Words & Ideas

Better Off Said

An afternoon of words to be aired before it's too late.

$45.00
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Two women in funereal costume pose. One is wearing a veil. The other looks off into the distance.

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Better Off Said is BACK for 2024 in a brand-new, special event model and you do NOT want to miss out!

From members of the team behind international literary phenomenon Women of Letters comes a spoken-word art salon celebrating words, stories, and human experiences.

Better Off Said: Eulogies for the Living and Dead is afternoon of words it’s time to air. Is there something you always wish you’d shouted aloud, someone still out there in the world waiting to hear an important message, a piece of history you feel your voice could have improved? Now is the opportunity to leave no verbal stone unturned. To find your closure. To sing your truth from the rooftops before it’s too late.

With an utterly unique lineup of thinkers, readers, writers and performers, this magical show is pivoting to become a touring Festival event and as such will only be doing TWO NAARM EVENTS IN 2024.

So what are you waiting for? Limited tickets available to this very special show. Come and celebrate all the words we need to release into the ether.

Presented by Emilie Zoey Baker and Marieke Hardy.


Doors: 3:00pm
Event: 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages available from the Fringe Common Rooms bar.
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  • Duration: 150 minutes

  • Age suitability: M

  • Event warnings: Moderate Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

  • Content warnings: Death.

  • Fringe Common Rooms
    Cnr Victoria and Lygon St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    Fringe Common Rooms is wheelchair accessible.

    Assistive Hearing

    Fringe Common Rooms is hearing loop accessible. Please advise of access requirement when buying tickets.

    Accessible entry via main Lygon Street entrance, using a mobi-lift.

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  • Full: $45.00

  • Blak Tix: $25.00

Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Sunday, 15 September 2024

3:00pm

Fringe Common Rooms

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