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Victoria's Minister for Creative Industries the Hon. Colin Brooks MP speaks at the launch of La Mama Theatre's 2026 program on 27 October.
Opinions & Analysis

La Mama 2026 and beyond: reflect, reconnect, relaunch

La Mama reopens after a year of reflection and reconnection, doubling down on ‘complete artistic freedom’ and committing to staging…

A selection of large animal puppets on a black stage, including cane toad, lizard, koala and birds.
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Where to next? Surreal animal puppets ready to tour Australia

Snuff Puppets are ready to tour their newest creations. Could your town be the next stop for these gnarly, larger-than-life…

Three women manipulating two bird puppets in a production of Lost and Finding.
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Lost and Finding review: raw energy at Flight Path Theatre

Lost and Finding is a fantastical comedy with a sense of adventure (and puppets).

A promotional image for La Boite and Dead Puppet Society's climate change production, 'We're All Gonna Die!'. The photo shows a female Asian-Australian actor's shocked looking face as they are engulfed by spreading rubbish and garbage.
Features

We're All Gonna Die! – Maddie Nixon's climate show 'smashes Brisbane's buildings'

We’re All Gonna Die! embraces a monstrous metaphor, with the help of Dead Puppet Society and La Boite.

A triceratops made up of glass panels. It's lit up. Universal Kingdom: The Next Era.
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Universal Kingdom: The Next Era review: dinosaurs lit up as part of Illuminate Adelaide

A luminous installation of dinos big and small.

A rear view of a person wearing a jumpsuit and a yellow beanie; they are looking at bright blue sculptural globules. A camera trained on them.
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Performance review: Night Night, Alexander Theatre, Monash Performing Arts Centres 

A profound tale, told with modern tech whizz-bangery that inspires, makes us think and touches the heart.

A bearded, fair-skinned man peering above a white paper creation of a building which rises up from the pages of a book. The building, and the forlorn figure of a woman holding a book to her chest, have been ornamented with ink on their paper foundations.
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Peformance review: The BookBinder, DreamBIG Children’s Festival

New Zealand’s Trick of the Light Theatre took Adelaide audiences on a whirlwind ride with their award-winning one man show.

Child paints on white wall.
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Dreaming and celebrating big: Adelaide's children’s festival DreamBIG turns 50

DreamBIG in 2025, the longest running children's festival in the world.

A puppet of a little boy and a fox. Antoine Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre.
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Performance review: The Little Prince, Ellie Easton Theatre, Claremont Showgrounds

Antoine Saint-Exupéry’s novella in puppetry form.

A small crowd of people are surrounding a model of a triceratop.
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Immersive review: DinoFest, Victoria Park, Adelaide

Step back in time as dinosaurs take over Victoria Park in the immersive family experience DinoFest.

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