Assorted Sporks is a queer friendly regular poetry and performance night at Mamma Chen's (usually but not this month) the last Thursday of the month.

Jan 23rd Featuring the incredible Josh Cake

osh Cake was born and raised in Melbourne and now lives in Paris. Josh has published poems in Breakwater Review, Teesta Review, and Cordite. In 2024, Josh performed poetry features in Morocco, France, Germany, Poland, Belgium, England, Scotland, and the US. Josh has won the Peseroff Poetry Prize from the University of Massachusetts, Slamalamadingdong, and Poetryspective's Retroslam, and was named the Most Impactful Poet of 2024 by the Australian Enterprise Awards. You can find Josh's debut spoken word album words to regret when i'm better at editing at www.joshcake.com

Theme: Treats
Themes are not mandatory, they are just to encourage you to experiment with your writing and improvisation. Feel free to make it weird.

7:00 pm for a 7:30 pm start, sign up will be available on the night.
5 minute limit.

Perform your poetry, creative writing or performance art on the open mic to a friendly audience or come and be part of the crowd. There are going to be themes, writing prompts and improvised creativity (2 lines to a theme to music). Completely free. For more information check the Facebook events closer to the date. Hosted by Loran Steinberg (they/them) Music by George O'Hara (he/they).
To keep this event a safe space for everyone, there will be no hate speech or your mic will be turned off and you may be asked to leave the stage.

COST: Free

ACCESSIBILITY: Wheelchair accessible venue. Stage is not wheelchair accessible but microphone can be handed down. Toilets are wheelchair accessible.

Full statement of venue accessibility here: https://mammachens.com.au/access/