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A woman wearing an orange dress, an apple  balanced on her head, sitting inside a metal shopping trolley with her legs pointing up over the edge and three large, yellow pom-poms stuck to the trolley.
2 Jun – 30 Aug

La Mama Explorations

  • Comedy
  • Theatre

La Mama Explorations is back in 2026 with 52 exciting, new, risk-taking, boundary-pushing, thought-provoking works in progress.

Don't miss the program that brought you the delicious likes of Trophy Boys, Stuck, On the Production of Monsters, Flick, No Former Performer has Performed this Performance Before and many more.

Be the first to experience some of the country's finest future shows as they develop!

Hours

Date Times
Tue 2 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 3 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 4 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 5 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 6 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 7 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 9 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 10 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 11 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 12 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 13 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 14 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 16 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 17 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 18 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 19 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 20 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 21 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 23 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 24 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 25 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 26 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 27 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 28 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 30 Jun
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 1 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 2 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 3 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 4 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 5 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 7 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 8 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 9 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 10 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 11 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 12 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 14 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 15 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 16 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 17 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 18 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 19 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 21 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 22 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 23 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 24 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 25 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 26 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 28 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 29 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 30 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 31 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 1 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 2 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 4 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 5 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 6 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 7 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 8 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 9 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 11 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 12 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 13 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 14 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 15 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 16 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 18 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 19 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 20 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 21 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 22 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 23 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tue 25 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 26 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 27 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 28 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 29 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 30 Aug
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Location

La Mama HQ
205 Faraday St
Carlton 3053

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Price and bookings

Adult / general $20
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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9347 6948
  • email address: info@lamama.com.au
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Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Companion card accepted

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