MAMA ALTO

Mama Alto is a jazz singer, cabaret artiste, and gender transcendent diva. She is a transgender and queer person of color, living with disability, who works with the radical potential of storytelling, strength in softness, and power in vulnerability. Her solo performances are critically acclaimed & programmed at venues and festivals including Melbourne Recital Centre (VIC), Adelaide Cabaret Festival (SA), and Festival of Voices (TAS). She has collaborated with legendary figures including Finucane & Smith, Declan Greene, Brook Andrew, and Taylor Mac, and is the co-creator of highly acclaimed variety cabaret Gender Euphoria, Australia’s largest-ever entirely trans and gender diverse main stage production. Additionally, she has worked as a writer, playwright, diversity and inclusion specialist, and advocate, and received multiple arts and community awards, including from the Australia Council and Creative Victoria.