Mama Hope Punk Climate Festival - Soapboxed

Big tech has the capacity to replace human art. But does it have the power?

Three veteran actors, fired from a fading Australian soap opera, discover malevolent forces at play. They want to fight, for themselves and their industry. But why are they feeling so overwhelmed? Why is it getting so hot? And who keeps turning out the lights? Riotously funny and deeply moving, Soapboxed is a soap opera trapped in a reality show made for the theatre about the future of humanity in a world designed by the broligarchy. Expect laughter, tears, romance, a race against the clock and the occasional blackout (just like the best soaps). Part of La Mama Hope Punk Climate Festival.

La Mama, Australia's most iconic intimate theatre, was founded in 1967 by Betty Burstall returning from the coffee-house theatre scene in New York City. Nowadays the coffee and biscuits are still free, you can still chat with the artists after the show, and the famous La Mama raffle still thrills.

You simply cannot leave Melbourne without having seen a show at its beloved La Mama Theatre.