Theatre

Mother of Compost

Rake what your mama gave you, in this outrageous, queer ecological subversion of family.

$28.00
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A person wearing a light green button-up shirt splayed open, orange lingerie, gold gloves, brown work boots and big black sunglasses. There are three mushrooms laid out on their crotch area. They are reclining in a pile of trash with one hand on their chest and smiling slightly.
A person standing on a rock in a rubbish tip holding a small rake. They are barefoot, wearing a gold sequinned top with a butterfly on it, gold gloves and orange lingerie underwear.
A person wearing a gold sequinned top with a butterfly, orange underwear and gold gloves. They have their arms in the air in a gesture of celebration and are smiling.
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Image Credit: Edwin Sitt

A person wearing a light green button-up shirt splayed open, orange lingerie, gold gloves, brown work boots and big black sunglasses. There are three mushrooms laid out on their crotch area. They are reclining in a pile of trash with one hand on their chest and smiling slightly.
A person standing on a rock in a rubbish tip holding a small rake. They are barefoot, wearing a gold sequinned top with a butterfly on it, gold gloves and orange lingerie underwear.
A person wearing a gold sequinned top with a butterfly, orange underwear and gold gloves. They have their arms in the air in a gesture of celebration and are smiling.

  • Created and Performed by: Noemie Huttner-Koros

  • Directed by: Andrew Sutherland (Dirt Dad)

  • Dramaturg: Sam Nerida (Slug Drop)

Dearest compost, I am your mother and I am your child.

We live in an ecologically precarious time. Some of us don’t want to bring children into this world, others are worried their children won’t have a world to grow old into ... but we’ve still got a whole lot of love to give. Rethink what it means to give birth and be birthed, and sing-along with us in this gooey, camp and interactive subversion of family portraits, birthing classes, baby showers and evolutionary biology.

From the minds of queer trouble-makers Noemie Huttner-Koros and director Andrew Sutherland, and fresh from seasons at M1 Singapore fringe festival & Perth's Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights, Mother of Compost asks you to roll up your sleeves...change only comes from getting your hands dirty.

Sound designer (Sonic Doula): Lyndon Blue
Set & costume designer (Jim's Mowing): Molly Werner
both AV Designer & Photographer (Butt Moth Baby): Edwin Sitt
Lighting designer (Glow Worm): Jasmine Lifford
Sound recordist (Big Krill): Josten Myburgh

This project received Cash for Equity through the Fringe Fund, as part of the Ralph Mclean Microgrants program, and as part of Radical Access.

About Noemie Huttner-Koros

Noémie Huttner-Koros is a queer jewish performance-maker, writer, dramaturg and community organiser based on Wurundjeri country. Their work engages with sites and histories where queer culture, composting and ecological crisis occur. Their work has taken place in theatres, galleries, alleyways, dinner parties and blanket forts and includes Mother of Compost (M1 Singapore Fringe Festival), Democracy Repair Services (The Blue Room Theatre) and The Lion Never Sleeps. The Lion Never Sleeps was nominated for 4 Performing Arts WA awards and was named in Australian Book Review’s ‘Arts Highlights of 2019’. They were the winner of the 2020 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize & 2021 West Australian Young Environmentalist of the Year.

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible, Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Some Nudity, Sudden Loud Noises, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

Click HERE to view the digital program booklet.

Click HERE to view the Access Pack.

  • The Motley Bauhaus - Black Box
    118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, 3053

    Wheelchair Access

    The Motley Bauhaus - Black Box is wheelchair accessible.

    There is step-free access to the venue. Wheelchair users enter at the main entrance. The Black Box and all downstairs spaces, including the bar, are accessible.
    There are accessible toilets at this venue.

    More accessibility info available via website - www.themotley.com.au/about.html

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  • Full: $28.00

  • Concession: $24.00

  • Group 4+: $23.00

  • Extra Applause: $35.00

  • Blak Tix: $20.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $21.00

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"Its relevance is personal and global, whimsical yet powerful." - Seesaw Mag

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"In spite of the gloom of the climate crisis, Mother Of Compost is not an angry protest. Noémie immediately transports us to a glittery world filled with close-ups of various organisms, plants and animals, courtesy of Edwin Sitt’s gorgeous multimedia designs & accompanied by an almost disco-like score by Lyndon Blue...Mother Of Compost’s unruly family gathering provides a space to celebrate and grieve an uncertain future, and a turbulent present." - Critics Circle Blog

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"Noémie Huttner-Koros was a joyful, sometimes sad, brilliant presence in the room...Delightfully weird, Mother of Compost encourages the audience to "rake what your mama gave you" and to pull up your sleeves because change only comes from getting your hands dirty." - Weekend Notes

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Monday, 02 October 2023

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Tuesday, 03 October 2023

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Wednesday, 04 October 2023

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Thursday, 05 October 2023

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Friday, 06 October 2023

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Saturday, 07 October 2023

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Sunday, 08 October 2023

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