La Mama

La Mama: The Penelopaid

Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad is a confronting and humorous account of Penelope, a bit player in the epic Odyssey. Famous…

13 years ago

Vale Betty Burstall, founder of La Mama

Betty Burstall: 1926–2013 In 1967, Betty Burstall founded La Mama theatre in Carlton. It's difficult to even begin to imagine…

13 years ago

La Mama: Love Is My Sin

Love Is My Sin is a beautiful and complex layering of Shakespeare’s sonnets with a woman’s voice, a man’s voice…

13 years ago

La Mama: The Good Person of Szechuan

Any honest Brecht performance means a serious workout of mental and physical focus, and this latest production of The Good…

13 years ago

The Masters

The Masters is the latest show by physical theatre company The Business. Pretty quickly it's clear that the company of…

13 years ago

Evocative and beautiful

The Well was sold out, which is awesome for everyone involved, but a shame for those who missed out. Playwright and…

14 years ago

Revenge of the squeeze box

Folk who have missed out on tickets for Opera Australia’s 2013 Ring Cycle extravaganza might like instead to catch The…

14 years ago

A Quick Chat With Ben Grant at La Mama

Ben Grant created and performs in The Shrink and Swell of Knots, which opens at La Mama on 8 August…

14 years ago

UnAustralia – I’m not, but …

When the publicity for a show beginning with "I'm not a racist, but...", I get ready to say "I'm not…

14 years ago