Synapse Artist Residency and has co-created an art installation for Science Gallery Melbourne’s exhibition, Dark Matters.
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Thabani Tshuma

Thabani Tshuma is a multi-award-winning Zimbabwean writer and performance poet. His work can be found in publications such as Dichotomi magazine, Next in Colour, CUBBY ART, Cordite Poetry Review, and ABC ArtWorks’ ...

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