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Most people spend their honeymoon beside a pool, drinking cocktails and aggressively doing nothing.
Jenny Martin went backpacking.
Which is how she found herself inching along a skinny mountain path with a sheer drop on either side, following the person in front of her and trying very hard not to contemplate her recent marital choices.
“I follow. And I don’t stop.”
Excellent advice for surviving a mountain. Also for buying Barefaced tickets.
⭐️ Jenny told this gloriously terrifying tale live in August 2025 for OFF THE RAILS.
🎟️ Don’t stop. Get tickets to our next show. Link in bio.
#BarefacedStories #PerthEvents #PerthToDo #LiveStorytelling #TrueStories
The faces of people having a bloody good night ❤️
Thank you for selling out our last THREE shows and for being the warmest, loudest and most generous audience in Perth.
We’re doing it all again on September 24 with SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA—a fresh line-up and true stories of big swings, bad calls and plans gone rogue.
Don’t snooze and lose.
Link in bio.
It seemed like a good idea at the time…
The impulsive decision. The flawless plan with one tiny flaw. The moment you said, “What could possibly go wrong?” and the universe took it as a challenge.
On September 24, a brand-new line-up of storytellers will bring us true tales of bright ideas, bad decisions and plans that went gloriously sideways.
Our last THREE shows have sold out—so don’t snooze and lose on this one.
🎙️ SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA
🎟️ Link in bio.
At the time… it made perfect sense.
`Seemed Like A Good Idea` is a night of stories about decisions that absolutely did not age well.
Spur-of-the-moment choices. Big swings. Tiny lapses in judgement that snowballed into something much bigger.
You’ll hear the setup… and then watch it all fall apart.
Real people. Real stories.
No notes. No scripts.
24 September, Thursday
Doors 7pm | Stories 8pm
The Rechabite, Northbridge
Tickets 👉 link in bio!
LAST STOP FOR THE CHIN WAGON! 🎙️🚐
After a week of listening to Fremantle memories, we’re pulling into Princess May Park for our final recording session.
If you’ve been meaning to come and tell us a story, this is your moment.
Tell us about the place you loved. The person everyone remembers. The thing that happened once and became family folklore. The Fremantle that has vanished—or the Fremantle you’ve only just discovered.
📍 Princess May Park
📅 Friday 28 August
⏰ 12pm–4pm
Recordings are relaxed, free and take around 15 minutes. No booking and no preparation required.
Stop by. Step inside. Help us add another memory to the map.
#MapOfMemories #TheChinWagon #FremantleStories #PrincessMayPark #Walyalup #CommunityStories
TONIGHT! 🎙️
THE THING I DIDN’T SAY
Doors open 7pm. Stories start 8pm.
Here’s to another ripper show! 🔥
GRAB A MATE—THE CHIN WAGON IS HEADING TO THE BEACH! 🌊🎙️
Tomorrow morning, we’ll be parked at Port Beach collecting Fremantle memories for the Map of Memories.
Maybe you remember summer afternoons here. Early swims. First dates. Rough seas. Fish and chips in the car. Or the way the coastline looked before everything changed.
Bring a mate, have a yarn and share a Fremantle story you still laugh about.
📍 Port Beach
📅 Tomorrow—Thursday 27 August
⏰ 6.30am–10.30am
Recordings are free, relaxed and take around 15 minutes. Come as you are—sandy feet, wet hair and all.
#MapOfMemories #TheChinWagon #FremantleStories #PortBeach #Walyalup #Fremantle
Happy International Dog Day 🐶
Meet Nico—the first dog ever to grace the Barefaced stage.
Diagnosed with a rare eye condition as a teenager, Karen Passmore made it her mission to see the world—literally—before her sight faded. Her story takes us through travel, family and the unexpected companionship of the very goodest guide dog.
It’s a story about resilience, courage and finding joy in places you never expected.
But today? It’s Nico’s post. Karen understands.
⭐️ Karen and Nico’s story was recorded live at Barefaced Stories in 2022 for #BLESSED. You can listen to it on the podcast! Link in bio.
Give it up for Nico: guide dog, stage legend, flawless performer. 🐾
#InternationalDogDay #BarefacedStories #GuideDog #TrueStories #LiveStorytelling
GOOD MORNING, FREO! ☀️🎙️
The Chin Wagon has rolled into Stevens Reserve, and we’re ready to hear your stories.
Do you remember playing sport here? Walking the dog? Watching from the sidelines? Or do you have a Fremantle memory that has absolutely nothing to do with this oval but deserves a place on the map?
Come and tell us.
📍 Stevens Reserve
📅 Tuesday 25 August
⏰ 7am–11am
Recordings take around 15 minutes. They’re free, informal and you don’t need to book or prepare.
Look for The Chin Wagon and stick your head in. We’d love to hear your story.
#MapOfMemories #TheChinWagon #FremantleStories #StevensReserve #Fremantle #Walyalup
WHEN THE STORY TAKES A TURN… 😮
This is the face of an audience member realising: Oh. We are absolutely going there.
On Thursday 27 August, six storytellers take the stage with the confessions, secrets, truths and badly timed silences that changed everything.
Some things are difficult to say.
Some things should probably remain unsaid.
And some things make a room full of strangers react exactly like this.
THE THING I DIDN’T SAY
📅 Thursday 27 August
📍 The Rechabite Hall, Northbridge
🚪 Doors 7pm | Stories 8pm sharp
Come for the stories. Stay for the collective gasp.
Tickets via the link in bio.
#BarefacedStories #TheThingIDidntSay #PerthEvents #PerthComedy #LiveStorytelling #PerthToDo #TrueStories
A little look back at one of our most magical Barefaced nights—outdoors at @oldyoungsdistillery, where the stories were true, the sky was showing off and the gin was doing some very solid supporting work.
Honestly? Gorgeous.
Next up—because it’s August, it`s still cold and we’re not idiots—we`re inside @TheRechabiteHall
🐻 THE THING I DIDN’T SAY
📅 Thursday 27 August
📍 @therechabitehall
A night of secrets, confessions, badly timed silences and all the words that arrived much too late.
🎟️ Grab your tickets via the link in our bio.
#BarefacedStories #TrueStories #PerthEvents #LiveStorytelling #SwanValley
WE’RE BACK FOR DAY TWO! 🎙️🚐
The Chin Wagon is opening its doors again today at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre, recording stories for Fremantle’s Map of Memories.
What’s the Fremantle story you still tell?
A favourite place. A person you’ll never forget. A moment of mischief, heartbreak, joy or complete disaster.
Pop in, take a seat and tell us about it. Recordings are relaxed, free and take around 15 minutes. No preparation needed.
📍 Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre
📅 Sunday 23 August
⏰ 10am–2pm
Stop by. Step inside. Share a story.
#MapOfMemories #TheChinWagon #FremantleStories #Walyalup #FremantleArtsCentre #OralHistory
Claire Brown needed a new housemate.
So she did what any sensible person would do: popped an ad on Gumtree and invited a complete stranger to move into her home.
What could possibly go wrong?
A fair bit, as it turns out.
⭐️ Claire told this gloriously cooked tale live at Barefaced Stories in September 2025 for UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
Want more true stories from people who have made questionable choices?
🐻 NEXT LIVE SHOW:
🎙️THE THING I DIDN’T SAY
📅 Thursday 27 August
📍 @therechabitehall
🎟️ Grab your tickets via the link in our bio.
#BarefacedStories #PerthEvents #PerthToDo #LiveStorytelling #TrueStories
TODAY’S THE DAY! 🎙️🚐
The Chin Wagon is opening its doors for the very first day of memory collecting.
We’re at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre from 10am–2pm, recording stories for Fremantle’s Map of Memories.
What’s the Fremantle story you still tell?
A favourite place. A person you’ll never forget. A moment of mischief, heartbreak, joy or complete disaster.
Pop in, take a seat and tell us about it. Recordings are relaxed, free and take around 15 minutes. No preparation needed.
📍 Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre
📅 Saturday 22 August
⏰ 10am–2pm
Stop by. Step inside. Share a story.
#MapOfMemories #TheChinWagon #FremantleStories #Walyalup #FremantleArtsCentre #OralHistory
Coming to Barefaced? Start digging through the emotional archives.
Each month, we ask the audience to answer a story prompt. We read the best responses onstage, the crowd completely loses its mind, and one glorious oversharer walks away with a bottle of UPSHOT Australian Corn Whiskey from @whippersnapperdistillery 🥃
**HOW TO WIN:**
1. Come to the show.
2. Answer the story prompt.
3. Tell us something bold, barefaced or deeply unwise.
4. Hope your response gets the biggest roar of the night.
That’s it. Your emotional baggage could finally start paying rent.
🐻🎙️ **THE THING I DIDN’T SAY**
📅 Thursday 27 August
📍 @therechabitehall
🎟️ Grab your tickets via the link in our bio.
#BarefacedStories #PerthGiveaway #PerthEvents #LiveStorytelling
That is the look of a woman who has the entire room in the palm of her hand—and is about to tell us something absolutely cooked.
The brilliant Jessie Stoelwinder, doing what Barefaced storytellers do best: taking a true story, walking it right to the edge and making a room full of strangers lean in.
Our next theme is THE THING I DIDN’T SAY.
The message left in drafts.
The conversation carefully avoided.
The truth that arrived too late.
The one sentence that might have changed everything.
On 27 August, six storytellers are finally saying it out loud.
🐻🎙️ Thursday 27 August
📍 @therechabitehall
🎟️ Grab your tickets via the link in our bio.
📸 Jessie Stoelwinder photographed by Lewis Martin.
#BarefacedStories #TrueStories #PerthEvents #LiveStorytelling
This is your sign to grab your tickets to THE THING I DIDN’T SAY 🚨
Tickets are selling FAST 🎟️💨 And you don’t want to be the one to miss out AGAIN!
LINK IN BIO.
#TrueStories #Storytelling #RealStories #PerthEvents #PerthCreatives
THE CHIN WAGON IS HITTING THE ROAD! 🎙️🚐
This weekend, we begin collecting stories for Fremantle’s Map of Memories—a living archive of the people, places and moments that have shaped Walyalup | Fremantle.
Got a Fremantle memory tucked away?
It might be a favourite place. A local character. A childhood adventure. A great love. A terrible job. The night everything went wrong—or the small moment you’ve never forgotten.
Stop by. Step inside. Share your story.
Recordings are relaxed, free and take around 5-10 minutes. You don’t need to prepare anything—just bring a memory.
WHERE WE’LL BE:
🎙️ Sat 22 Aug | Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre | 10am–2pm
🎙️ Sun 23 Aug | Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre | 10am–2pm
🎙️ Tue 25 Aug | Stevens Reserve | 7am–11am
🎙️ Wed 26 Aug | Fremantle Leisure Centre | 8am–12pm
🎙️ Thu 27 Aug | Port Beach | 6.30am–10.30am
🎙️ Fri 28 Aug | Princess May Park | 12pm–4pm
Come and find The Chin Wagon. We’d love to hear where Fremantle lives in your memory.
#MapOfMemories #TheChinWagon #FremantleStories #Walyalup #Fremantle #OralHistory #CommunityStories
Look at these gorgeous faces.
This is what happens when a whole room forgets about their phones, their emails and whatever cooked thing happened at work—and leans into a really bloody good story.
The laughter. The shock. The occasional *oh no, mate*. The complete stranger sitting beside you suddenly grabbing your arm.
The storytellers may be onstage, but this beautiful mob is the other half of Barefaced. You listen generously, laugh loudly and make it feel safe for people to tell the truth.
Want your face in the next batch? Come sit with us.
🐻🎙️ **THE THING I DIDN’T SAY**
📅 Thursday 27 August
📍 @therechabitehall
🎟️ Grab your tickets via the link in our bio.
#BarefacedStories #TrueStories #PerthEvents #LiveStorytelling
FREO, THE MIC IS YOURS 🎙️
The Chin Wagon is rolling into Walyalup for 10 Nights in Port, collecting your stories for the Map of Memories.
We want to hear about the people, places and moments that make Fremantle your Fremantle.
The local character everyone knew. The place that isn’t there anymore. The night everything went wrong. The small moment you’ve never forgotten.
Come find us, climb aboard and tell us all about it.
📍 WHERE TO FIND THE CHIN WAGON
20 AUG
Fremantle Arts Centre · 6–9pm
22 & 23 AUG
Fremantle Arts Centre · 10am–2pm
25 AUG
Stevens Reserve · 7–11am
26 AUG
Fremantle Leisure Centre · 8am–12pm
27 AUG
Port Beach · 6.30–10.30am
28 AUG
Princess May Park · 12–4pm
No bookings. No preparation. Recordings take around 15 minutes. Just pop in for a yarn—and bring a photo along if you have one.
So, Freo: what story would you tell?
#MapOfMemories #TheChinWagon #10NightsInPort #Walyalup #Fremantle
🎙️THE LINE-UP IS HERE 🎙️
Six storytellers. Six true stories. And all the words that never quite made it out.
Joining us for THE THING I DIDN’T SAY:
✨ Sarah Reuben
✨ Jennifer Morton
✨ Tahlia Briggs
✨ Janet Halpin
✨ Martin Abbott
✨ Sally Hughes
Hosted by the brilliant Jeffrey Jay Fowler.
Expect secrets, confessions, badly timed silences—and the things we wish we’d said when we had the chance.
📅 Thursday 27 August
📍 The Rechabite Hall
🚪 Doors 7PM | Stories 8PM
🎟️ Tickets via the link in bio.
Real people. Real stories. No notes. No scripts. No supervision.
#barefacedstories #perthevents #perthtodo #perthcreatives #livestorytelling #truestories
Should’ve said it.
Could’ve said it.
Absolutely rehearsed it in the shower three weeks later.
🐻🎙️ Barefaced Stories is back with THE THING I DIDN’T SAY—a night of confessions, secrets, badly timed silences and all the words that arrived approximately four business days too late.
📅 Thursday 27 August
📍 The Rechabite Hall
🎟️ Grab your tickets via the link in our bio.
Come for the stories. Stay to privately reconsider every conversation you’ve ever had.
#BarefacedStories #TrueStories #PerthEvents #LiveStorytelling
Something very special is rollin’ into Freo… 👀
The Chin Wagon is popping up around Walyalup as part of @ArtsinFremantle’s 10 Nights in Port, collecting stories for Fremantle’s Map of Memories.
The pub where you met your person.
The beach where you made a terrible decision.
The shop you still miss.
The local character nobody could forget.
The night everything went spectacularly off the rails.
Big memories. Tiny memories. Funny, tender, strange or completely ordinary—if it means something to you, come and have a chinwag.
🚐 Head to @TheChinWagon for all the dates, times and locations.
#TheChinWagon #10NightsInPort #MapOfMemories #Fremantle #Walyalup #TrueStories
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