Melbourne Spoken Word presents the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam Champion, Arielle Cottingham returning for one very special performance.

Arielle Cottingham is the 2016 Australian Poetry Slam Champion. From Texas, Arielle's spoken word career was set alight in Melbourne, having featured at most of Melbourne's major spoken word events and launched her first collection, The Tarantist's Soapbox. It was whilst living in Melbourne that she won the Australian Poetry Slam in 2016 at the Opera House in Sydney before having to move back to Texas. She's back in Australia for a series of shows around the country and we're so pleased she's coming home to Melbourne for this one-night-only show. 

Supported by a selection of Melbourne's finest poets and spoken word artists.