A spoken word event for women with a fabulous feature poet and 8 open mic slots.
Mother Tongue Poetry - Amplifying and Equipping women's voices for over 11 YEARS!
This event is hybrid, alcohol free, wheelchair accessible, and trans inclusive.
EVENT OVERVIEW:
This in one of our bi-monthly events with a Feature Artist and 8 open mic spots.
Mother Tongue is a place for Passionate, Powerful, Vulnerable and Honest performance; it stands aside from most Spoken Word events in its depth and authenticity.
For those who don't know; Mother Tongue is an intimate, warm and cozy night of Women's Spoken Word (poetry, stories, songs, etc). It is a space to sit back and listen, receive, as well as step up and share a piece yourself via the open mic.
It is a place to witness Woman in all of her/their incredible and nuanced facets.
All genders are welcome in the audience.
Our open mic stage is open to Cis women, Trans Women, Non-binary and gender-fluid people who feel "woman" is an identity they share an experience with.
DETAILS:
This event’s feature artist is Tariro Mavondo
8 open mic spots - sign up on the door
(more info on Open Mic below)
Hosted by Fleassy Malay & Katie Lohner
Venue:
ENTER VIA THE GARDEN GATE ON DUNCAN STREET
The Coracle
Fairfield Uniting Church
87 Gillies Street
Fairfield, Melbourne
VIC 3078
This venue is fully accessible.
Doors open 7:30pm
Performance 8pm -10:30pm
All genders welcome
ENTRY: $20 // CONC: $18//
DIGITAL ATTENDANCE: Recommended Donation $10 or pay as you can and feel (eg $1, $5, $20)
Pre-booking encouraged, tickets available on the door (EFTPOS available).
Tariro Mavondo:
Tariro is an internationally award winning actress and voice over artist who has worked with Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Black Swan, Street Theatre in Canberra, Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, Thomas The Tank Engine, PwC, BMW, AFLW , La Trobe University, DFO, Lexus, Engineers Australia etc.
Towards the end of 2021 Tariro left her dream job to get lost in tropical jungles around the world for a year and co-mingle with wild natural territories and re-member the vernaculars and ontologies of soils, rivers, waterfalls, frogs, birds, tree branches, ocean, plants, flowers, skies. After living in Barbados, an island in the Caribbean for a year. Tariro returned to Australia to co-direct Maxine Beneba Clarke’s theatrical production of The Hate Race which premiered at Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne in 2024 and was the associate director of Outer Urban Project’s production ‘The Audition’ which had a season at La Mama Theatre and toured at Bunjil Place and The Bowery Theatre. After nearly five years away from the stage as an actor Tariro was an actor in La Belle Epoque a Black Australian love story of a Congolese man reconciling his present life in Australia with his heritage in the heart of Africa where its children are exploited in the West's scramble for the DRC's natural resources and minerals premiering at Theatreworks.
Please Note
We offer Free Entry for Valid Companion Cards - Just turn up no need to pre book your ticket.
Open mic performers sign up on the door and get in free.
5 minutes allowed for each open mic performer.
Chai and vegan yummies available.
We recommend that you bring your own CUP!!
We also have a raffle
This is an alcohol and drug-free event but due to the sensitive nature of content we ask that you be responsible about bringing minors and no one under 13 should come.
HEALTH AWARENESS:
Mother Tongue is committed to supporting the safety of our community. If you feel sick please do not come in person, instead join us digitally.
If wearing a mask makes you feel more comfortable in the space, we absolutely encourage that.
Mother Tongue is run and organised on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung People of the Kulin Nation. We acknowledge that this is stolen land, sovereignty was never ceded. This is, and always will be, Aboriginal land.
Mother Tongue is an organisation that amplifies and equips women's voices www.MotherTonguePoetry.com
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/mother-tongue-poetry-melbourne-april-2024-cat-kidd-tickets-852660690077?aff=oddtdtcreator
COST: $20 / $18 / Digital attendance $10 donation or pay as you feel
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/mother-tongue-poetry-melbourne-april-2024-cat-kidd-tickets-852660690077?aff=oddtdtcreator
ACCESSIBILITY: Venue is fully accessible