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Step inside the candlelit warmth of OUTSPOKEN... a gathering where truth takes the mic, courage cracks open, and the stories we usually swallow find their way into the room.This isn’t just entertainment. It’s a heart-stretching, soul-stirring night where vulnerability becomes a superpower, and the messy, tender, electric parts of being human are spoken into being.
✨ Expect stories that sting and soothe.
✨ Expect laughter tangled with tears.
✨ Expect to leave a little more alive.
Here, we honour the words that don’t fit neatly at dinner tables. The truths shushed by shame, the emotions buried to “keep the peace.” OUTSPOKEN is a home for all of it, raw storytelling, stirring poetry, music that moves the marrow, dance that shakes loose the unsaid.
That's what we are here for! To feel it all. Together.
💫 Line-up:
🌼 Tariro Mavondo - Spoken word (@tariro.mavondo)
😄 Ali Shamsahmadi - Spoken word
🖤 Dane Blacklock - Musical storytelling (@dane.blacklock)
🎸 Michael Konrad - Singer/songwriter (@shmickie)
💕 Sejin Gunaridis - Embodied dance (@i.am.sejin.g)
🌈 Eri McGinniskin - Storyteller (@giddy.garden)
🪄 Shelley Oak - Storyteller (@shelley.oak)
🫦 Phoebe Bond - MC
Always an eclectic bunch of brilliant weirdos, baring their souls and spinning their stories through word, music, movement and more.
🔥 Important Info
Doors open 7:45pm, show begins 8:00pm sharp (and we will make sure to be stricter with finishing time... by 10:30pm). Please don’t be late once the container begins, we hold it with care.
Come early! From 6pm the bar will be buzzing with dinner, drinks, and community.
💕 Getting There
🚋 Tram 86 stops at the front door
🚉 Northcote Station is a short stroll away
🚲 Bike parking available
🌳 Event Flow
Doors 7:45pm, first act 8:00pm
Intermission midway for breath, reflection, and refills
Wrap up definitely by 10:30pm, with space to linger and connect afterwards
👂🏽 Holding Space
As the audience we love active listening, open hearts and full presence. Together we co-create a room of warmth, reverence, and radical acceptance.
🌈 About Giddy Garden
Giddy Garden curates playful, meaningful, soul-shaking events that spark creativity, connection, and growth. Each gathering is crafted with care, creating spaces where authenticity finds a place to thrive.
🎟 Tickets:
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/2c0a3046-51b6-4d9a-812a-da1e95ae7838
📽 Past OUTSPOKEN performances from the first OUTSPOKEN:
https://www.youtube.com/@GiddyGarden
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather. We honour their Elders past and present, and the unbroken lineage of story that has lived on this land for generations.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wesley Anne, Northcote, Australia
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