15/07/2026
ACROSS WORLDS, A BODY SEARCHES FOR FREEDOM THROUGH MEMORY, ART, POETRY AND MUSIC.
We’re thrilled to announce that Freedom has been selected for La Mama Explorations 2026.
Freedom, created and developed by award-winning multidisciplinary artist and creative producer Mohammed ‘Ayo Busari’, is an interdisciplinary performance exploring what it means to seek, lose, and reclaim freedom across diasporic Black and African identities. Blending theatre, live music, spoken word, storytelling, and design, this visceral and poetic work journeys between Nigeria and Australia, tracing how freedom is shaped by colonisation, migration, memory, and belonging.
At its heart, Freedom asks: What does freedom truly feel like? And for whom is it withheld, delayed, or denied? Grounded in reflection, resistance, and release, Freedom invites audiences into an intimate exploration of identity, community, and the ongoing search for belonging.
“In the final act of the show, multi-disciplinary artist Ayo Busari asks, ‘What does freedom look like?’ An apt thesis for this incredible performance that takes you in many directions, without the urgency for a definite answer.”
- Leila Marshall, Fringefeed
📍 La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne
📅 4-6 August 2026
🕢 7:30pm
🎟 Tickets via lamamatheatre.com