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De Profundis
SHOW DETAILS:
30 April – 4 May 2025
duration: 85 minutes
times:
Wednesday to Saturday 7:30pm
Sunday 5pm
ticket price: $39 – $49 + booking fees
bookings: 03 9662 9966
warnings: TBC
In 1897, from the solitude of his prison cell, Oscar Wilde poured his heart into a searing 50,000-word letter to his estranged lover Lord Alfred ‘Bosie’ Douglas. Blistering with anguish and fury, De Profundis is Wilde’s unfiltered outpouring of pain, betrayal, and self-revelation – a plea for truth, a meditation on art, and a journey toward forgiveness.
This powerful letter has echoed through time, brought to life in readings around the world by artists such as Patti Smith, Ralph Fiennes, Maxine Peake, Colm Tóibín, Ben Whishaw, and Neil Bartlett. Now, in an intimate special event crafted with director Dino Dimitriadis and featuring a live cello accompaniment by Conrad Hamill, queer icon and national treasure Paul Capsis reads Wilde’s anthem for the right to love and live authentically, no matter the cost.
Ticket Prices:
Full: $49
Concession: $39
Group 6+: $39
Concessions:
Pensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members
Ticket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express
Ticket fees are charged reluctantly. As an unfunded CBD located venue, our expenses continue to rise. If fortyfivedownstairs is to survive, we are obliged to increase our revenue without inflicting costs on already struggling artists. Without support, we risk losing artists or having to close our doors. We do hope for your understanding!