Five nights, twenty-five different queer poets from across Tāmaki Makaurau. The Showcase will be either a crash course into the poetic world, or a line-up of all your faves on stage. 

Each night will introduce five new faces to the stage to serve ten minutes of their poetry. There will be hard-hitting slam, soft, yearning love stories and deft comedic takedowns of fumbling public servants.

Come along and find something just for you at The Showcase.

Tuesday 13

Shania Pablo
Ivy Lyden-Hancy
Naomii Seah
Ngaio Simmons
Josiah Morgan

Wednesday 14 (Valentine’s Day)

Maxie Rodil
Dan Goodwin
kī anthony
Jo Bragg
Tate Fountain

Thursday 15

Jennifer Rockwell
Eric Soakai
Ted Greensmith-West
Zephyr Zhang
Jiaqiao Liu

Friday 16

Zita Rose Featherstone
Sherry Zhang
Marcus MacKenzie
Stellar Pritchard
Amy Marguerite

Saturday 17

Van Mei
Amber Esau
Liam Jacobson
Hebe Kearney
Laura Vincent

The Showcase is made possible with the support from Basement Theatre, Auckland Pride, and the Spark Empowerment Fund.