Feeling Out Loud
Chisholm St is an intimate experience for audiences with seating capped at 15 or less, depending on the current lockdown restrictions. Launched in March 2021, this monthly performance platform was born from host Bronwyn Bliaklock's desire to support local musicians and wordsmiths. August's offering features contemporary chamber music and poetry by an all-Ballarat collective of … Continue reading Chisholm St: Australian Voices / Fri 27 & Sat 28 Aug
Join me for a writing session with a difference - let visual art inspire your words in Ballarat Writers new ekphrastic writing group! Meet at the given time and place, bring your own favourite (and most portable) writing implements and be ready to respond to the art. We are going to respond to Anindita Banerjee's … Continue reading Ballarat Writers Ekphrastic Writing Group / Thurs Aug 19
Join me for a writing session with a difference - let visual art inspire your words in Ballarat Writers new ekphrastic writing group! Meet at the given time and place, bring your own favourite (and most portable) writing implements and be ready to respond to the art. This time we are taking in the 100 … Continue reading Ballarat Writers Ekphrastic Writing Group / Mon July 12
Join me for a writing session with a difference - let visual art inspire your words in Ballarat Writers new ekphrastic writing group! Meet at the given time and place, bring your own favourite (and most portable) writing implements and be ready to respond to the art. This time we are taking in the Golden … Continue reading Ballarat Writers Ekphrastic Writing Group / Tues June 28
I'll be back performing poetry as the Big Women theatre show by Ladderframe Theatre Collective is remounted at the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute. Tickets on sale now. Last Saturday I performed a half hour set for Ladderframe Theatre Collective at their Big Women show. I’ve never felt more comfortable and confident on stage doing spoken word. … Continue reading Big Women at BMI / Sat 13 March
Let's Talk Peace Ballarat are hosting an online Peace Forum, during which I will be reading an original poem (or three) as a creative response to the UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entering into force. Join us to honour personal and universal peace on 22 January 2021 from 1pm until 2pm. Held … Continue reading Poem for Peace Forum / Fri 22 Jan
Brand new Ballarat theatre collective LadderFrame will be hosting its first fundraising gig to raise funds both for Fire Relief, and for the employment and future opportunity of local artists and creatives through LadderFrame initiatives. Saturday 16 January 2021 6PM AEDTThe Mallow Hotel 18/22 Skipton St, Ballarat YES it is an in-person event! I'll be … Continue reading Ladderframe Fire Relief Fundraiser / Sat 16 Jan
I've teamed up with Ballarat National Theatre to host online readings of my two new plays, Turbulence and Rental. TurbulenceNov 17, 2020 07:30 PM AEDTJoin Zoom MeetingMeeting ID: 828 9206 6433Passcode: 914928 Marion Doyle’s family farm is in the red and her mother Noreen is struggling with her new identity as a widow after the … Continue reading BNT to host script reading of my brand-spanking-new plays!
This poem has an interesting history. It eventually became the poem used in Yearning, a creative covid response by Yum Stuido, commissioned by City of Ballarat. The initial discussions between filmmaker Erin McCusky and myself in response to the brief brought up themes of longing, community and hope. The commission asked the question “what kind … Continue reading Pandemic Poem #26 / Yearning