Award winning and prolific musical director Steven Kreamer finally steps out from behind the keys in this dazzling cabaret debut, singing songs about love, songs not about love, and even songs about songs. Part of Midsumma Festival 2019.
Helpmann award winner Michael Griffiths and cabaret darling Amelia Ryan celebrate the songbooks of Aussie icons Olivia Newton-John and Peter Allen. Part of Midsumma 2019.
Hearts are on the line and everyone’s ready for a fight in Mike Bartlett’s razor-sharp comic drama. First seen in 2018, Beng Oh’s critically acclaimed production is back. Part of Midsumma Festival 2019.
What will become of our culture when the apocalypse comes? A darkly comic examination of how the stories we tell make us the people we are. Part of the 2019 VCE Drama Playlist.
A funny and experimental depiction of our monolithic, interconnected world, created by multi-award-winning artist Emma Mary Hall.
An evening to celebrate the winner of the prestigious Peter Porter Poetry Prize
Hermès welcomes you to Silk Mix – a temporary installation inspired by a record store.
Catch the excitement of the pulsing melodies that inspired musicians and composers from Brahms and Bartok, to the present day, with an ensemble of musicians touring from Hungary.
A rare opportunity to hear Liszt's cycle in its entirety, pianist Tristan Lee takes us through the composer's Italian pilgrimage.
Collide returns to fortyfivedownstairs with an exciting new program of arrangements for cello, piano and saxophone.
After a completely sold-out season, Lightning Jar Theatre is thrilled to announce the return of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play for those who missed out first time around!
An unapologetic exploration of love and addiction. Audacious. Raw. In-your-face, LOVE is a work that talks about an Australia that is rarely explored on our stages.
SHIT, winner of four Green Room Awards, returns to fortyfivedownstairs after a sold-out season in 2016.
Bloomsday in Melbourne return to fortyfivedownstairs to celebrate everything James Joyce.
Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell joins Salon Project for a beguiling concert of Songs and Dances.
Yasmin Rowe returns to fortyfivedownstairs with a stunning solo piano program ranging from the contemplative to the utmost joy and exhilaration.
Award-winning cabaret artist Benn Bennett returns to fortyfivedownstairs for one night only!
After a critically acclaimed season in 2018, Max Gillies returns to fortyfivedownstairs in Beckett's remarkable duet for solo performer and tape recorder.
Join us for a rehearsed reading of Daniel Keene's 'The Curtain' directed by Beng Oh
Following a sold-out premiere season, Sentient Theatre's 'A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf' returns, shining a light on our history with astounding relevance to contemporary society.
A powerful new cabaret featuring Yiddish songs written in the Jewish ghettos of WWII.
Dancer Tomas Arroquero and guitarist Kieren Ray work with Israeli born oud player, Yuval Ashkar, in a collaboration that revisits the Moorish connections with Flamenco in the inaugural performance of an exciting new project.
Melbourne’s award-winning, boutique opera company, Lyric, presents this Australian work about Lawrence Hargrave: explorer, engineer, inventor and the man on the twenty dollar note.
Flute, viola and guitar come together to reimagine chamber music masterpieces alongside recently penned compositions for this unique combination.
Moira Finucane, one of the world’s greatest performance chameleons, magic realist geniuses and apocalyptic rock goddesses, brings home The Rapture Chapter II in her mind-stunning party on the edge of the abyss.
The theatre transforms into a Balkan tavern that resonates with songs about love, loss, hope and despair.
Collide return to fortyfivedownstairs, joined by violinist Wilma Smith to perform one of the greatest chamber works of the 20th century
Helen Yotis Patterson, writer & performer of Taxithi: An Australian Odyssey, returns to fortyfivedownstairs for a concert of stories and songs dedicated to the Greek diaspora longing for home
Three jazz pianists. Two generations. One family. Three family members; brothers Colin and Ted Nettelbeck, and Colin’s son Alexander Nettelbeck, perform together in a return concert at fortyfivedownstairs.
The 2001 play by the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Manchester by the Sea
Green Room Award winners Jillian Murray and Laurence Strangio re-join forces to present Joan Didion’s remarkable memoir
Join us for the first development presentation of AWGIE-winning writer Katy Warner’s REFINED
From British power-house playwright, Simon Stephens, Punk Rock is a violent and urgent examination of contemporary adolescence.
One of the major works of American opera in the 21st century has its Australian premiere as part of the 2020 Midsumma Festival.
An evening of songs and scenes for bushfire relief.