The Portable Park
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaParks can be places of hushed silence until we allow them to speak to us. Until we halt and listen carefully to the poetry.
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“Meet Me Under the Clocks”
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaGrowing up, going into the city to catch-up with friends was always, “Meet me under the clocks” at Flinders St Station. Collins Street was ‘the Paris end’ and Federation Square was the Gas & Fuel building site.
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The Peace Tune
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaAbiy Sahle (saxophone), Alexander Nettelbeck (piano), Conrad Henderson (bass), and Lawrence Grifa (drums) perform original instrumental compositions highlighting the unique scales and rhythms of Ethiopian Music in an uplifting performance. This concert will highlight the music of Abiy Sahle’s recent album release, ‘The Peace Tune’.
CUOROSENSA: A Reverse Archaeology
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaIn Cuorosensa, the artist’s bold, energetic and confident mark-making coheres into recognisable Luccio-esque themes — we see his Eiffel Tower, his Trojan Horse, his meditations on the myths and figures of classical antiquity — but closer inspection reveals a canvas of interlocking postcards with tantalising glimpses of the messages they once conveyed.
True West
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaActors Mark Diaco and Justin Hosking – co-founders of HSTheatre ('The Long Red Road' at fortyfivedownstairs) – will alternate the roles of brothers Austin and Lee in a new production of Sam Shepard’s modern masterpiece about the double nature of sibling rivalry.
Spoken Word Circle
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoriafortyfivedownstairs presents Spoken Word Circle 22 April 2023: Saturday from 4:30 - 5:30 pm admission: Free ..An open mic night for anyone with pen or keyboard and a fire in their belly for words. All are welcome... fortyfivedownstairs Spoken Word Circle In the third week of April, fortyfivedownstairs continues the widely-enjoyed Spoken Word Circle happening for writers…
Gunga-na Dhum-nganjinu (The Stories we Hold Tightly) – Stationary Observation
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaThis exhibition looks at fundamental parts of the intergenerational oral history tradition. For a story to survive over time and distance it must have gravitas to these who retell it.
Gunga-na Dhum-nganjinu (The Stories We Hold Tightly)
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaJoin this family of storytellers - Uncle Larry Walsh, Victoria Morphy, Hannah Morphy-Walsh, and Isobel Morphy-Walsh - and their special guests, as they weave creation, song, story, and movement together. Presented as part of the 2023 Yirramboi Festival.
Paul Capsis – Dry My Tears
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaPaul Capsis, the inimitable and incomparable icon of cabaret, returns to fortyfivedownstairs for the Melbourne premiere of 'Dry My Tears', following an acclaimed run in Sydney. Accompanied by The Song Company's Francis Greep, Capsis will perform an acoustic set that includes music by Kurt Weill, Elton John, and Johnny Mercer.
Primavera
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaThe works in Primavera are figurative paintings with themes of isolation, physical expression and sexuality. Some are abstract with representational aspects of subjects specifically to define a deep psychological connection with the pose and sense of the inner most private movements of a human being.
Orison
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaIn relating closely to the term ‘Barocco’ meaning disfigured or oddly shaped pearl, the artist feels that so long as we are living, mortal beings, the openings to inspire us closer into who we are, may require the light’s counterpart of darkness to never desist.
Fishtail
fortyfivedownstairs gallery 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, VictoriaUsing algorithmic processes and generative techniques, the artist explore the intricate patterns and shapes that emerge from natural phenomena like the flow of water, the growth of plants, and the cold majesty of mountains.
Climbers
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaPresented by Fever103 theatre and directed by Monique Marani, this new Australian play about a young Cambridge student’s discovery of the Night Climbers (a secret society that gathers on the rooftops) is a powerful and poignant exploration of the barriers women face in traditionally male institutions, and the strength it takes to dismantle them.
Exiles
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaBloomsday in Melbourne's annual celebration of James Joyce continues with the Victorian premiere of his only play, exploring questions key to his masterpiece 'Ulysses' (1922). If love is constrained by conventional bonds of fidelity, is it love at all?
Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaDirector Beng Oh and writer Jane Miller continue their acclaimed collaboration ('True Love Travels on a Gravel Road' and 'Cuckoo' at fortyfivedownstairs) with an adaptation of Medea for our times.
Far Away
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaFollowing the success of 'Punk Rock' at fortyfivedownstairs in 2019, Patalog Theatre returns with a new production of iconic playwright Caryl Churchill’s masterwork 'Far Away', directed by Cassandra Fumi and featuring Alison Whyte, Lucy Ansell, and Darcy Kent.
Kerosene & SIRENS
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaA double bill of Benjamin Nichol’s acclaimed plays - the multi-Green Room award-winning 'Kerosene', directed by Nichol and performed/co-directed by Izabella Yena, and the acclaimed 2022 Melbourne Fringe hit SIRENS, directed by Liv Satchell, co-created by Izabella Yena, and performed by Nichol.
Julius Caesar
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaFollowing the success of 'King Lear' at fortyfivedownstairs in 2021, Melbourne Shakespeare Company returns with the Bard’s political thriller 'Julius Caesar', directed by Richard Murphett.
Myra in Space
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaAlice Bishop directs the premiere of this new play by Bridgette Burton ('Rhonda is in Therapy'), the tragi-comic story of Myra Foreman, a woman who missed her life on earth and is now going to live it, in space.
A Dodgeball Named Desire
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaBloomshed ('Paradise Lost' presented by Darebin Speakeasy) go up against a sub-elite AFL team in an all-out Battle Royale for the heart of an aging southern belle. Think dodgeball meets Tennessee Williams in this bold creation from one of Melbourne’s most exciting new companies.
Orlando
fortyfivedownstairs theatre 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000, VictoriaThe world premiere of a bold new folk musical adaptation of Virginia Woolf's seminal novel 'Orlando', a whirlwind tale of romance and betrayal in which a young poet changes gender and lives for over 200 years. Maude Davey ('Retro Futurismus' and 'Alter Edith' at fortyfivedownstairs) directs four actor-singer-musicians in the title role.