La Mama

Adam Cass

• Publisher: MUP Custom Digital
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9780522871562
• eBook ISBN: 9780522871579
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Theatre History & Criticism

In August 2017, Melbourne's La Mama Theatre celebrates 50 years since the premiere of its first production, Jack Hibberd's 'Three Old Friends'. La Mama commemorates the rich life story of the theatre so far, tracking the history and chronology of the work that has been made and the many careers that have been born, raised and cherished there. Complemented by hundreds of wonderful photographs, the book is woven together through a series of rowdy yarns spun by the La Mama community, capturing a sense of the magic that has been inspiring audiences for fifty years.

Former La Mama house manager, Judith Lucy

1987 Is This Where We Came In? Mil Perrin The Flaw Mil Perrin On the Road to Damascus Maud Clark and Stella Tarrant Quintessence Daniel Lillford The Circumnavigations of Captain Asterion Graham Henderson Wehe Kathleen Gallagher Radclyffe … The Well of … Adele Saleem and Sara Hardy Grigori III Peter Mathers Kairos and Chronos Daniel Kahans Interface Life-Death Daniel Kahans Fitzroy Crossing Phil Motherwell With This Baggage, We Leap Peppie D’or, Margot Knight, Stella Pulo, Marion MacKenzie Woman on the Stair Linn Van Hecke The Serpents Fall Sarah Cathcart Hurly Burly, What a Girlie! Carole Patullo and Kate Herbert Eat Your Greens Barry Dickins Shadowland Heather Christie A Night With Buzo, Nash, Bendrups and Brel: Songs and Soup Ian Nash, Faye Bendrups, Gabby Brennan A Night With Buzo, Nash, Bendrups and Brel: Rooted Alexander Buzo Warnings Lloyd Jones Landscapes of a Life Raphaele Pomain and Graham Henderson Sal Barry Lowe Kairos and Chronos Daniel Kahans Interface Life-Death Daniel Kahans Vladimir Mayakovsky, A Tragedy Vladimir Mayakovsky Decibells Kate O’Brien and Pat Rix Bellbirds and Orange Juice Adrian Rawlins and Faruk Avdi He Gave Me His Heart For One Minute Tanya Uren The Golden Oldies Dorothy Hewett Weevils in the Flour Wendy Lowenstein and Albert Hunt Seven Songs for Sydney Robert Harris Music of Orpheus and Other Short Pieces Colin Ryan 1988 A Moment’s Hesitation as She Changes the Expression of Her Face Jeffrey Fereday Skirmishes Catherine Hayes Notes Alison Croggon Stingray z The I.D. Kostas Mourselas Hippos Have Huge Hearts Monica Main Now Playing at a Kitchen Near You The Manic Mothers: Sue Bell and Philippa Vary The Unknown Woman Aleksandr Blok Robyn, Ellen Graham Downey I Don’t Move, I Don’t Scream, My Voice is Gone Franca Rame After Dinner Andrew Bovell Sheep Daniel Lillford Restoring the Picture of Dorian Gray Sam Sejavka Travelling Peter Mathers The Girl I Love Short Arms, Long Pockets: Margaret Mills, Maude Davey, Melissa Reeves If Looks Could Kill Merrilee Ross The Old School Tie with Glycerine Tree Jack Hibberd I Swallowed a Diamond an Hour Ago and I Think There’s a Storm Brewing Valerie Kirwan Between Engagements Barry Dickins Guff Jill Buckler The Bodgie Tree Phil Motherwell Brothers (The Tragic Life of Vincent Van Gogh) Syd Clayton Not Quite Ready Lloyd Jones Seascapes Ian Nash Shipwreck Colin Ryan The Year of Playing Dead (a performance from ‘A Woman of the World’) Roger Pulvers Larceny Makes No Noise Frank Bren Somewhere in Here are Henry and Louisa Ian Scott The Murderer’s Barbeque Max Richards Lives of the Saints Bob Pavlich, Russell Walsh, Humphrey Bower Projected Light Arthur and Corinne Cantrill Glory Steve J Spears A White Sports Coat Tes Lyssiotis Stuff We Like Stella Pulo and Julia Gardiner The Whole World Tour Kline The Christian Brothers Ron Blair 1989 The House That Jack Built Devised by Nancy Black, Eugenia Fragos, David Roberts, Sioban Tuke The Knock on the Door Russell Copley Rare Creatures Fat City Circus: Crinkle Steward, Deborah Leiser and Eddi Stiletto Morning Sacrifice Dymphna Cusack Café Chic-to-Chic The Flat Whites: Kate Herbert and Carole Patullo Mothers are Breasting Out All Over The Manic Mothers: Sue Bell and Philippa Bailey Muckrake Frank Bren I See Said the Blind Man Mark Rogers with Things Calypso Wanted to Say Margaret Cameron The Hive Sam Sejavka Mothballs Jack Hibberd with Lonely Lennie Lower Barry Dickins Choose as You Will Shelly Nevins Inner Simulacra (the La Mama cycle) Conceived by Ray Richards, Frederick Court and Roderick Poole Canvas Landscape An installation by Anthony Figallo White Space Devised by Chris Knowles with Katy Bowman Withdrawal Piece (Step One); Withdrawal Piece (Step Two) Devised by Lloyd Jones and group The Death of Peter Pan Barry Lowe The Funeral Suit Kenneth MacLeod Good Grief! Or why is there a wheelbarrow in the hallway? Created by Peter Freund, Verity Higgins, Robert Lyon Farmyard Franz Xavier Kroetz Other Weapons with Fourth Version Luisa Valenzuela z Kris Hemensley Something Good on the Tapis Allan Willingham The Other Woman Belinda Bradley A Quiet Sunday at Home Bruce Shearer Kisses for Vera Daniel Lillford An Exchange Marcia Haufrecht with Stuff We Like II Julia Gardiner and Stella Pulo Closing Time Scott Taylor The Wood Box Devised by Caroline Lee and Cate Blanchett 1990 Happiness Chris Corbett Wow Times Lime Green Equals Bwill-Yunt Crinkle Steward, Judith Lucy, Sue Bignell Remote—Event For Amplified Body, Sound Responsive Eyes, Automatic Arm And Third Hand Stelarc The Gate To Our Backyard Julie Drysdale That Girl- Faced Stranger Marion Gonzalo Horse Talk Ian Nash Valentin Frank Bren Here’s Luck, Lennie Lower Jim Howard Perfect English Barry Dickins Write It Down And Don’t Forget It Lyn Piese and Jenny Lovell Another Dust Tess de Quincey Perfect English Barry Dickins A Lone Woman/Alone Woman Maree Walk Arnold And Alexander Stephen Sculley in Collaboration with David Joseph Over The Hill Merrilee Moss Gay Dancin’ Monkey Joe Dolce Elegant Ania Walwicz AARRGH! Greg Rosser, Cameron Butler, Rebecca Dontschuk, Louise Fox Swallowing Is A Very Private Thing Ailsa Mathiesen Mummy Loves You Betty Ann Jewell Suzanne Hawley Masquerade Mikhail Lermonyov Pundulumura: Two Trees Together Joe Dolce and Gnarnayarrahe Inmurry Waitairie My Life As A Joke Peter Carmody Legend Of The Self-Sufficient Child Luisa Valenzuela To The Outside World Karen Corbett Advice From A Caterpillar Sam Sejavka The Last Dictator, Cin, Abel And God Nicolae Sirius Mother Gong Pigments Of The Imagination Kate Herbert and Flying Pig Theatre Co. Fire and Meat Graham Henderson The Maelstrom Simon Hewitt Gimmix And The Uncertainty Principle Lloyd Jones and the performers Cult Theatre Kate Herbert and Flying Pig Theatre Co. Is Tom Peeping Zeb Brierly, Anne Curran, Deborah Field, Robyn Bishop I Broke His Coffee Cup Jodi Gallagher Van M Nicholas Hasluck The Sun The Moon And The Stars Mark Stratford New Balls, Please Ian Nash Mornings Peter Jetnikoff Thunder Of Starlight And Rabbit Skin Glue Barry Dickins and Robert Harris 1991 Two Operas: Gentleman’s Island Joseph Horovitz, libretto after WS Gilbert by Gordon Snell with The Obelisk Michael Easton Love and Mushrooms Bruce Thomson Hymie Barry Dickins It Ain’t Rehabilitation, It’s Containment John Brumpton Request Concert Franz Xaver Kroetz Faith, Hope and Psychotherapy (a work-in-progress) Liz Sadler Jim Bonaparte … Dick (The Fleabag Report) Frank Bren No Waiter, I Ordered the Avocado Judith Lucy A Bit of Post-Script Sue-Ann Post The Egg and Spoon Man—A Reproductive Comedy Roland Maxwell The Gigolo from the Congo Hanoch Levin Her Escapade Jacinta Legge-Wilkinson Meatsafe Franz Docherty A Hunch and La Belle of Notre Dame Based on Victor Hugo’s novel Christopher Columbus Michel de Ghelderode Mammothrept Sam Sejavka No Waiter, I Ordered the Avocado Judith Lucy Walking on Sticks Sarah Cathcart and Andrea Lemon Mouthing the Day Maude Davey Two Lorca Plays: Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden with Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter Federico Garcia Lorca, adapted by Luke Devenish The Sessions Graham Downey The Alligator Smile Lisa Montague Faith, Hope and Psychotherapy Liz Sadler Love Me Tender Rhondda Johnson Dream Kitchen Rhondda Johnson I Know You with Needlepoint Ian Nash Confessions of a Retired Dreamer David Shapiro The Ones Out of Town Craig Sherborne Mrs T. Foresees Gail Matthews All the Comforts of Home Christopher White Things Calypso Wanted to Say Margaret Cameron Him and Her David Stranger Unfolding—the extended kiss Marianne Bragge The Whole Shebang Margaret Dobson with A Phenomenon of Very Small Proportions Nadia Coreno Framing Piece Lloyd Jones and the performers The Woman in the Dunes...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• A note on navigating the book
• 1967–1976
• 1977–1986
• 1987-1996
• 1997-2006
• 2007-2016
• Photogaph credits
• La Mama staff 1967—2016
• Index