Newcastle’s festival for emerging artists, This Is Not Art, has locked in its program for 2014.

After 17 years at the forefront of Australia’s artistic fringe, TiNA returns this year to showcase over 400 artists from here and overseas. Highlights on the program include the Epic Word Nerd Battledome with SBS personality Lawrence Leung, Mandatory Attention: The State Of Immigration In Australia (presented as part of the National Young Writers’ Festival) and Crack Theatre Festival’s Theatre Of The Found: The Frankensteined Monologues.

TiNA takes place in Newcastle from Thursday October 2 – Sunday October 5. For full details, head to tina2014.floktu.com.

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