Enough Said Halloween Poetry Slam ft. Dominic Hoey

Name: Enough Said Halloween Poetry Slam ft. Dominic Hoey
Start: 2025-10-30T08:30:00+11:00
End: 2025-10-30T11:00:00+11:00
Location: Side Door Theatre

Schedule

Thu Oct 30 2025 at 08:30 am to 11:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

Side Door Theatre | Wollongong, NS

Enough Said Poetry Slam is a stage for spoken word, where poets new and experienced can get up on stage and share their words with a captive audience. Our monthly event brings together lovers of poetry to share, click, listen, and compete for prizes, as well as some of the biggest names in poetry in Australia and overseas to perform for our audience.
Come along for a fun, relaxed evening where you can get as involved as much as you're comfortable with – as a poet, judge or enthusiastic audience member – and support local wordsmiths on the mic.
Our October slam is our HALLOWEEN SLAM! Costumes are highly encouraged, and there will be a prize for best-dressed!
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FEATURE POET: Dominic Hoey
SUPPORT FEATURE: Nicola Barton
6:30pm - DOORS OPEN + SLAM SIGN-UP
7:00pm - POETRY BEGINS
ENTRY
$10 - standard
$5 - unwaged/student/concession
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POETRY SLAM RULES
Sign up at the door when you arrive if you'd like to perform. Everyone is welcome, from bedroom poets to experienced performers.
Three-minute time limit, no props or costumes, jump up on stage with a mic and share your original poem with a live and engaged audience. Rapping counts as poetry and singing is allowed, but not for the majority or all of the poem.
Random people from the audience become the judges, and the highest-scoring poet wins! 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes to be awarded!
But remember: The points are not the point, the point is poetry!
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MEET THE FEATURES
Dominic Hoey is a poet, author, youth worker, and small dog owner from Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. He’s released three best selling novels and written a million love poems. Through his Learn To Write Good program, Dominic has taught thousands of students how to think dyslexic. His third novel, 1985 was released by Penguin books in May and has received rave reviews. He dreams of one day starting an animal rescue farm.
Nicola Barton is a self-proclaimed emo-teen-bedroom-poet who somehow detoured into journalism and now media advisory. After 8 years of slinging articles and press releases, she’s dipped her toe back into poetry – less eyeliner this time, but still plenty of angst. Her work veers between tender and sharp, exploring womanhood, resilience and the small rebellions that shape us.
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VENUE
Side Door Theatre is on Crown St in Wollongong. It has a small door that can be found directly across the road from the Atchison St entry to Spotlight. It's a four-minute walk from Wollongong Train Station and a two-minute walk from the nearest free bus stop. Free parking can be found on surrounding streets, starting with Atchison St, or there is paid parking nearby in the mall.
Side Door Theatre is a licensed venue, there will be drinks and snacks available for sale, please do not bring in outside alcohol. There are a number of toilets inside the venue.
Entry to the venue is down four steps from the front door and is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. Please reach out to us if you have access needs and you'd like to discuss entry into the venue.
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We acknowledge our events take place on the land of the Wodi Wodi people of the Dharawal nation and pay our respects.
Enough Said Poetry Slam is supported by the South Coast Writers Centre.