‘If I
have to have a poem, then I prefer it to be multiple choice.’
BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!,
in partnership with Ainslie + Gorman, brings you the Salt Room, the national
capital showcase of the finest territory, interstate and international writers
and performers.
MCed by
Joel Barcham.
For this event we have One Thousand Promises, Nigel Featherstone, Bela Farkas and J C Inman.
Tickets at the door: $10 waged and $5 unwaged.
Read
below for more information about each of our performers.
One
Thousand Promises is a duo art project between Francesca Willow and Madison Mae
Parker. Francesca, a choreographer and performer, uses Madison’s poetry as a
starting point for making movement.The duo aims to create a full, experiential
atmosphere for the audience, not allowing them to be passive observers, but
active participants in the conversation unfolding before them. Their work
touches on the darkness that lies within us all, particularly focusing on
eating disorders and mental illness, and the strength to overcome through the
power that exists within womanhood.
Nigel
Featherstone
Nigel
Featherstone is the author of three thematically linked but standalone
novellas: (Blemish Books, 2014), which has been described ‘Elegant and
original’ (Sydney Morning Herald), ‘Accomplished – an intense fiction range’
(Canberra Times), and ‘Utterly enthralling’ (Newtown Review of Books), and was
recognised with a 2014 Canberra Critics Circle Award; I’m Ready Now (Blemish
Books, 2012), which was short-listed for both the 2013 ACT Book of the Year;
and Fall on Me (Blemish Books, 2011), which won the 2012 ACT Writing and
Publishing Award for Fiction. Nigel’s novel Remnants (Pandanus Books, 2005) was
published to acclaim, as was his story collection Joy (2000). He is also the
author of 50 stories published in Australian literary journals including the
Review of Australian Fiction, Meanjin, Island, and Overland. Between 2007 and
2015 he was a frequent freelance writer for Fairfax Media. Nigel has been
awarded residencies at Varuna and Bundanon and in 2013 he was a Creative Fellow
at UNSW Canberra/Australian Defence Force Academy. In 2015 Nigel was
commissioned by the Goulburn Regional Conservatorium to write the libretti for
an original 12-song cycle, which is being composed by James Humberstone from the
Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Bela
Farkas
Serial
celebrity name dropper Bela Farkas is a Canberra-based poet. A lot of his work
has been heavily influenced by popular culture and current events. He has
featured at Canberra’s BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!, Traverse Poetry Slam, West Word
Poetry and as part of the ACT Australian Poetry Slam. He has been interviewed
and performed poetry as part of the documentary series Behind the Words and on
2xx radio. He has also performed at the Corinbank, Canberra Fringe, National
Folk and You Are Here festivals as part of the Tragic Troubadours. He has been
published in the Delinquent and has given speeches on poetry and performance at
schools.
J C Inman
J C Inman
is a contemporary Australian poet. His poetry blends humour and horror. Follow
him on Twitter @JC_Who_Art.
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