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What's On in the Arts in Central Otago - October
The poetry slam regional series is on now! A local poetry group is calling for poets and writers to use their words to represent our region on the national stage. Poets from Otago and the Southern Lakes are invited to come slam it with the best for the chance to represent their region at the NZ Poetry Slam national finals in Christchurch. Poetic Justice Wanaka are delighted to be running this series – three heats and a final – for the Across the Bridge Festival 2020. Heats have been already held in Queenstown and Wanaka, with Cromwell up next on Monday October 5. Sign-ups are at 6.30pm, with the action beginning at 7pm. Get there on time to sign up, as places will be limited. Bring your friends and family with you to cheer you on. Slam has a particular format that is replicated all over the world. Poems must be less than three minutes long and no costumes and props are allowed; the poems are judged by five audience representatives chosen by the MC. Poets need to bring along three poems for the heats, which will be run in knock-out rounds. They perform one poem per round, so part of the game is working out
whether to use their best poem straight up or save it in the hope of progressing. The finalists from the Cromwell, Wanaka and Queenstown will then be invited to compete for the regional title at the final on October 7 at Coronation Hall in Bannockburn. Event co-organiser Laura Williamson said it’s a great time for both the poets and the audience, calling it a “bar game as much as a poetry event”. “There’s no one style, or one way to win, and we’ve loved sending our regional reps to the finals in the past, who have performed everything from high-country ballads, to spoken word pieces about busted ACLs, to love poems. It’s about your voice.” Slam poetry is one of the fastest growing art forms in the world. In New Zealand, the National Poetry Slam has been going since 2011. The Poetry Slam is one of several fantastic events happening at the Across the Bridge in Bannockburn Arts Festival. Places are still available to attend the workshops this weekend and tickets are available to attend all demonstrations, concerts and classes. For a full programme click HERE. Hullabaloo artists celebrated the opening of their exhibition Liminality last night in Arrowtown. Each artist in the group and a number of guest artists have created works that navigate their own liminal experiences through the COVID 19 pandemic, visibly expressing and sharing through their responses. Go along to The Lakes District Museum and Gallery to see new works by Ro Bradshaw, Gail de Jong, Deirdre Copeland, Lorraine Higgins, painting, Robin
Brisker, Andi Regan, Robert Franklin, Eric Schusser, Sue Rutherford, Lizzie Carruthers, Jennifer Hay. Tim Hawkins. Enjoy October in Central Otago and everything on in the arts in the area.
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