SpeakEasy Poetry Open Mic | Vol.9 12.11 | echo & bounce

Feature Poet: Trudie Murrell (@trudiemurrell); Author of 'The Dashboard Cartographer', published by Calanthe Press. Find her work here - https://www.calanthepress.com.au/books-and-authors/t-r-murrell Hosts: Nikita Kostaschuk @nikita.kostaschuk ; Rae Elliot White @rae.elliot.white & Dani Ringrose @dani_ringrose ; Amber Clare @ambacious Theme : TBA SpeakEasy Poetry returns with their soft & powerful monthly poetry open mic in the not so secret Season Three Space, located in the upstairs studio at our lovely home of echo & bounce, in Woolloongabba, Brisbane. SpeakEasy Poetry's Open Mic is an intimate imagining of a stage to bare your heart, and a return home to our shared humanity. Details: Volume 9 of SpeakEasy Poetry will likely take place in the Season Three Space at echo&bounce. This is most easily accessed by the external stairwell leading from the carpark. Bathrooms are available at bar level as well as a single bathroom upstairs in Season Three. Please reach out for detailed accessibility information. 6pm Arrival - come along early to get comfortable, snag a delicious bowl of Ramen from the venue & register for the open mic 6:30 Event Start - a warm welcome from hosts Nikita, Rae, Amber & Dani, then 1st Half of the Open Mic begins! 7:10 - Feature Poet Set - Trudie Murrell (@trudiemurrell) 7:30 Intermission - you can arrange to have a warm meal from the kitchen ready at the break, avail yourself to refreshments at the bar, or we invite you to engage in writing prompts & colouring in available around the room 8:00 Event Resumes - settle in for the 2nd Half of the Open Mic 9:00/9:30 Event Closes - depending on signups & venue closing times Where: echo&bounce 596 Stanley St, Woolloongabba QLD 4101 Public Transport : Mater Hospital Busway Stop Ubers : use Jacob Lane for easiest drop offs Parking : The venue unfortunately has no reliable free parking. There are two paid parking complexes next to the venue. They are accessible via Allen Street & Water Street respectively. Ticketing: Sliding Scale : Complimentary, $10 + bf, $15 +bf or $20+bf Please secure your ticket in advance (even comp.) as there is limited capacity. Honour system on ticketing - all money raised by SpeakEasy goes into paying the venue, hosts, technicians & feature poets, so we can all carve out a little living in this difficult time for the arts. Accessibility: The Venue is multi-level & unfortunately challenging for accessibility. Entry to the venue is at street level - Stanley St entry has a small rise, Jacob Lane entry has 4 - 6 stairs. Bathrooms are located down those small stairs. The Season Three Loft Space is accessed by two staircases. The outdoor staircase is concrete, comprises of a total of 28 steps plus a platform ( 12 stairs, then a platform, then 16 stairs) up to the main access doorway, or a 13 step staircase from the Toilets (please ask the bar if you need help accessing either staircase) The Land: this event takes place in Meanjin/Magandjin, in a venue co-created on the lands of the Yagera and Turrbal people. sovereignty over this land was never ceded. it always was & always will be Aboriginal land. we pay respects to elders past, present and emerging. we vow to work with and listen to First Nations people in efforts towards reconciliation & reparations.