Past La Mama Scratch

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Festival of Mother Tongues 2024

A woman with long black hair pulling her hair to cover her face. Two people are holding a photo frame around her with only their hands visible in the shot.

I’m a virtual being, take photos of me

Nov 12 - Nov 13

Four women actors colourfully dressed with their faces masqueraded to repress the characters Rooster, Cat, Fox and Skylark.

The Golden Rooster/Khoroos Zari Pirhan Pari

Nov 12 - Nov 14

A woman trying to hold salt that is sifting through her fingers.

The Last Sicilian

Nov 13 - Nov 15

Ceremony of Cultural Rings

A woman in a black saree showcasing different sides of the character.

Nov 14 - Nov 16

A woman

FIN-I (the utopian connection)

Nov 14 - Nov 16

A woman

Nov 15 - Nov 17

A woman wearing a sculptural piece made of newspaper, holding a long paper chain.

The Field of Forgotten Dreams

Nov 16 - Nov 18

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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

3 women stand side by side with cheeky, wide eyed, smiling expressions. They are dressed in red & salmon coloured party frocks, holding coloured platters. One Platter has a cake and licorice allsorts, one platter has vol-au-vents filled with coloured popcorn, and the last platter has a bottle of Prosecco with 4 different coloured drinking glasses. The blonde woman on the left has a purple flower pinned in her hair and red lipstick. The brown haired woman in the middle has blue eyes, red lipstick and is tossing coloured popcorn at the camera. The last woman on the right has honey blonde hair and a flower crown on her head, she is wearing purple lipstick. The background to this colourful image is silver tinsel.

La Mama Cabaretica: Holiday Special

A cabaret artist sitting on stairs

La Mama Cabaretica February 2020

La Mama Cabaretica: Winter Solstice

A woman wearing a red dress throws gold tinsel in the air, a bedside lamp with tinsel and a small santa clause at the base and a drag king in a gold sequin jacket holds a sparkly cushion that says LOVE.

Cabaretica December 2023

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Past La Mama Cinematica!

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 person lying down on the rocks of a river

La Mama Cinematica: Edition #3

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

Musica 2023: The Music Between

Feb 25 - Mar 26

Musica March 2020

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

Musica May 2020

Nick looks into the distance as he plays his double bass.

Musica November 2023: MAPS FOR LOSING ONESELF

The back of a shaved head looking over a map

Musica Online 2020: 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.

Musica June 2021: (dis)locations

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

Musica September 2021: Let’s Dance! Kwabo AfroHeat Online

A flash mob of dancers at Federation Square

Musica September 2021: Let’s Dance! Kwabo AfroParty Online

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Past La Mama Poetica

Poet Ross Donlon

Poetica Aug 2019

Poet Ali Whitelock

Poetica Oct 2019

Poetica Oct 2023

Poetica Oct 2020

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Poetica Dec 2020

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

Poetica Feb 2021

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

Poetica Jun 2021

Poetica March 2022

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Past La Mama for Kids

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

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.

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 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

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Past Playreadings & Book Launches

A pair of white cartoon-like eyes stare out from the shadowy crevice of a yellow couch. The couch sits against a plain cream-coloured wall.

Playreading: Live With It

Playreading: Thin Threads

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

Playreading: Hoppy Young

Playreading: Who Saved JFK?

Uncle Vanya Film Screening

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

Pigeons survey chess board with pieces in a deserted park setting.

Playreading: Chessed Off

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Midsumma at La Mama 2023

16 Jan - 12 Feb

a woman with shoulder length blonde hair stands in an underground carpark. She is faded out in the image. The image is grey and industrial looking

Jan 17 - Jan 25

6 people gather together, smiling and laughing. Some hold musical instruments.

HOMOPHONIC! 2023

Jan 27 - Jan 28

A woman with brown hair sitting on a stool staring straight at the camera. Her expression implies some pride but she has been crying. She is wearing a white button and blue jeans. Her lipstick is smudged and her eye make up is running down her face. The photo has a blue tone across the whole image.

The Angel With Blue Eyes

A woman wearing her hair in a bow, gold jewellery and a black varsity jacket is embraced by a shirtless man with 5 naked men in the background.

The Six Guys an Immigrant Trans Person of Colour will date in Melbourne

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Summer 2023

17 Jan - 2 Apr

Kovid Rat sranding on a Corona Virus / Spiral Dart Board against the background of High R ise Building

KOVID RAT KABARETT GOES SPIRAL

NOT ALL DICTATORS

Feb 15 - Feb 26

Two women are looking in different directions, between them, are a stack of books, a ship, and a pineapple, and a 1930s airplane. 22 words.

Feb 14 - Feb 26

A woman in a flesh coloured unitard is wrapped in circus silks. Cockroaches crawl from a cross in her left hand, across her body to a legal wig in her right hand. She looks at us with powerful good humour.

RADIOACTIVE COCKROACH

Mar 15 - Mar 25

Woman balances suitcase and takes call. On suitcase, a photo of the Woman with trolley of things she has collected.

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