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

Cabaretica: November

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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

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

Poet Ross Donlon

La Mama Poetica August

Poet Ali Whitelock

La Mama Poetica October

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

La Mama Poetica March 2020

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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.

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

Sep 19 - Nov 28

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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

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

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

A white silhouette of a woman falling backwards against the starry dark blue expanse of outer space.

Playreading: The Girl Who Fell to Earth

Open House Melbourne

Jul 30 - Jul 31

self-portrait by Maggie Diaz.

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

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Love Fest 2021

9 Feb - 21 Feb

A clown with a red nose holds out hands and looks into the camera

Jofus and the Whale

A person with dark hair stares at the camera with a sad expression. She has too much lipstick on, it’s almost clown-like, and blue paint runs down her cheeks like tears.

Feb 12 - Feb 21

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Summer & Autumn 2021

23 Feb - 4 Jul

Two women with grey hair look up at feathers floating in the air

Feb 23 - Feb 28

A man with a hat, holding a bond in one hand and poking our his tongue

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.

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Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2021

23 Mar - 18 Apr

a woman holding a double of her face

Three Crosses in the background of two vintage microphones

Mistero Fo(nic)

Mar 23 - Mar 28

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

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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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