la mama 2011 autumn programme
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Autumn Programme 2011
The year has got off has got off to a flying start, as we presented not only our own program but embraced the newly homeless Dog Theatre productions, The Baby Show and The Waiting Room.
2010 was a very artistically satisfying year and in part the large number of Green Room nominees reflect that. Congratulations to Peta Brady, Lou Bennett, Tim Stitz, Kelly Somes, Ashlee Hughes, Emma Valente, Andrew Gray, Nicola Gunn, Bec Etchell and winners Gary Abrahams and Thomas Conroy.
On Thursday 30th December 2010, we mourned the passing of La Mama’s loved son and Apricot Tree Award Winner Ralph McLean, with a garden funeral attended by over 300 of Ralph’s friends and family. We were all deeply saddened by his untimely death.
Come join us for our splendid and fulsome Autumn program.
Liz JonesC.E.O. & Artistic Director
And on behalf of Pippa Bainbridge (company manager), Maureen Hartley (publicist / education coordinator), Lisa Höbartner & Bec Etchell (house managers), Louise Jones (marketing coordinator), Mary Helen Sassman & Caitlin Dullard (community producers), Fiona Wiseman & Nedd Jones (administration) and the Committee of Management: Catherine Hill, Dur-é Dara, Mark Rubbo, Caroline Lee, Tim Stitz, Rhonda Day, Emily Harms and Liz Jones
AUTUMN 2011Newsletter 117
The Grand InquisitorWhisky Ring
Lloyd Beckmann, BeekeeperSix characters in search of an author...
A Fitzroy Romance Last Songs
PostCrossed
ManacleShe Turned on the Light
Sarajevo Suite Conspiracy
La Mama for KidsKapowSchism
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cover image credit: V.Subracourtesy: THE GRAND INQUISITOR
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Wed, Sun 6.30pm | Thu, Fri, Sat 8pmLa Mama Theatre
Apr 20 - Apr 24
by Fyodor Dostoevsky A New Adaptation
Directed by V.SubraPerformed by Scott Welsh and V.SubraProduction Manager - Kylie Anne Gral
An unannounced visit by Jesus Christ is greeted with unexpected welcome by a popular tele-evangelist, who remarks: why have you come now?
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s tale, The Grand Inquisitor, carries a haunting significance to the surging power of religious institutions where the promise of Paradise hereafter may conceal deadlier implications.
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Wed, Sun 6.30pm | Thu, Fri, Sat 8pm | Matinees Wed 1pm (excluding Apr 27), Thu 11amLa Mama Courthouse
A Two Blue Cherries & Soulart Production
Photography - Talya Chalef
Lloyd cordially invites you into his granny flat to get some grub, wet your whistle and learn a thing or two about life, the land and beekeeping.
11.Wed, Sun 6.30pm | Thu, Fri, Sat 8pm | Matinees Wed 1pm, Thu 11am | La Mama Theatre
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Wed, Sun 6.30pm | Thu, Fri, Sat 8pmLa Mama Courthouse
A Fitzroy Romance May 18 - May 29
Written by Kieran CarrollDirected by Noel Anderson
Performed by Lee McClenaghan & Paul Mercuri Set Design - Rebekah Bibby
Lighting Design - Amelia Lever-DavidsonStage Manager - Sarah Bianco
It’s 1997. The height of Brit pop. Ben and Bron are 23 and loving Fitzroy: the pubs, the bands, their own place.
Then Bron has an accident. Ben’s not ready for the responsibility. It’s a bittersweet symphony with hard questions asked and when all they want are playful nights out.
Platform Youth Theatre is proudly supported by the City of Darebin POST - noun. An examination held after the main examination for those who were absent from the first one or whose result in the first needs confirmation in a second.
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Jun 1 - Jun 5Short works and works in progress by members and associates of
Platform’s 2010 emerging artists’ mentored development program, Provokateur.
Power Of Love by Thomas Banks | The Deserters by Rachel Bowen & director, James Crafti M by Joshua Croggon | Waking in Angola by Joana Pires | Switch by Grounded Astronaut Theatre
Produced by Rose Godde and Tanja Beer
Production Mentors:Direction - Kelly Somes, Design - Tanja Beer Lighting - Lisa Mibus, Sound - Pete Goodwin
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 8pmMatinees Sat 5pm | Sun 2pm
La Mama Courthouse
Platform Youth Theatre is proudly supported by the City of Darebin
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Wed, Sun 6.30pm | Thu, Fri, Sat 8pm | La Mama Courthouse
SHE TURNED ON THE LIGHTJun 22 - Jun 26
Written and Directed by Wendy WoodsonCreated in collaboration with and performed by Marina Libel
Lighting Design - Kathy CouchCostume Design - Suzanne Palmer Dougan
From an acclaimed season at La MaMa ETC New York in 2010 comes a tour-de-force monologue with physical theatre that explores how memory, fantasy and reality loop
and merge between women separated by age and history.
“…uncanny ease and fluency, offering characters who seem immediately both familiar and strange.…here, theater draws you toward something unassuming and real.”
NY Times
"People loved him or hated him, found him refreshing or disturbing."
Sydney Morning Herald
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Wed, Sun 6.30pm | Thu, Fri, Sat 8pmLa Mama Courthouse
ConspiracyJun 30 - Jul 17
Written by John KielyDirected by Kevin Summers
Performed by Gary Files, Jenny Seedsman, Suzy Cato, Peter Stratford, Gloria Ajenstat, Syd Brisbane, Marita Wilcox.
Journalist John Kiely’s first play is a reflection on the life of one of our great political figures, Lionel Murphy – Attorney General, High Court Justice, reformer and a sinner
or a saint, depending on whose memory one relies.
with Fairy Caitlin and Sim Sala BimTwo of Melbourne’s most magical creatures team up to take you on a storytelling adventure that is out of this world! Fairy Caitlin and the wizard Sim Sala Bim will whisk you away on a wild, wonderful and wacky adventure that will delight both boys and girls. Saturday June 4 | 11am and 2pmLa Mama Courthouse | All tickets $12 | Suitable for ages 3 - 9
Muddy Mothers Day at La MamaTreat your mum to a special day out with quirky, fun music for the whole family with The Mudcakes! Join them as they sing about the ups and downs of family life – the wonders of new teeth, hugging, potty training and all those things that parents and kids go through! Sunday May 8 | 11am and 2pmLa Mama CourthouseTickets $12 | *** Mums get in FREE! *** | Suitable for ages 2 - 8
Once Upon a Tale: Interactive Storytelling
for kids
A psychological thriller documenting the binary opposition that dwells within our individual and collective conscience, Schism is presented as a work in progress showing by writer Melanie Bainbridge, and theatre maker Pippa Bainbridge, exploring the psychological impacts that a damaged environment can have on it’s people, and the degree of disconnection and perverse reaction this can inspire. 29.
SCHISM
La Mama Courthouse | All tickets $15 | Wed, Thu 11am & 2pm |
Apr 20 - Apr 21Directed Kate Kantor
Sound Design - Ania Reynolds & Pete WildCostume Design - Amanda Fairbanks
Performed and devised by Asking for Trouble – (Christy Flaws, Luke O’Connor & Ailsa Wild)
The creators of Bubblewrap & Boxes present their second award winning family show KAPOW!
An irreverent, comical and human look at the desire to be a superhero in the suburbs.
Highly visual, acrobatic and full of skilful clowning
for kids
Comedy festival
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25th melbourne international
June 4 | 2pm | La Mama Theatre
Monday April 11 | La Mama TheatreDavid ‘candlesnuffer’ Brown with Adam Simmons prepared electric guitars, bass clarinet & shakuhachi Monday May 2 | La Mama CourthouseNat Grant with Peter Neville percussion, vibraphone & electronics Monday June 20 | La Mama TheatreCOLLIDER play compositions by two members of the ensemble. COLLIDER comprises: Kynan Robinson trombone, Adam Simmons tenor saxophone, Andrea Keeble violin, Jason Bunn viola, Anita Hustas bass, Ronny Ferrella drums/percussion.
Monday July 4 | La Mama CourthouseJuana Beltran’s artworks with Ren Walters’ 8-piece Groove Machine. Juana’s paintings from a memorable trip to Broken Hill will inspire the ensemble’s groove-based improvised music.
$15 or $10 conc. (inc hot drinks and nibbly treats) | Box Office & Bar Open 7pm | Concert 7.30pm
La Mama would like to thank the following for their generous support in 2011
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Phone bookings close @ 4pm (weekdays) & 2pm (weekends)
Please pick up your tickets 15 minutes prior to the starting time of the performance
Please note that parking can be difficult (try Safeway or Carlton Clocktower, both off
Drummond Street, or alternatively City of Melbourne parking in Elgin Street near Lygon)
Both venues are just a short walk from Melbourne University tram stop at Faraday & Swanston Street
La Mama is on Wurunjeri land, part of the Kulin nation, and the Commitee of Management,
staff, and wider theatrical community acknowledge its traditional custodians
La Mama Theatre is registered by the Heritage Council Victoria and has recieved National Trust status
TicketsFull $25Conc. $15
BookingsBook & Prepay Onlinewww.lamama.com.au (follow links)Phone: 03 9347 6142
InformationPhone: 03 9347 6948Office Hours: Monday - Friday 10:30am - 5:30pm
VenuesLa Mama Theatre205 Faraday Street Carlton Melway Map 2B Ref G7
La Mama Courthouse349 Drummond Street CarltonMelway Map 2B Ref G7
www.lamama.com.au