POETRY LIVE GIG @ CAFE 39

This gig was super fun! Thanks so much to Naomi for having me and to Tate Fountain for the thought provoking poetry.

Guest Poet 🎙 Tate Fountain
Guest Musician 🎼 Victoria Perry
Cafe 39, Ponsonby Road @39ponsonby
Tues 2nd Sept 7.30 to 10.30pm

GUEST POET

Tate Fountain (she/her) is a writer, editor, producer, and theatremaker based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She is the current Programme Manager & Producer at Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival, an editor of Starling, and creative producer of a new play, Big Time, coming to Q Theatre this October. Her poetry collection, Short Films, was published by Tender Press in 2022. She's cheating on its follow-up with a fiction manuscript that won't stop calling.

GUEST MUSICIAN

Victoria Perry is a singer and songwriter from Tāmaki Makaurau. With a background in musical theatre and fine art, her music blends confessional alternative pop with moody, piano-driven ballads. In July 2025, Victoria released her debut single, Every Wish, which has gained radio play in New Zealand and Australia, and was 13th Floor’s ‘Song of the Day’. Empty Spaces describes Victoria as “a songwriter capable of holding space for nuance, conflict, and quiet honesty.”

Emcee 🎤 @naomi_rachael