It’s a long build up to a very big wet and the frogs are singing out for rain. Broome Prison sits across the road from the Sober Up Centre, like another resort in a tourist town, promising a temporary reprieve from the tightening cycle of “black out” drinking.

Written by Dan Lee, directed by multiple-award-winner Iain Sinclair and featuring a stellar cast, Bottomless is both heart wrenching and side-splittingly funny. It captures the diversity of Broome’s residents and reminds us that no group is out of addiction’s reach.

Featuring Jack Charles, Mark Coles Smith, Jim Daly, Julie Forsyth, Margaret Harvey, Alex Menglet and Mark Wilson

fortyfivedownstairs would like to thank Creative Victoria, Malcolm Robertson Foundation, Besen Family Foundation, the Australian Communities Foundation through the EM Horton Family Fund, Espero Fund and Hart Line Fund, as well as all donors to our Australian Cultural Fund crowdfunding campaign for their generous support of the premiere season of Bottomless. Bottomless was developed with the support of Melbourne Theatre Company, Playwriting Australia, Red Stitch Actors Theatre, and RE Ross Trust.

Bottomless is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Bottomless is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund.