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Acclaimed the house of Finucane & Smith (The Burlesque Hour, Gotharama) take over La Mama for three weeks in March, plunging audiences into two extraordinary Salons. Nightly into the dark and decrepit dance hall of The Salon de Dance – a mesmerising physical exhibition dipped in the moody lights of the noir and the gothic; and on weekends. The Salon & The Feast burst at the seams with the unique and the intriguing.
“The most shocking dance I’ve ever seen in my life…how incredible is this banquet that the two create with their strange movement. I found myself laughing without any sound.” NAGIGNON DANCE, OSAKA
“In tales of romantic adventure that grow ever more bizarre and bloodcurdling in their imagery, Finucane is utterly enthralling … a sensory onslaught like no other” THE AUSTRALIAN

Salon de Dance
Whirl into Finucane & Smith’s decrepit dark dance hall: a wild mix of gothic dance, contemporary turns, tea dancing for hire and sultry chanteusery. Featuring the goddess of dark butoh dementia Yumi Umiumare and Mistress of Grand Guignol Moira Finucane as two demented sisters settling down to the business of supper in the dance that had Japanese critics declaring “overwhelming…it was too powerful for me but I want to see them again!” (Dancecube Magazine, Osaka); the surreal chanteuse Maude Davey; luminous Sydney dancer Paul Cordeiro; the dynamite of acclaimed dancers Harriet Ritchie & Holly Durant; the mesmerising Miss Caroline Lee; and a host of guest danseurs and danseuses. The Salon de Dance is a dark den of truly extraordinary physical performance. Table seating, lightbulb swinging, liquor sipping, dance lessons during interval… you’d be a fool not to dress up.

the Feast of Argentina
The Feast of Argentina Gina Catalina brings together Moira Finucane’s outrageous adventuress and diva Argentina Gina Catalina – acclaimed throughout the world for her feats of daring, sensuality and fervour – with fairground icon and bon vivant KT Prescott to create a whirlwind of tales and tastes in the intimate surrounds of La Mama. Argentina Gina Catalina, perhaps Finucane’s most extraordinary and acclaimed story teller, takes the audience on a rampage through the four seasons, each accompanied by a delicious morsel plucked right from the eyes of her tales. From sizzling Opera Houses, to the alleys of Barcelona; from her childhood in the Arctic Circle worshipped by wolves, killer whales and bandidoes, to the mayhem of autumnal oceans surrounded by pirates and piranhas… The Feast is a wild and delicious manifestation of Argentina’s most death defying tales.

ARTISTES!!!
Created & Directed by Moira Finucane & Jackie Smith
Set Design Esther Hayes
Lighting Design Kerry Ireland
Argentina’s stories by Moira Finucane
Argentina’s costumes by David Anderson
Feast Gourmand KT Prescott
Performers & Creators Moira Finucane, Yumi Umiumare, Holly Durant, Harriet Ritchie, Paul Cordeiro, Maude Davey, and guest artistes including Caroline Lee, Jodie Farrugia and Jess Love
Production Manager, Stage Manager & Salon Hostess Cath Carmody

La Mama Theatre is on Wurundjeri Land and Finucane & Smith and all the artists of the Feast & Salon acknowledge its traditional custodians

Download Flyer LA MAMA THEATRE
205 Faraday Street, Carlton

Salon de Danse
11 - 29 March
Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 6.30pm (TIX $25/#12)

The Feast of Argentina
14 - 29 March - 6 Shows only!
Every Saturday & Sunday @ 4.00pm (TIX $35/#25)
Bookings:             03 9347 6142       or bookings@lamama.com.au (24 hrs prior)

Further Information: lamama.com.au