Confession Booth

Overview

If you're ready to share a deep, dark, dirty secret that you've been harbouring your entire life, there's only one way to do it: on a stage, in front of a crowd. Well, that's the idea behind Confession Booth, anyway.

After three years of dishing the dirt at Giant Dwarf and World Bar, Sydney's most debauched storytelling night has found a permanent home at Goodgod Small Club. Confession Booth sees writers, musos, actors, comedians and all-round creative types spill the beans on their most embarrassing, outrageous and top-secret moments — all facilitated by ever charming hosts A.H. Cayley and Matt Roden.

Spilling their guts on April 29 will be triple j's Lewis Hobba, actor and playwright Nakkiah Lui (ABC's Black Comedy, Belvoir's Kill the Messenger), award-winning author of the forthcoming novel Lion Attack! Oliver Mol, writer and queer activist Annaliese Constable, Cameron James (Jekyll x James, triple j's Chatback). Previous confessors include Brendan Cowell, Tracey Spicer, Sarah Blasko, Osher Günsberg (Andrew G), Yumi Stynes, Benjamin Law, Nahji Chu, Rhys Muldoon, Gen Fricker, Catcall, Rainbow Chan, Marcus Whale, Michael Hing, Levins, SPOD, Nick Coyle and more.

But it's not just a passive sharefest. If you've got a story you're dying to share, you can divulge during the audience confession segment — dig deep enough and you might find yourself carrying home a prize (probably booze and a significant weight off your shoulders).

By Jasmine Crittenden and Shannon Connellan.