La Mama Courthouse Autumn 2022

27 Apr - 3 Jul

A single red high-heeled shoe and gas mask hang in blackness.

Have a good night, Walter!

May 10 - May 15

Grainger at Home

A bearded man from the early 1900s looks out hopefully in front of a triumphal arch.

Talking to the Future

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Playreadings 2020

20 Jan - 31 Dec

The nib of a female pen on an indigenous cultural design

Filipino Playreadings: The Ghost Ship | Tabula Rasa | Original Grace

Ken and Brenda make a baby

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Education 2024

A woman in a 1920s motorcar drives at fast speed, grinning, the wind in her hair.

The Roof Is Caving In

Amidst a cluster of upturned pink chairs on a blue stone pavement, Director Irine Vela, a Greek/Albanian woman in a pink jacket, gestures in frustration, flinging a chair into the air. Behind, Milad Norouzi, an Iranian man in a grey jacket, walks mid-motion.

A woman reaches out gripping the hand of a male with tension

Jun 18 - Jun 23

A woman in a Regency style dress with handwriting on it reaches forward. Behind her in shadow are two more images of her. One looks pensive and the other is looking away.

By Jane’s Hand

Jul 17 - Jul 28

Two images of Glenn Shea standing in front of an iridescent starlit sky, one dressed formally, one in possum skin.

Three Magpies Perched in a Tree

Aug 14 - Aug 25

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Melbourne Festival of Puppetry 2021

6 Jul - 11 Jul

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

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

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

Hammer and Thumb

A person in a giant koala puppet head

Free roving Performances

a bald man with a puppet dog

Picasso and His Dog

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

Two clothes peg puppets

Workshop: What’s a Puppet?

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Winter 2024

Winter 2024 Professional Development Series Primary Seasons Explorations 2024 La Mamicas

Zorba’s Last Dance

Jul 31 - Aug 11

Three people dressed in white assembled around a speaker. One is holding a lampshade, another wearing one on their head.

Sneaky Little Bugger

A teenage boy holds a toy kitten with the Westgate Bridge in the background.

You’re The Man

La Mama Emerge Presentations

Sep 20 - Sep 22

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Summer & Autumn 2019

14 May - 23 Jun

When The Light Leaves

Jun 12 - Jun 23

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Midsumma 2021

19 Apr - 2 May

A closeup of a despondent man looking towards the camera, wearing round-framed glasses, a combover, black tape over his mouth, and an Elizabethan-inspired ruff around his neck, made out of recycled book pages.

Apr 19 - Apr 23

Sam Martin, a young caucasian man wearing black tee shirt with “queer” in white letters and a clear hearing aid, walks through a park

Apr 20 - Apr 22

Rainbow flag with a piccolo on it

Homophonic! 2021

Apr 24 - Apr 25

This Genuine Moment

an androgynous, dark featured figure in a black fur coat and leather harness rests against a paint chipped wall with a number 4 scrawled hastily on it.

Guerilla Sabbath

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Midsumma at La Mama 2022

Framed within a large beige gazebo with towering columns stands two people, shoulder to shoulder. The person closest stands with his back facing out and he is a white man wearing a checked grey suit jacket, his gaze is up and out into the distance. Next to him is a white woman facing outwards and staring up at the horizon line. She is wearing a fur-like coft and her hand is curled underneath her chin. To the lest of the gazebo is a large tree with just the upper branches catching the warm golden sunrise on its limbs.

From All Who Came Before

A rainbow flag with a flute

Homophonic! BYOB*

Feb 10 - Feb 13

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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2022

A beige background with five connecting squares with a person in each square on a white background.

Empathy Training

Apr 12 - Apr 17

A panicky naval officer with a giant squid in the background.

Apr 19 - Apr 24

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Melbourne International Comedy Festival at La Mama 2020

23 Mar - 19 Apr

a woman holding a double of her face

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

Apr 14 - Apr 19

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