For culture seekers and story enthusiasts, StorySALOON is your mid-week adventure, offering three short stories, brought to life on stage by talented actors. Each monthly StorySALOON Live and StorySALOON Podcast showcases brilliant short stories by new and established Australian writers, selected to move, illuminate and entertain.
BAYLEY PRENDERGAST reads ‘Ferocious Animals’ by Luke Johnson
‘But my dad wasn’t having any of it. He stood his ground, the vein in the side of his neck bulging like a garden hose with a kink in it.’
Writer, LUKE JOHNSON is an award-winning short story writer and poet, author of Ferocious Animals and Kangaroo Unbound.
BAYLEY PRENDERGAST is a rising star of the stage and screen.
Monikka Eliah reads her story ‘Zucchini’
‘I didn’t care about prakhe or helping, but Ato Shipneh had given birth to the hottest Assyrian guy in Fairfield, Neenor Khoshabah.’
MONIKKA ELIAH’ is an Assyrian Australian writer and performer from Fairfield with multiple awards as an emerging writer.
CHARLOTTE SALUSINSZKY reads ‘The Crane Flies’ by Michelle Hamadache
‘Sofiane flinched, then said that all the mothers of the world should be fucked for bringing us to this place. I agreed.’
MICHELLE HAMADACHE is a Sydney based writer, educator and editor, former editor of Southerly and now Managing Editor at Mascara Literary Review.
CHARLOTTE SALUSINSZKY is a rising talent as an actor, playwright and theatre-maker.
Hosted by StorySALOON founder and director, JANE MESSER.
