Spoken Word Artist Presents: I Am Not Okay
Experimental

Spoken Word Artist Presents: I Am Not Okay

QLD

Tickets $30.00

A $4.60 booking fee applies per paid transaction for tickets sold through Sydney Fringe Festival.

22 - 27 Sep | 1 hour Newtown Hotel
SHOW IS RATED: M15+

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About this event
What if you took Banjo Paterson's storytelling, Edgar Allen Poe's Theatricality, and Catullus'... veracity...?
Her name is Alexi Edwards,
She's a Spoken Word Artist,
And she swears she is okay!

Are you okay?
How is one even supposed to answer that?
Especially when one is clearly very much not okay!

Now a more realistic question:
What would you get if you took Banjo Paterson's bush storytelling, Edgar Allen Poe's Theatricality, and Catullus'... veracity...?

Her name is Alexi Edwards,
She's a Spoken Word Artist,
And she swears she is okay!

Join Alexi for the World Premier of I Am Not Okay Live as Alexi takes you on a ten year journey from her lowest point to being able to answer the opening question by honestly saying: "Yeah, she'll be right," told through the only consistency she felt over this decade: Spoken Word.

I Am Not Okay Live is adapted from Alexi's debut chapbook of the same name includes classics such as:
- Read the F**king Poem (as heard on radio)
- Love Poem (as heard on radio)
and the legendary semi-viral "Vaccines Don't Cause Autism (Autism Causes Vaccines)

Don't miss out on this labour of love turned hour-long Spoken Word experience — besides you might end up realising that the real spoken word was the friends that we made along the way!

Show details
  • 22 - 27 Sep | 1 hour
  • Venue: Newtown Hotel
Performance notes
  • World Premiere
  • Content warnings: Coarse Language, Discussion of Suicide, Discussion of Sexual Violence, Content Related to Mental Health/Ill-health, Verbal Audience Interaction, Sexual Themes, Content Related
  • Things to note: First Nations Australians should be advised that the names and images of deceased individuals appear throughout this show, none of the aforementioned individuals were to my knowledge of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. Audiences should be advised that this show covers some very heavy-hitting topics, however, content warnings will be provided for potentially triggering content prior to the piece within the show in which they appear. Audience members are more than welcome to temporarily leave the room during the show, your comfort and mental well-being is my top priority.
  • Performance accessibility:
    Sunday 27 Sep
  • Performance accessibility:
    Saturday 26 Sep
  • Performance accessibility:
    Friday 25 Sep
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Venue details & accessibility
Newtown Hotel

174 King Street, Newtown 2042 (Gadigal Country)
Telephone: 0414436833

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Credits
  • Writer, Co-Director, Co-Producer – Alexi Edwards
  • Co-Director, Co-Producer – EmJah Smythe
Presented by
  • Alexi Edwards | Spoken Word Artist

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Photographer: Elias de Wagner
Photographer: Elias de Wagner
Photographer: Elias de Wagner

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