A Sneaky Little Bugger Story at La Mama Courthouse

New theatre work Sneaky Little Bugger Story unpacks shame through innovative performance at La Mama Courthouse from August 28 to September 1.

Created by The Amateur Collective and making its debut at La Mama Courthouse, Sneaky Little Bugger shines a high-voltage light on the judgment, secrecy and silence of shame.

Expect a blend of physical and verbatim theatre that mixes live and recorded audio, drawing on real-life interviews and conversations, myth and memoir.

This is a cracking-open of shame – that primal and all too pervasive emotion.

Lying face down on a rug, ordering McDonalds delivery twice in one day, watching porn, that disastrous first date. A torrent of familiar stories unfolds in a soundscape of the everyday as we speak what hates being spoken.

Could giving shame a voice render it powerless?

Sneaky Little Bugger is created and performed by Dustin Waters, Ophelia Marriott and Tess Nethercote Way. As the recipients of the La Mama x Deakin Graduate Springboard program, this work has undergone two previous developments.

The Amateur Collective is a concept-driven company with a deep commitment to collaboration, exploring the role of performance, sound and movement in theatre-making.

Tickets for Sneaky Little Bugger Story are now available for purchase.