Wordcraft Open Mic

Wordcraft - A Stage For All 

Join us for our first event of 2026!

Every month, the room is bursting at the seams – and somehow, half the faces are brand new. The question is… what magic is pulling us together?

We're not picky. We're simply ravenous - we want your poems, your raps, your punchlines, your heartbreak ballads, your unpolished truths. Our stage is for poets, storytellers, comics, actors, dreamers, schemers – humans. If you’ve got words, the mic wants them.

💖 Expect love songs and belly laughs, shivers of inspiration, and that kind of community glow you can still feel on the tram ride home.

🎤 Your hosts this month are our production team - Co-Producer, poet extraordinaire Andi Stewart and Director Ben Noble of Be Noble Entertainment
Wren will return for February!

✨ How our open mic works:
This season - we’ve got 10 performance spots, (5 mins) plus a range of alternating segments, including but not limited to (Icebreaker, Old Timer and Stagecraft...)
On arrival, speak with our producers, write your name and drop it in the hat.
Once the show begins, the lineup is pulled live from the stage — pure serendipitous magic.

💖 Expect:
Human BEINGS gathered to celebrate our humanity, raw and in process.

Anticipate a buffet of belly laughs, tender shares, healthy heckling, applause and that warm community buzz that travels home with you long after the night ends.

Oh! and there are 2for1 meals on Tuesdays. Lucky us!

🎁 WRITERS' RAFFLE - $600 worth of prizes!
Win a one-month enrolment in Wordcraft Writers — our brand-new writing club for creatives wanting to deepen their craft, build discipline, and grow inside a supportive community. (Yes, it’s as dreamy as it sounds.)

+ tickets and books to be won too!

🎭 On the night you have access to:
A performance playground with piano, projector, instruments, space for loopers + props — plus our Wordcraft Crew ready to support you bring your wildest ideas to life.

First time on the mic? Hot. Tell us so we can celebrate you!
Been doing this forever? Do it again.
Here to receive? You're welcome.

Tonight, we gather together.

Our Rules:
Please respect the boundaries of performers and our production team. We reserve the right to ask you to leave for any reasonable reason. No hate speech or trauma dumping on stage. Remember, you can speak freely and make your art, but we have a responsibility to the people around us. Be mindful of what you're sharing for your own psychological safety and for that of the room. Ask Wren about this if you feel the need; she's always available for this conversation.

Got questions, nerves, or last-minute brilliance?
📩 DM @wordcraft.wren or @wordcraft.events

We honour Wurundjeri Country and First Nations storytellers — the original keepers of our songlines. Thank you for the origins of our spoken word, and for everything we are yet to learn.

This event cannot exist without our crew:

Wren Rapture - Founder, Producer, Host - @wordcraft.wren

Deepank Sheth - Audio Engineer @thepunk_audio

Belle Fitzpatrick - Photographer @witnessedbybelle

Steve Cotterill - Videographer @lensoforion

Ben Noble - Director @benobleentertainment

Andi Stewart - Co-Producer @galactic_flamingo