Queensland Poetry Festival 2015
A ‘low fi dystopian sci-fi musical' and the first-ever naked open mic poetry reading session? It must be the Queensland Poetry Festival.
Overview
What do Clive Palmer, Les Murray, Regurgitator’s Quan and nudity all have in common? They will all be making an appearance at this year’s Queensland Poetry Festival.
This unlikely mix is just a taste of the diverse, innovative program on offer at the state’s premier event for all things poetic arts. New festival co-directors David Stavanger and Anne-Marie Te Whiu have brought their discipline-crossing, boundary-pushing vision to showcasing the artform through sessions such as a groundbreaking collaboration between the 2015 Arts Queensland Poet-in-Residence Kate Durbin and the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts, a ‘low fi dystopian sci-fi musical’ with TISM’s Damian Cowell, and the Queensland final of the 2015 Australian Poetry Slam competition. And, of course, the first-ever naked open mic poetry reading session — clothes optional for the audience.
The 2015 Queensland Poetry Festival will take place from August 28 to 30 at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts.
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