La Mama Kids

Upcoming La Mama Kids events:

Kids: Jon & Jero: The Forgotten Tales

Jul 4 – Jul 7

La Mama Kids is dedicated to providing opportunities for young people and children to express their creativity, as well as the chance to engage in performance and art specifically made for and by them.

La Mama Kids supports artists to develop and create new work with and for young people and children. We hope to encourage important conversations, entertain and inspire children to think outside the box.

If you are an artist and would like to be involved in the La Mama Kids program, please reach out to our La Mama Kids Producer, Sophia Constantine, via kids@lamama.com.au

If you are a parent, carer or a young person and you would like to know about future events, opportunities and get involved please sign-up to our La Mama Kids mailing list at the bottom of this page.

Youth Led Ensemble

Chaos on Monday nights – at La Mama HQ in the name of art!

Find out more here

All La Mama Kids Events:

a pop art style image with a super hero woman standing in a strong stance with her fist out. The background is yellow, blue and red stripes

La Mama Mobile for Kids: Super Jenny LIVE

Apr 10 – Apr 22

Five exhausted young people in fancy clothes, with party popper streamers in their hair, holding balloons that read “RIP”

RIP – Rest in Paradise

Sep 27 – Sep 30

A poster shows a face with seagulls for eyes, rocks for hair around its face, a lighthouse for its nose, and light streaming out from the lighthouse.

The Last Lighthouse Keeper

Jul 6 – Jul 8

Apr 4 – Apr 7

A drawing by a child of a person holding up an egg with a table in front of them.

Online Workshop: Concoct with your Imagination

Sep 1 – Sep 23

In front of a dark purple background is a blue/purple book, decorated with a yellow diamond and some stars. From between the book’s pages emerge beams of light, along with some a castle, a king, a fairy godmother, a fish tail, a dragon tail, and a viking. Further to the right, there is a jumping fox, and a chicken.

Midsumma: The Story Keepers

Feb 12 – Feb 13

A brightly coloured Mermaid puppet is swimming below a white Porpoise puppet. Both puppets are made from recycled rubbish.

MICF: Trash With A Porpoise

Apr 20 – Apr 24

Sep 19 – Nov 28

a peasant stands next to a cart driven by an ox. He looks across to a young man wearing a red tunic and jester’s hat. Image: Kasia Pudlo

The Land Where One Never Dies

Jul 6 – Jul 8

La Mama Kids: All Day Fritz

a woman in a hijab surrounded by children

La Mama Kids: Bukjeh

Oct 9 – Dec 11

A person in a giant koala puppet head

Free roving Performances

Jul 6 – Jul 11

The Story Keepers: Next Chapter

Mar 25 – Mar 26

Amongst some salvaged wood, a trio of wooden puppet characters look nervously at each other.

Hammer and Thumb

Jul 6 – Jul 8

A woman in a sports jacket throwing a ball. Around her are goggles, a frisby, a tennis racquet, a weight.

La Mama Kids: The Comedy Games with Coach Mon

Apr 6 – Apr 15

five people pulling faces with bright and patterned costumes on

La Mama for Kids: The Wholesome Hour returns

Sep 17 – Oct 17

A group of teenagers sitting and standing around an inflated grapefruit in front of a road

Youth Led Ensemble

May 2 – Jun 20

May 8 – Jun 19

a bald man with a puppet dog

Picasso and His Dog

Jul 7 – Jul 11

La Mama Kids: Meet My Grandies

Oct 22 – Oct 23

Four rainbow sock puppets looking in different directions.

Workshop: Sock Puppets

viewed from above, the head and torso of an old lady puppet wearing a patterned jacket, in front of a blue curtain

Free street performance

Jul 7 – Jul 11

a puppet Princess Pink at the Once Upon A Time Café

Once Upon A Time Cafe

Jul 9 – Jul 11

Explorer making a presentation to an audience of dignitaries, before the mouth of a great cave.

Jul 9 – Jul 11

Two clothes peg puppets

Workshop: What’s a Puppet?

A group of young people from Carlton Primary School look directly into the camera.

Great Acts from Small Humans

Jun 11 – Jun 12

A picture of a man surrounded by puppets

Puppets and Masks of Italy

Jul 9 – Jul 11

A woman looks up in wonder at a fish flying above her head.

The Fish That Wanted to Fly

Jul 8 – Jul 9

An excited girl scout holds an egg with a baby echidna inside, in her hand

Spike The Echidna

Jul 10 – Jul 11

A hand held puppet with a cute face made out of rubbish

Workshop: Trash Puppets

A papercut silhouette image of a dandelion with its fluffs flying with insects like butterflies and mayflies.

Children’s shadow puppet making workshop

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