THEATRE FEATURES

THE CITY OF MELBOURNE PROUDLY SUPPORTS MELBOURNE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY’S 26th MAY - 6th JUNE FORTYFIVEDOWNSTAIRS melbourneshakespeare.com This autumn Melbourne Shakespeare Company are bringing our high energy, ensemble productions inside for our first ever studio production King Lear.  King Lear  is a...

Do you like going to the dentist?   I suspect that most of us don't really enjoy the experience. Have you ever thought about whether the dentist actually likes probing around in our mouths?  Chances are...

https://youtu.be/7p_6rZPNSJ0 SHARAF Update  When Vienna Toma was a little girl in Iraq, she and her sisters would wait until the men had left, then they’d let the pigeons go and climb onto their home’s flat roof,...

Paradise Lots is a community-led, experimental performance work. Set on the rooftop of an iconic urban carpark, Paradise Lots immerses audiences into a new world order. Upon booking tickets, audiences are texted a location to meet. From there, they...

After finishing up our massive and largely sold out January, we raced out of the gates into February and before we knew it... circuit breaker lockdown. Our artists and community safety is our number...

F*ck Fabulous will make its long awaited debut at Arts Centre Melbourne playing at the Fairfax Studio from 20 April – 2 May as a part of Midsumma Festival. Hosted by queer, fat, femme cabaret icon Yana Alana (Sarah Ward), the variety show boasts a...

We are thrilled to announce La Mama's BANKSIA FESTIVAL, an event to re-open our iconic theatre on Faraday Street later this year. We are seeking artists to welcome, commemorate and celebrate our return home, and are inviting expressions of interest from the...

Due to Covid restrictions it's all but impossible to find rehearsal space, so just as the play intially started, it has now returned to a living room. On Wednesday March 3 we perform at an...

About This musical theatre piece commemorates Aboriginal elder and human rights activist, William Cooper, who led a delegation on December 6th 1938 from Footscray to the German Embassy in Melbourne, presenting the only private citizen's...

This two-act musical. drama written and directed by Noel Fidge tells the story of five Chinese characters living in Melbourne who each in their separate ways have a troubling secret and in their own...