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Gold Lust to Gold Dust

Sophie Benkemoun is a bilingual poet, performer, and music maker whose work moves between spoken word, song, and improvisation. Beginning in Melbourne’s 90s slam scene and evolving through open mics, busking, and festivals, she has been writing and performing for more than 30 years. A proud Darwin local, Sophie brings a warm, intuitive presence to the stage, recently presenting her one‑woman show pockets full of poems at Darwin and Adelaide Fringe. Her poetry and stories appear in zines and anthologies and are published through travel maker press, which she founded in 2022. Her latest collection, Gold Lust to Gold Dust, features Blood Letting, shortlisted for the 2025 NT Literary Awards.
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  • Gold Lust to Gold Dust

    Gold Lust to Gold Dust ~ 50% SOLD OUT

    Gold Lust to Gold Dust ~ 50% SOLD OUT
    The Birth of Venus Room @ The Last supper 1/35 Cavenagh St, Darwin City, NT, Australia

    Step into an intimate, soul-stirring journey with Gold Lust to Gold Dust — a one-woman fusion of poetry and song. Weaving themes of pleasure, ageing, and the art of filling life’s cracks with gold, this show is a tender, playful, and powerful reflection on change, resilience, and self-discovery. It’s a toast to the wild highs...

  • Gold Lust to Gold Dust

    Gold Lust to Gold Dust ~ 50% SOLD OUT

    Gold Lust to Gold Dust ~ 50% SOLD OUT
    The Birth of Venus Room @ The Last supper 1/35 Cavenagh St, Darwin City, NT, Australia

    Step into an intimate, soul-stirring journey with Gold Lust to Gold Dust — a one-woman fusion of poetry and song. Weaving themes of pleasure, ageing, and the art of filling life’s cracks with gold, this show is a tender, playful, and powerful reflection on change, resilience, and self-discovery. It’s a toast to the wild highs...

  • Gold Lust to Gold Dust

    Gold Lust to Gold Dust ~ 50% SOLD OUT

    Gold Lust to Gold Dust ~ 50% SOLD OUT
    The Birth of Venus Room @ The Last supper 1/35 Cavenagh St, Darwin City, NT, Australia

    Step into an intimate, soul-stirring journey with Gold Lust to Gold Dust — a one-woman fusion of poetry and song. Weaving themes of pleasure, ageing, and the art of filling life’s cracks with gold, this show is a tender, playful, and powerful reflection on change, resilience, and self-discovery. It’s a toast to the wild highs...

  • Under Skin

    Under Skin ~ 50% SOLD OUT

    Brown's Mart Theatre 12 Smith Street, Darwin City, NT, Australia

    Inspired by London’s SpitNights and Groove Verse comes Under Skin – a variety show of music, spoken word and visual artistry that crackles with live, improvised energy and dives deep into what moves beneath the surface. Responding to the theme, poets bring a spectrum of voices, styles and experience, but don’t rehearse with the band...