Past La Mama Cabaretica

Two woman look at each other with a read curtain behind them and lamp between them

A singer singing into a microphone with blue light across her face.

La Mama Cabaretica March 2021

A woman with red hair striking a pose. Wearing a black skirt and a stripy shirt

La Mama Cabaretica June 2021

La Mama Cabaretica: March

A cabaret artist sitting on stairs

La Mama Cabaretica February 2020

Cabaretica: November

La Mama Cabaretica May 2020

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Past La Mama Cinematica!

A person lying down on the rocks of a river

La Mama Cinematica: Edition #3

A blurry reflection of a womens face

Apocalypse Normal

A person with fair skin and hair. They have piercing blue eyes and are holding a polaroid picture up to the camera.

La Mama Cinematica: LOVE

A man and woman in a phone booth at night. The man is on the phone. The woman has red hair and purses her lips.

Cinematica: Edition #5

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Past La Mama Musica

La Mama Musica March 2020

a person with close-cropped hair, ear piercings, and a tattoo of a feather looks directly into the camera.

La Mama Musica May 2020

The back of a shaved head looking over a map

Listen for the future

Sep 29 - Dec 31

a person with close-cropped hair, ear piercings, and a tattoo of a feather looks directly into the camera.

La Mama Musica: (dis)locations

A woman with dark skin smiles and dances with participants behind her as she instructs them.

Musica: Let’s Dance! Kwabo AfroHeat Online

A flash mob of dancers at Federation Square

Musica: Let’s Dance! Kwabo AfroParty Online

A black and white image of a microphone on a stage with misty stage lighting

La Mama Musica: Rethinking the Music City

Four people in white clothes are laying down, with their bodies overlapping. They seem to be sleeping.

La Mama Musica: Khyaal Vocal Ensemble

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Past La Mama Poetica

La Mama Poetica October 2020

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Poetica December

An image of a man from Chinese background overlayed over an image of the sky and powerlines.

La Mama Poetica February 2021

A black and white photo os a woman with short curly hair leaning against a fence

La Mama Poetica June 2021

La Mama Poetica: March

Poet Ross Donlon

La Mama Poetica August

Poet Ali Whitelock

La Mama Poetica October

La Mama Poetica March 2020

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Past Playreadings & Book Launches

A young girl of 10 years old stands next to a sitting man who is her family’s restaurant’s chef, in front of an old wooden suburban fence with the chimneys of East Melbourne behind her.

Script Reading: La Societa Italiana

Three identical hands holding a melting mint chocolate chip ice cream, the images are glitching.

Playreading: The Marvellous Life of Carlo Gatti

An old photo in black and white of a woman in the kitchen with a long dress pointing at the fridge

Playreading: The Right Words on the Day

self-portrait by Maggie Diaz.

Film Script Reading: Almost Human, The Movie (Fundraiser)

A red devil mask in foreground and a woman in sillhouette against a rural backdrop.

Playreading: The Devil Made Her Do It

an interpretation of Medusa

Playreading: Where there’s a Will

Black and white image of a pale, dark haired woman covering her face with her hands, against a backdrop of binary code.

Playreading: ADA

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Past La Mama for Kids

five people pulling faces with bright and patterned costumes on

The Wholesome Hour

Super Jenny poses on a bright pop art style background of yellow, blue and red.

An illustration with three figures, trees, clouds and a sun on a pink background with the words The Pop Project

The Pop Project

Jun 14 - Jul 19

A woman in a super hero costume holding a strong pose with a big smile on her face

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

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

young people dancing

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Summer & Autumn 2021

23 Feb - 4 Jul

Against a very golden and sparkly backdrop, there is an outstretched hand full of glitter that spills out from between the fingers.

A newborn baby wrapped in a white cloth, lying on a blue blanket.

Mar 16 - Mar 21

A black and white image of a Spanish militia woman with a machine gun over her shoulder

May 18 - May 23

Three women in front of a white photo backdrop. The woman on the left has brown hair and wears a white blouse. She holds her hand up to her ear as she looks with a worried expression at the woman in the middle. The woman in the middle has blonde hair and is dressed in red. She has a big smile on her face, looking at a blue party balloon she is holding which she is about to burst with a pin. The woman on the right has dark hair and wears a black pantsuit with her arms crossed in front of her. She stares challengingly at the woman in the middle.

The back of a man’s head you can see his face looking back into a mirror. He has dark hair and skin and has a distressed expression on his face.

In The Mirror 2021

Jun 15 - Jun 20

Two teenage girls in school uniform. One hugging the other from behind they both look into the camera smiling.

A black and white etching of a man with glasses and a broad brim hat

Is Western Democracy Safe?

Young man in sailor suit in Venetian interior

Todd in Venice book launch

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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021

23 Mar - 18 Apr

Illustration of marijuana, a crucifies with a dollar sign on it and a motorbike with hills in the background

The Business of God

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MRS.ROBINSON: A SOAP CABARET 2021

Apr 13 - Apr 18

a woman holding a double of her face

Three Crosses in the background of two vintage microphones

Mistero Fo(nic)

Mar 23 - Mar 28

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Midsumma at La Mama 2020

21 Jan - 1 Feb

Four people with instruments in masc drag

The Top Secret Violin Case

Jan 21 - Jan 26

Two men in an evil embrace

Jan 21 - Jan 26

A violin with a rainbow tie over it

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Yirramboi 2021

9 May - 14 May

A woman with long dark brown hair and brown skin wears a pastel pink t-shirt and a long white skirt with flowers on it. In the background is a bush landscape with a vibrant pink and orange sunset.

NGARNGK; Giver of Life

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