If you feel up to a gamble, but the Casino’s not quite your thing, saunter off to the inner city suburb of Carlton and try your luck at one of Australia’s oldest fringe theatre venues – La Mama.  Set up in 1967, La Mama has been gracious hostess to an enormous number of new  Australian works for theatre for over four decades. Some have been knock outs; edgy, insightful, inspiring,  others rather dreary numbers.  It’s something of a lucky dip, but at very reasonable door prices and with the sense of ‘cultural community’ the theatre embodies, it’s worth dipping and hoping you don’t get the trashy plastic frog.

Latest shows: http://www.lamama.com.au/