After graduating from Concordia, Colby Gaudet relocated to Halifax in 2008 and has been building a niche of writing and artsy folk ever since. Working at The Khyber for a six-month work term, he was tasked with planning a more regular performance event and writing was a natural go-to. “Before I worked at the Khyber, in 2010-2011 I helped collaborate a similar event here,” says Gaudet. “It was a troubadours’ pageant…more like a talent show.” Inside Out Loud has eight people already signed up, performers running the gamut from writers, poets and stand up comics to a NSCAD student’s performance art. Gaudet wasn’t sure how many people would be interested, but it all seems to be coming together. “Depending on how it progresses and how much time [there is], if people at the event approach me and say they want to do an open mic or improv thing, if I can squeeze them in I will.” There’s no right or wrong way to express yourself, either. Just jump on the mic and start spouting lyrical oddities in whatever form you prefer—from odes to limericks and everything in between—and you never know, it just might become a bimonthly thing. –Lindsay Raining Bird
Thursday, April 25, Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1588 Barrington Street, 8:30pm, free
This article appears in Apr 25 – May 1, 2013.
