SYDNEY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL

Australia’s finest literary celebration, Sydney Writers’ Festival, join forces with new-writing theatre company Rock Surfers for a week of events that take words off the page and onto the stage, featuring shows, interviews, storytelling, poetry and more.

All Lost in the Supermarket

Rock Surfers AD Phil Spencer, performer Claire Lovering (River) and singer/songwriter Richard Cuthbert (Cuthbert and the Nightwalkers) present the world premiere of All Lost in the Supermarket, a darkly comic storytelling show with songs.

All Lost in the Supermarket is a heartfelt tale about the politics of language, the horrors of shopping and how a man once lost 46 minutes of his life (and mind) in the Bondi Westfield car park.

‘Spencer’s charm and winning on-stage charisma is simply delightful’ – The Brag

 

Date: Monday, 18 May
Time: 7pm
Location: Bondi Pavilion Theatre
Tickets: Free, bookings essential. Click here to book.

True Crime: Morality, Money, Entertainment and the Truth

The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature recognises excellence in literary research. As The Nib opens for entries, we invite top writers to step out from the shadows and share insights into the true crime genre. When the lives of real people will be impacted, striking the balance between morality, money, entertainment and the truth becomes critical. How do you fairly portray the motives of a murderer? Caroline Overington, Charles Waterstreet, Virgina Peters and Paul B. Kidd speak to Suzanne Leal about what our thirst for true crime reveals about us all.

 

 

Date: Wednesday, 20 May
Time: 7pm
Location: Bondi Pavilion Theatre
Tickets: Free, bookings essential. Click here to book.

A Man Made Entirely of Bats

From super heroes to the super weird, A Man Made Entirely of Bats is a collection of comedic short stories and flash fiction designed to make you laugh and think too deeply about the TV show Friends.

Join some of Sydney’s best comic actors who will be reading selected stories from the book, written by award-winning writer Patrick Lenton.

‘Do not read this on the bus if you have a primal fear of laughing loudly in front of
strangers’ – ABC TV’s Zoe Norton Lodge

 

Date: Thursday, 21 May
Time: 7pm
Location: Bondi Pavilion Theatre
Tickets: Free, bookings essential. Click here to book.

Mike and Brenda’s Bondi Wedding

Ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding and raise your glasses as a handful of this
city’s sharpest comics, writers and raconteurs raise a toast to Mike and Brenda
(two people
they have never met, because they don’t exist).

Dust off your fascinator and join Rock Surfers Theatre Company for an evening of hilarious and heartfelt
improvised wedding speeches.

We promise there will be a shonky wedding band, stale fruitcake and plenty of embarrassing and entertaining family secrets.

Featuring Smart Casual, Susie Youssef, William Erimya & more.

Date: Friday, 22 May
Time: 7pm
Location: Bondi Pavilion Theatre
Tickets: Free, bookings essential. Click here to book.

Cut & Paste

Cut & Paste invites playwrights, comics, musicians, poets, novelists and the occasional strong man to try out a new 10-minute idea right in front of you – the audience. So far the results have been stand-up, short plays, ghost stories, drag kings, short films, rap battles, voodoo and a twitter request dance party. Which was excellent. Join us for a very special Sydney Writers’ Festival edition of Cut & Paste.

Featuring playwright Caleb Lewis, body poet Sabrina D’Angleo, Theatre maker Claire Lovering, The MoOceaners Choir & one man juke box Benny Davis (Axis of Awesome).

Date: Saturday, 23 May
Time: 7pm
Location: Bondi Pavilion Theatre
Tickets: Free, bookings essential. Click here to book.