Next date: Thursday, 30 October 2025 | 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Speakeasy Scratch Night: Rough Draft provides street dancers a chance to try something new in front of a supportive crowd. It’s a super low-pressure space to put an idea on its feet — whether it’s the start of a piece, a fresh experiment, or just a spark you’ve been wanting to test out. No need for polished products, the focus is on play, process, and sharing.
For artists, it’s a chance to see how your ideas land, get honest feedback from peers, and build confidence in your creative voice. For audiences, it’s an opportunity to catch brand-new ideas before they’ve fully formed, and to be part of the conversation that helps shape them.
At its heart, Speakeasy Scratch Night: Rough Draft is about curiosity, and celebrating creativity in its rawest form. Come try something out, or come watch and be a part of the hype.
Book Tickets
Approximately 2hrs
Speakeasy Scratch Nights are a new sharing platform for artists to test out new works-in-development on a live and generous audience of likeminded artists. This is an open access, inclusive, messy, supportive and celebratory space for artists to take risks and connect across the community.
The Speakeasy Scratch Nights are hosted and curated by our Companies in Residence and a series of guest curators, with different themes and curatorial approaches each time.
Come along to experience live performance experiments and be part of our community of practice, or follow us on Instagram to find out how to get involved.
David Prakash is an Indian/Samoan dancer/dance maker who began his journey into the realm of street dance in 2012. During this time, he has explored multiple genres such as Popping, Hip Hop freestyle, House, and Krump.
In 2018, David co-founded 'Jam On Toast' with peer and close friend Oliver Le. JOT served as one of Naarms biggest community dance jams for people to come hang out and connect with new people.
David over the past 5 years has actively taught and facilitated classes across Naarm, Boorloo & Mparntwe. Honouring the lineage of Black American, LatinX & LGBTQI+ street dance pioneers, David aims to create spaces for curious minds to seek and find what it means to connect with one another in communal contexts.
Image credit: dancers Pj & Alec in EVOKE; image by Nam chops
Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, 189 High Street, Northcote, 3070, View Map
189 High Street , Northcote 3070
Performance Date
30 Oct 2025, 7pm
Venue
Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
189 High Street, Northcote
Tickets
$10
Duration
2hrs