Every Generation Women night delivers unforgettable moments. For our final show of the year, we’re bringing back six storytellers whose words truly stopped the show, sparking laughter, tears and goosebumps long after the night ended. This is a celebration of the stories that defined our year and the ones our community couldn’t stop sharing.
If you missed a few shows (or just want to relive the highlights), this is your chance. You’ll leave with a heart full of showstoppers and a fresh reminder of why telling our stories out loud matters.
💫 Our Performer Line-up:
Team 20s: Skye Cusack is a Dulgubarra-Yidinji and Indonesian writer who has somehow made a career out of ‘constructive complaining’ — otherwise known as activism. Skye founded the creative advocacy agency Project Loudly, is a reporter for the ABC and is working with the publisher Magabala Books to develop a fiction manuscript.
Team 30s: Shyaire Ganglani is a slam poet and comedian with a knack for spinning her emotional baggage into comedy gold. She’s performed in Edinburgh, Europe, Dubai and all over Australia. She is a mentor for The Aunties, Assisterhood and D&AD Shift, and her comedy and activism work has been featured on 3ZZZ and Triple R radio, and Today.
Team 40s: Nadia Mahjouri is a writer, counsellor, group facilitator and mother from Hobart/nipaluna. Her debut novel, Half Truth, was published by Penguin Random House in February 2025. Nadia hosts the podcast The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life, about how writers keep creating in the messy muddle of family life.
Team 50s: Maha Sidaoui is a Lebanese-Australian writer who mines her cultural confusion, sexuality and poor life choices for stories. Her work has been published by Hardie Grant and featured on the Memoria podcast. She writes about belonging, not belonging, and all the deeply uncomfortable moments that come with pretending you do.
Team 60s: Peta Murray is a Naarm-based playwright turned late-blooming academic. She writes extravaganzas with preposterous titles, coins new words; collaborates on loopy approaches to memoirs, diaries and performable essays; and leads a staff choir called Hot Holler. Peta is a faux-Scot with too many hobbies, one dog and several alter egos.
Team 70s: Katrina Watson has just turned 70, a fact she finds hard to accept gracefully. She’s a retired but not retiring doctor, and a born-again writer.
About Generation Women
Generation Women is a global storytelling movement that celebrates women’s voices across the decades.
Founded in New York in 2017, Generation Women launched in Sydney in 2018 and Melbourne in 2020. Every show features six storytellers — one from each decade of life, from her 20s to her 70s+ — sharing original stories on a shared theme.
Why Generation Women Australia?
Generation Women Australia is proudly award-winning and is the only chapter in the world to offer an ongoing membership program, giving our community even more ways to connect, belong and grow between shows.
This event is presented by Generation Women Australia, founded by Donna Logue. The show will be hosted by Rebecca Lister.
Generation Women was originally created by Georgia Clark in New York.
Event Details
📍 Howler
7–11 Dawson St, Brunswick VIC 3056
🕢 Doors at 6:30 PM
🎤 Show at 7:00 PM
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🎁 What You Get as a Member
✔️ 120 brand-new true stories every year (20 live shows, 6 storytellers per show)
✔️ $1,000+ library included — 30+ full shows on video & audio, instantly
✔️ A searchable story library — find what you need by theme, generation, or mood
✔️ An exclusive member hub — reflect, connect, or simply watch quietly
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💛 Membership is open right now in Melbourne — join us today and make sure women’s voices stay seen, heard, and celebrated.
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