Name: Snow on a Summer's Day
Start: 2026-09-22
End: 2026-09-24
Location: La Mama HQ

A mother writes down her life. Her daughter brings it to light.

What do we carry when we leave home? What do we pass on — and what do we let go?

Snow on a Summer's Day is an intimate new puppetry work created and performed by mother and daughter Youngkyu (Yong) Kwon and Kay Yasugi, receiving its world premiere at the Melbourne Festival of Puppetry. Drawing on Yong's bilingual essays — written in Korean and English, with stories stretching from Korea to Japan to Australia — the work weaves together memory, paper and puppetry. A mother sets down her stories so they won't disappear. A daughter brings them to life.

For every heart that has ever called more than one place home.

Co-Creators / Performers: Youngkyu Kwon & Kay Yasugi

Director: Sue Wallace

Designer: Leon Hendroff

Produced by Pupperoos

Based on the book "Snow on a Summer's Day: A Migrant's Life in Sydney" written by Youngkyu Kwon and illustrated by Kay Yasugi (2025)

Recommended for families, older children and adults. Contains themes of migration and displacement (no graphic content).

Themes of migration, displacement and war, including references to the Japanese occupation of Korea. No graphic content. Emotionally engaging for all ages; parental discretion advised for younger children. The show includes spoken English and some Korean and Japanese.

Visual Ratings: 50%