Sunday Arts Magazine

18 Apr 2022

Angela Buckingham

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A young ragtag militia must quickly and efficiently clear a building of

those deemed old or infirm. In our world stripped of wealth, resources

and the current social hierarchy – young people now have the

competitive advantage.

Trapped in one apartment is a woman in her fifties who wants to survive

so that she can see her son one last time, to ask forgiveness. What does

a mother owe a son when the world is collapsing?

In this intimate 90-minute play, one family’s struggle becomes a war cry

against complacency.

#NoExemptions is written by Angela Buckingham and directed by icon

of independent theatre Susie Dee. Produced by The Shift Theatre,

this story is a walloping of intergenerational justice. In the near future,

young people hold their parents to account for environmental collapse.

A family reuniting for the last time, confronts each other with complicity

in the crisis – intimate, intense, told with a twist and shot through with

apocalyptic black humour.

Liz Jones, Artistic Director of La Mama, describes this as a story about

what happens to people under extreme stress.

Imminent danger informs every aspect of the production, from sound

design by multiple Green Room Award nominee Ian Moorhead, to set

and costume design by winner of the Beleura John Tallis Design Award

Sophie Woodward.

La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Australia | info@lamama.com.au | +613 9347 6948 | www.lamama.com.au

La Mama is financially assisted by the Australian Government through the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government

initiative, the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, and the City of Melbourne through the Arts and Creative Partnerships Program. We are grateful

to all our philanthropic partners and donors, advocates, volunteers, audiences, artists and our entire community for helping us rebuild La Mama. Thank you!

L a M a m a P r e s e n t s

#NO EXEMPTIONS