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SUMMARY:Danger Danger Danger Danger Danger & Related Works
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nChelsea Hickman\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nDanger Danger Danger Danger Danger & Related Works\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]5 August – 16 August 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… [a] material exploration of the intersections of public space\, protest\, and art-making… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]\nDanger Danger Danger Danger Danger & Related Works is the first solo show devoted to artist Chelsea Hickman’s ongoing textile banner project. \n  \nCommencing in 2020\, the first work of the series – Danger Danger Danger Danger Danger – was commissioned for exhibition in a public site during pandemic lockdowns. From those circumstances of sharing and interacting with art –  both confined and exposed –  the proceeding works continue Hickman’s material exploration of the intersections of public space\, protest\, and art-making. \n  \nA maximalist bombardment of information and image – the banner project unleashes a frenzy of collaged notes\, comments\, day-dreams\, news articles\, and sloganistic calls-to-action relaying the artist’s frustrations within the fashion industry\, queerness\, and late-stage capitalism.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]\nChelsea Hickman is a contemporary artist and fashion designer from lutruwita/Tasmania\, based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her interdisciplinary practice explores abject consumerism\, fashion industry waste\, punk-feminism\, and the Anthropocene\, using found objects and textile waste as primary materials. Her work spans performance\, painting\, installation\, photography\, film\, textiles\, fashion and live art. \n  \nShe received the Open Category Award at the 2020 Woods Street Youth Art Prize for her textile work Danger Danger Danger Danger Danger\, and in 2022 was awarded Best in Category – Fashion Design at the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards. In 2023\, she facilitated workshops at the NGV for the Alexander McQueen: Mind\, Mythos\, Muse exhibition program. Her performance work DEAD STOCK premiered at Carriageworks for Performance Space in 2023 and was presented again at MOD. Gallery during the 2025 Adelaide Fringe Festival. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1753931779752-cd294b7f-dcad”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 5 August\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Miss Julie
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nCompany 16 in association with The Liminal Space and fortyfivedownstairs present\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746498290752{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nMiss Julie\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746498642456{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]31 July – 17 August 2025[/vc_column_text]BUY TICKETS BUY DINING EXPERIENCE TICKETS [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755237148579{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]PLEASE NOTE THE PERFORMANCE ON FRIDAY 15 AUGUST HAS BEEN CANCELLED \nThursday 31 July – Sunday 17 August 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 31 July and Friday 1 August\nopening night: Saturday 2 August\nduration: 90 minutes\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $30 – $55\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: Loud dynamic sounds\, sexual references\, live flame\, physical violence\, prop weapons\, dynamic lighting\, implied and depicted animal cruelty\, reference to suicide\, depiction of death.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1a8c0-b9f1″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]\n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “ surprising\, moving\, tense and emotional” – Artshub\n\n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “a riviting piece of immersive theatre before the first line is spoken” – Standing (Inn)ovation\n\n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ “Haynes has done a fine job drawing us into Strindberg’s contemporary den of iniquity and not letting go.” – The Blurb \nPower\, sex\, and class combust in the heat of a Melbourne kitchen. \nOn the eve of Greek Easter\, the daughter of a wealthy restaurateur locks horns with a brooding sous-chef after hours. As the lamb roasts and the ouzo flows\, desire and ambition boil over. \nRecent graduate Annalise Gelagotis makes her professional debut as Julie\, starring alongside acclaimed Broadway leading man Adam-Jon Fiorentino (Mary Poppins\, Saturday Night Fever) and two-time Green Room Award nominee Izabella Yena. \nIn this audacious reimagining of Strindberg’s Miss Julie\, directed by Harry Haynes (founder and Artistic Director of The Liminal Space)\, the classic is torn from its 19th-century roots and reborn in the pressure-cooker of modern fine dining\, where old hierarchies die hard and nothing stays simmering for long. \nA collision of Mediterranean rituals\, Australian ambition\, and the raw ache of longing. \nFor a full immersive experience\, dining experience tickets (ticket price includes seeing the show) offer the chance to experience Miss Julie alongside a curated menu. This exclusive Greek inspired meal and wine pairing led by Masterchef Alumni and celebrity chef Conor Curran (@creamy_confusion) brings the world of the play to life through taste\, aroma\, and atmosphere\, and includes a dessert by Niki Louca from My Greek Kitchen (@mygreekkitchen). Please check the Dining experience menu tab for more information. Patrons requiring a vegetarian option must notify us upon purchase of tickets via boxoffice@fortyfivedownstairs.com. \nPhoto by Matto Lucas \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1a8c0-b9f1″][vc_column_text css=””]Director: Harry Haynes \nCast: Annalise Gelagotis\, Adam-Jon Fiorentino & Izabella Yena  \nEnsemble: Penelope Burke\, Lucy King\, Meagan Dumbrell\, Lily Bartlett\, Nathan McGuire\, Natiya Ioniaddis\, Mimi Morrall\, Lilla Barrington\, Poppy Zanderigo\, Tristan Bell\, Obi Muller\, Lachlan Hughes & Aimee Smith \nProducers: Company 16 in association with The Liminal Space \nProduction Designer: Angelina Daniel \nLighting Designer: Georgie Wolfe \nMovement Direction: Mathew Wernham. \nAssistant Director: Pippa Thoroughgood  \nDramaturg: Will Hutchins  \nStage Manager: Ellen Perriment \nAssistant Stage Manager: Bianca Solomon  \nCompany 16 Producer: Bianca Georgievska \nAssociate Producer: Lachlan Hamill \nIntimacy Coordinator: Eve Morey \nVocal Coach: Alexandra Whitham \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1a8c0-b9f1″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $30\nFull: $55\nUnder 30: $45\nConcession: $40\nGroup 6+: $40\nDining Experience: $119 (requires a 7pm arrival Tues-Sat and a 4:30pm arrival Sun) – ticket price includes seeing the show \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Dining experience menu info” tab_id=”1752807836212-0a241f1c-8058″][vc_column_text css=””]\nThe dining experience requires a 7pm arrival for performances Tues-Sat and a 4:30pm arrival Sun. Dining experience tickets also allow you to see the show\, so no need to purchase additional regular priced tickets. \nPlease note dietary information below. The company is able to provide a vegetarian option upon request (please email boxoffice@fortyfivedownstairs.com)\, but gluten free\, dairy free and vegan options are not available. \nOlives \n\nVegan\nGluten-free\nDairy-free\nNut-free\n\nFreshly Baked Bread \n\nNot gluten-free\nNot suitable for coeliacs\nPotentially contains dairy or eggs depending on recipe\nMay not be vegan unless specified\n\nTzatziki (typically made with Greek yogurt\, cucumber\, garlic) \n\nNot vegan (contains dairy)\nGluten-free\nNot dairy-free\nNut-free\n\nAvgolemono (traditional version includes chicken broth\, egg\, lemon\, and rice or orzo) \n\nNot vegan\nNot vegetarian\nNot dairy-free\nNot suitable for egg allergies\nGluten Free\n\nGreek Sweet Treat (unspecified\, but commonly includes honey\, nuts\, phyllo pastry) by Niki Louca from My Greek Kitchen – @mygreekkitchen \n\nMay contain nuts\nMay contain gluten\nNot vegan\nNot dairy-free\n\nPaired Wine or Cocktail[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]BUY TICKETS BUY DINING EXPERIENCE TICKETS [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Chrysalis + Aberrations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nDawn Allmark & Michaela Sandberg\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nChrysalis + Aberrations\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]22 July – 2 August 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…one thing remains constant: the beauty that exists beyond our intentions and plans… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Chrysalis by Dawn Allmark \nThis collection of paintings have been thoughtfully created by delving into the realms of transformation. \nBy using a personal perspective and reaching back into the past\, I’ve been able to reflect deeply on some of my own memories. This insight has conjured a plethora of images for me\, some joyful and others more painful where I’ve been pushed to the brink of darkness. \nThese lessons have shaped who I am today and I am grateful for them as they have led me on a path of self discovery and awareness through the art of meditation. \nThis stillness has provided me with clarity\, and has brought me a new perspective that has allowed me to grow and evolve as a human being. \n“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly\, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” \nMAYA ANGELOU \n  \nAberrations by Michaela Sandberg \nIn an age ruled by screens\, where perfection can be attained through pixels\, Aberrations seeks beauty in error and the unexpected. \nThrough a process of digital exploration\, these photographs dissolve into artifacts of technological infancy. Here\, software is utilized not as a means to perfection\, but as a medium that speaks its own visual language. A language that risks extinction as technology hurdles toward idealised uniformity. \nAn aberration is a deviation. Within these deviations\, there is an invitation to welcome what was not planned for. Each image is a negotiation between control and surrender\, between the software’s pursuit of perfection and the artist’s embrace of imperfection. Aberrations critiques our desire to correct\, enhance\, and manipulate\, and serves as a reminder that\, in the midst of rapid technological evolution\, one thing remains constant: the beauty that exists beyond our intentions and plans.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artists’s Bios” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Dawn Allmark \nDawn has been a practising artist for over 30 years and is also the driving force behind Madam Frou Frou\, a successful hair & beauty salon based in Carlton\, Melbourne. With boundless energy and an infectious enthusiasm for life\, Dawn constantly strives to push back any boundaries between her and her chosen field\, and endeavours to both unite innovation with creativity. By bringing joy and inspiration to everyone she meets\, Dawn hopes to touch the viewer with her abstract paintings in such a way as to elicit a deep and meaningful response. \n  \nMichaela Sandberg \nMichaela Sandberg is a multidisciplinary artist working from Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. Through the amalgamation of disparate elements\, her work seeks to merge the traditional with the neoteric\, the human with the ethereal\, and the intimate with the monumental. Practising fine art and photography in both analogue and digital forms\, hse employs an ever-expanding range of mediums to construct her work. She embraces the exclusive opportunity of each medium independently continuing to explore the limitless potential for harmony and synthesis between them.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1750816500348-bf5fbf5c-26a5″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 22 July\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Ætheria
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nGary Smith\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nÆtheria\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]22 July – 2 August 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… [Gary Smith] distill[s] various subjects to reveal their core and dynamic nature. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Gary Smith (Naarm/Melbourne) holds a fascination with discovering the essence of being.  Over the past four decades\, his Arts practice across painting and installation-based exhibitions has distilled various subjects to reveal their core and dynamic nature. \nAetheria\, as a title for this exhibition\, came like a chance encounter.  As is typical of his work\, Gary followed that intuitive impulse\, only to discover Aetheria denotes a perspective beyond that of the earthly realms – capturing all that is celestial\, heavenly and ethereal. \nIn Greek Mythology\, Aether was the name given to the primordial God of Light and thought to be the pure essence breathed by Gods.    It is apt that this exploration of light and theosophy\, honours Aetheria. \n  \nArt is an invitation to experience the essence beyond words\,  \nto sense\, and to recognise\, what is known deep within us.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Gary Smith has been a practising artist for over 45 years\, completing a Grad Dip in Fine Art painting through RMIT in 1983\, and a Master of Philosophy in Fine Art (Painting) through ANU in 2005. He is currently living and working in Melbourne. \nHis exhibition history includes 20 solo exhibitions and many group shows. \nSmith has been a finalist in art prizes including the Archibald Art Prize\, Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize and the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize. \nHis work has primarily been landscape-based\, usually through a lens that focuses on the essence of the subject\, resulting in an abstract representation that invites the viewer’s resonant interpretation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1750816396890-125289f5-79a5″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 22 July\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:RUMBLESKIN
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nDirty Pennies Theatre Project presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745903122119{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nRUMBLESKIN by Ames May Nunn\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746848292561{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]17 – 27 July 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1753345586153{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 17 July – Sunday 27 July 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 17 July\nopening night: Friday 18 July\nduration: 95 minutes\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $49\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: Strobe\, haze\, herbal Cigarettes\, imitation firearms\, strong language\, religious iconography\, dynamic sound & lighting\, partial nudity[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f17f22-c741″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Wanna know what it feels like? When it happens? First you feel a rumble… \nA trucker picks up a pregnant teen on a long stretch of nowhere. A young rodeo rider stumbles into a mysterious ranch. A fugitive comes to a cursed town in search of safety. An affliction known as the RUMBLESKIN is stretching itself across the country. \nNo one knows how it began\, but everyone has a story about it. \nRUMBLESKIN is a new queer folk tale exploring transformation in a strange and dangerous land. \nPhoto by Laura May Grogan \nSupported by the City of Melbourne \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f17f22-c741″][vc_column_text css=””]CAST \nRunaway & Rancher: Cassidy Dunn \nDitch & Preacher: Luke Wiltshire \nRodeo Ruth & Officer: Michelle Perera \nTrucker\, Young Scratch & Stranger: Sunanda Sachatrakul \nCelia & Preacher’s Daughter: Ziggy Resnick \n  \nCREATIVES \nWriter: Ames May Nunn \nDirector: Alonso Pineda \nDramaturg: Mark Pritchard \nProducer & Production Manager: Seamus Allan \nSet & Costume Designer: Sam Diamond \nDesign Assistant: Maisie-Mae Minors \nLighting Designer: Giovanna Yate Gonzalez \nComposer: Jacob Diamond \nSound Technician: Kevan Atkins \nPhotographer: Laura May Grogan \nGraphic Designer: Louis Green \nCasting Consultant: Rhys Velasquez[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f17f22-c741″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $35\nFull: $49\nConcession: $39\nGroup 6+: $39\nUnder 30s: $29 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/rumbleskin/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:Emerging Artist Award 2025
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The prize recipients were announced at opening night on Tuesday 8th July at 6:00pm. Special thanks to guest judge Anthony White\, Head of the Art History and Art Curatorship Program at the University of Melbourne. \nThe First Prize of $2\,000 was awarded to Steph Everett for their artwork backseat of a commodore. \nThe Second Prize of $1\,000 was awarded to Ruby Li for their artwork I Wish I Knew Anything At All. \nSpecial mentions: family portrait by JJ Le\, Barbie by Rhys Parkinson\, Open\, Into space. by Yiming Wang\, Lost in Translation by Vanessa Vun \nAdditionally\, the People’s Choice Award gave the public the chance to vote for their favourite work\, with the winner recieving an artist prize pack donated by Liquitex and Jasart. The People’s Choice Award was awarded to Claudia Peck for their artwork Graceful Weeping Tree.  \nCongratulations to all of the 2025 finalists! \nAlexis Orosa\, Anastasia Comelli\, Bec Smith\, Cate Laidler\, Claudia Peck\, Daniel McAuley\, Emme Southey\, Fiona Davey\, Hazel Lanyon\, Holly Hunt\, Indy Heath\, Jacinta Maude\, Jent Do\, Jesslyn Murphy\, JJ Le\, Justin Legaspi\, Kylie Jayne\, Natalie G Daskalou\, Rhys Parkinson\, Ruby Li\, Samira Khadivizand\, Sophia Slaney-Marsch\, Steph Everett\, Sze Yek\, Vanessa Vun\, Yiming Wang\, Zahra O’Dea\, Zoe Kamarinos. \nThese works will be shown for a two-week exhibition from 8 July – 19 July 2025 held across our two gallery spaces at 45 Flinders Lane. \nThe Emerging Artist Award 2025 is proudly supported by Equity Trustees Charitable Foundation – The Cuming Bequest\, Future Leaders\, Terry Swann\, Bambra Press and MSC Signs\, Fourth Wave Wine\, as well as Liquitex and Jasart. \n            [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_btn title=”EMERGING ARTIST AWARD 2025 CATALOGUE” color=”warning” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F07%2FEAA25-Catalogue-1.pdf”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_btn title=”Find out more about the history of the Emerging Artist Award” color=”black” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Femerging-artist-award%2F”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Conditions of Entry” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]1. Entrants are to be in the early stages of their career\n2. The Award is open to Australian residents\n3. Winners from previous years are ineligible\n4. Maximum of two entries per artist\, with one artwork per entry\n5. The entry fee is $30 per artwork. This is non-refundable\n6. Artworks must be complete at the time of submission\n7. Selection of artworks will depend on the ability of the gallery to accommodate installation\n8. Successful entrants must provide materials and relevant equipment to install their artworks\n9. All artworks must be available for sale (20% commission payable to fortyfivedownstairs on all sales)\n10. Entrants must submit this form along with a one-page supporting statement\, an artist CV and up to 3 high-resolution images of the artwork via online webform\, email (to gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com) or USB. (NB. Images must be no larger than 9MB in total)\n11. Entrants submit their work with the knowledge that they are committing to the below dates:\nDeadline for submissions: Monday 19 May 2025\, 5pm\nArtwork delivery: Saturday 5 July 2025\, 12pm – 5pm\nExhibition: 8 July to 19 July 2025\nUnsold works collected: 20 July 2025\, 12pm – 5pm\n12. The judge’s decision regarding the award recipient is final\n13. Successful and unsuccessful entrants will be notified Tuesday 3 June\, and physical proposals cannot be returned\n14. The final decision regarding eligibility resides with fortyfivedownstairs. All works must be in sound condition on arrival. fortyfivedownstairs reserves the right to withdraw shortlisted works if deemed unsuitable for display for any reason at our discretion. Due care will be taken whilst the works are at fortyfivedownstairs. No responsibility will be taken by fortyfivedownstairs for any loss or damage.\n15. fortyfivedownstairs reserves the right to use selected finalists’ work for promotional purposes[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1744777759101-b0fc1fff-4ee2″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 8 July\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/emerging-artist-award-2025/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Smokescreen
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nBare Witness Theatre Company\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745290757947{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]Smokescreen by Christopher Samuel Carroll[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745290775697{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]8 – 13 July 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1749689960117{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Tuesday 8 – Sunday 13 July\n\nopening night: Tuesday 8 July\nduration: 90 minutes\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $45\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: References to death\, addiction\, smoking-related illnesses\, racism and climate change. Please be aware that herbal cigarettes are smoked during this performance.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f19332-677f” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]\n\nA razor-sharp powerplay about the dark arts of marketing behind climate denial. \nIt’s 1977. Glenn has a crisis on his hands. He’s had a successful career as a marketing exec. for a major Oil company\, selling the fuel for the American Dream. Now he’s waking up to the damage it’s doing to the climate. In a secret meeting he consults with Bud\, a slick young talent from the Tobacco industry\, to figure out how to sell a toxic product – and how to live with yourself if you succeed. \nCompelling\, unnerving\, and piercingly relevant\, Smokescreen is a psychologically-charged battle of wits that unpicks how the climate crisis we face today was shaped by the invisible hands of Ad Men. Searing performances by Damon Baudin and C.S. Carroll ignite a pressure-cooker of manipulation\, morality\, and earth-shattering choices about controlling the narrative while the planet burns. \n“It’s the job of the arts to challenge and confront\, especially in difficult times. This is a power struggle played out under the flight paths. The stakes are the survival of the planet.” – Canberra Times \nPhoto by Novel Photographic \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f19332-677f”][vc_column_text css=””]Writer/Director: Christopher Samuel Carroll \nPerformers: Christopher Samuel Carroll and Damon Baudin \nLighting Designer: Antony Hateley and Ash Basham[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f19332-677f”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nFull: $45\nConcession: $35\nGroup 6+: $35 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/smokescreen/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Sluts on Fire!
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nfortyfivedownstairs and Alexandra Aldrich present\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746065122865{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nSluts on Fire! – A Creative Development Showing\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746064580384{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]Thursday 3 July[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″]G_JEFFORD \n[/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746065147617{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 3 July\n\nduration: TBC\nticket price: $25\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: TBC[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f155b1-9ce8″][vc_column_text css=””]\nOne night only! \nStep into the awe inspiring and intimate splendour of a 1600s candle-lit playhouse as Alexandra Aldrich unveils the first iteration of her radical\, female-centric reimagining of John Ford’s wildly controversial work ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore. \nAn exploration of classic text\, physical theatre\, live opera\, outrageous historically inspired fashion\, and an opulent yet haunting reflection of our current world lit entirely by flame. \nTake a rare glimpse into a work partway through its creation – as our concepts and designs for a company dedicated to bringing reframed classic texts to life by candlelight comes together for the very 1st time! \nThis is not just a development showing — it’s the beginning of a theatrical rebellion. \nText reclaimed. Theatre reignited. Join us. \nAdapted & Directed by: Alexandra Aldrich\nLighting Design: Lisa Mibus\nSound Design: Rachel Lewindon & Joachim Coghlan\nWith: Briony Farrell\, Zak Pidd\, Lily Fish\, Michelle Perera\, Darcy Kent\, & Victoria Haslam. \nSupported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants \nPhoto by George Jefford \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f155b1-9ce8″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nAll tickets: $25 \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $3.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/sluts-on-fire/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:Happy-Go-Wrong
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nAndi Snelling presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730248768227{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nHappy-Go-Wrong\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730248981986{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]25 – 29 June 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1750135723794{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]25 – 29 June 2025\n\nduration: 65 minutes\nopening night & post show Q&A: Thursday 26 June\ntimes:\nWednesday – Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $45 + booking fee\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: Nudity\, low level flashing lights\, haze \na note on access: fortyfivedownstairs has level access to the theatre space only (via Spark Lane\, off Flinders street). The gallery\, where the box office is located\, is only accessible by stairs. If you are coming to Happy-Go-Wrong and require ground level access\, please contact us. We need to know 24 hours before the event in question\, or by 5pm on Friday if it is a weekend event. Click HERE for further access info. \npost show Q&A: Thursday 26 June \nAuslan interpreted show: Friday 27 June[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f13b96-d5cd” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Powerhouse performer Andi Snelling is in the fight of her life\, stuck behind ‘the fourth wall.’ Little does she know\, she is about to orchestrate her own rescue and return to the stage with a second chance at life. \nBased on the true story of a life-changing tick bite\, Happy-Go-Wrong is a visceral physical theatre odyssey that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and preciousness of life. Showcasing Snelling’s unstoppable no-holds-barred performance style\, this rollercoaster show aligns the personal with the universal\, and makes visible the invisible experience of chronic illness like you’ve never seen before. \nWith unflinching rawness\, gut-punching comedy and a heavenly twist\, Happy-Go-Wrong blends clowning\, poetic existentialism\, otherworldly movement and rollerskating with a spellbinding brown paper set that moves with Andi in striking visual metaphor. \nIn a remarkable parallel journey to Andi’s own recovery from Lyme disease\, Happy-Go-Wrong truly is the little show that could. Since its humble beginnings at Melbourne Fringe 2019\, it has garnered five awards\, countless standing ovations\, 5-star reviews\, and toured main stages across Australia. Now in its ninth season\, this “highlight of the year” (The Age) returns to Melbourne for one very special homecoming that is not to be missed. \n★★★★★ “A necessary show” – The Advertiser\n★★★★★ “Phenomenal. One of the best physical theatre works I’ve seen” – The Guardian\n★★★★★ “Pushes the boundaries and bravely bares her soul” – InDaily\n★★★★★ “Life-affirming” – Barefoot Review (#4 of Top Ten Theatre Shows in South Australia\, 2022)\n“A love of life might not have been better depicted on stage” – Witness Performance \nImage by Cameron Grant \nSupported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f13b96-d5cd”][vc_column_text css=””]\nCreated\, Performed & Produced by Andi Snelling \nOriginal Development Direction by Danielle Cresp \nDramaturgical Support by Fiona Scott-Norman \nSound by Caleb Garfinkel \nLighting by Sidney Younger \nTech Operated/Stage Managed by Jacinta Anderson \nProduction Support by Ezel Doruk[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f13b96-d5cd”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nFull: $45\nConcession: $35\nGroup 6+: $35\nRestricted view (only available for purchase at the door): $30 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $3.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:79 BANKSIAS
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nAthenie Leckey\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\n79 BANKSIAS\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]24 June – 5 July 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…each banksia on display shows the simplistic essence of how particular species differ from others… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Athenie Leckey’s interpretive acrylic painting series of 79 Banksias began its journey in the early stages of the pandemic but became a serious focus after discovering the book ‘BANKSIAS’\, written by Kevin & Kathy Collins and Alex George (2nd Ed.\, 2020). Her illustrative stylized banksias are painted in accordance to the flower spikes and leaf information diligently recorded by the authors. The seed cones are a point of colourful whimsy and the backgrounds acknowledge the land these beautiful plants were created in. \nThe artist’s interest was piqued on realising that a banksia was not just a shrub with yellow tubular shaped flowers and saw tooth leaves. Banksias are trees\, shrubs\, prostrates and ground cover. Flower spikes range from about 3cm high to 40cm\, most are upright but some are pendulous\, they can have a vertical axis\, be round or have cone shaped clusters\, and range in colour from green to creams\, yellows\, oranges\, reds & to purples. Leaves can be ivy shaped\, feathered like a fern\, saw-toothed\, finely serrated\, linear\, oblong\, obovate or elliptical and sized from a few millimetres to 50cm. Each banksia on display shows the simplistic essence of how particular species differ from others.  All 79 species are displayed in this exhibition.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Athenie Leckey came to art officially while studying an Advanced Diploma Of Visual Arts after many years studying and working in areas of Health and Education. Crafting was a powerful family influence and she looks at acrylic painting as an extension of all that has come before. \nAthenie has participated in many group exhibitions since her first student exhibitions in 2018. This is her first solo exhibition.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1744777618188-926c0421-347c”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 24th June\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Circe's Carnival of Vice
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nBloomsday in Melbourne presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1742860606207{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nCirce’s Carnival of Vice\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1743652186092{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]Wednesday 11 June – Sunday 22 June 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1749718405539{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]11 – 22 June 2025\n\npreview: Wednesday 11 June\nopening night: Thursday 12 June\nduration: 90 minutes\ntimes:\nThursday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSaturday & Sunday 4:00pm\nMonday 16 June (Bloomsday) 7:30pm\nticket price: $37 – $49\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: References to suicide \nClick HERE to read the program[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1c918-fe1a” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Do you dare join us to descend into James Joyce’s fevered dreamscape? When men fall under the spell of Circe\, what can they become? Prepare yourself for a wild carnival ride of surreal hallucinations exploring the outer realms of gender identity and sexuality in Dublin 1904 – an over-the-top world of music\, laughter… and vice. Gritty\, moving\, uproarious and outrageous: you may never be the same![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1c918-fe1a”][vc_column_text css=””]Cast: Eric Moran\, Ryan Haran\, Kelly Nash\, Kim Devitt\, Dan Boyle\, Eli Biernoff-Giles\, Veronicka Devlin\, and Mitchell Bell \nDirector: Wayne Pearn \nDramaturg: Steve Gome \nLighting Designer: Stelios Karagiannis \nCostume Designer: Zachary Dixon \nMusical Director: Felix Meagher \nStage Manager: Frankie Lupton[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1c918-fe1a”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $37\nFull: $49\nConcession: $44\nGroup 6+: $44 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $3.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Endless Drawing
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMichael Fikaris\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nEndless Drawing\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]10 June – 21 June 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…an opportunity to see many of [Michael Fikaris’] automatic drawings together in one place with a selection of recent paintings\, prints\, sketchbooks… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Exhibition Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]Endless Drawing is a new exhibition of automatic drawings inspired by a recent trip to the Wakka Wakka regions (Bunya Mountains\, QLD).\nWhile my art practice moves through many techniques\, it begins most days\, outside with nature\, automatically drawing onto paper. \nAutomatic drawing\, also known as automatism in art\, is a technique where artists suppress conscious control over the creative process\, allowing the unconscious mind to guide the drawing. \nFor this exhibition\, I will be revealing processes as part of these automatism techniques\, installing a mural in the gallery\, beginning Monday June 9\, viewable while in progress that week until opening night of Friday June 13. \nThis is an opportunity to see many of these automatic drawings together in one place with a selection of recent paintings\, prints\, sketchbooks made from this same process.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Michael Fikaris is an independent Australian artist working at a practice that includes illustration\, printmaking and painting. Whether creating a small book or a public mural\, each project is considered an opportunity to connect with people and place. Themes of regeneration and change run throughout the confident and prolific output of this experiential artist. \nFikaris has shown widely in Australia and undertaken residencies in France\, Portugal\, Indonesia and Greece. His work is collected in the National Gallery of Victoria (Living Artists Collection)\, State Library of Victoria (Artists’ Books Collection) and National Gallery of Australia (Book Arts Collection).[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1747796971968-e12a17a9-b62c”][vc_column_text css=””]Mural Installation \nTuesday 10 June: 12-5pm \nWednesday 11 June: 12-7pm \n  \nOpening celebration \nFriday 13 June\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Drawing Space: minus and plus
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nSuzanne .k. Franklin\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nDrawing Space: minus and plus\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]10 June – 21 June 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…negotiat[ing] the complexities of space\, time\, and the emotive power of colour and image… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Drawing Space: minus and plus\, a collection of small-scale drawings by Perth based artist Suzanne .k. Franklin (aka sue.k.). \nWith the intent to open the experience of viewing to one that’s unhindered by narrative\, each work exhibited as part of Drawing Space: minus and plus depicts a sphere\, or spheres\, and a horizon line only. While minimal in what is presented\, these\, along with the surface marks found in most\, become the tools to negotiate the complexities of space\, time\, and the emotive power of colour and image. Conventional means with which to apply narrative are negated leaving nothing but a pure experience of what is before\, the material substance of the work. \nThe approach taken in the production of these works\, and the framing choice specific to the aesthetics\, lead to a blurring of multiple boundaries. Layering of colours and marks in a similar way found with painting leave the boundary between drawing and painting precarious and in question. This is compounded by the choice to frame to the edge of the work without the traditional mounting on matboard found with drawings\, while still placing the work under glass\, as is traditional in drawing work. The antiquated wide scoop style of the dark timber frame with its high edge lends itself to a removal of temporal positioning\, a removal of time. This is further enhanced with the absence of narrative in the pictorial space and the painterly approach to application of the medium\, they too allow a positioning of time and experience of space that is not now. Yet in contrast\, the abstract presentation of sphere and line heralds modernity and brings in to play a tension between contemporary and bygone and unveils a dichotomy within the work.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]ABOUT \nSuzanne .k. Franklin originally trained as an artist at Claremont School of Art\, Western Australia\, graduating in 1992 with a Major in Sculpture and a Minor in Painting\, though her forté has always been drawing. Since then\, she has maintained an ongoing practice focussed on sculpture\, drawing\, and experimental video work\, as well as performance pieces. Much of this work has been conducted under the name of sue.k with a return to using her full birth name\, Suzanne Franklin\, taking place in 2012. For more than three decades her work has been shown across Australia\, UK\, US\, Europe\, and Asia. \nEDUCATION\nMaster of Fine Art by Research (UWA)\, Bachelor of Arts (UWA)\, Diploma of Art & Design (Claremont School of Art)\,\nCertificate of Art and Design (Rockingham T.A.F.E.) \nSOLO EXHIBITIONS\n2025 Upcoming 10th – 21st June 2025\, Drawing Space\, (Drawing) Forty-Five Downstairs\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2024 Drawing Space\, (Drawing) Mundaring Arts Centre\, Mundaring\, Western Australia\n2012 The place where I work\, eat and sleep\, (Drawing) Apte\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2009 Beneath the Banks of the Thames River\, (Digital photographic images)\, The Hanging Space\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2009 2009_on Plenty Road\, (Drawing)\, The Hanging Space\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2008 London\, The Hanging Space\, (Drawing)\, Melbourne\, Australia\n2003 figuring time frames: a programme of experimental screen work by sue.k. (Experimental Video)\, The Black Box at The Bakery\, Perth\, Western Australia\n1998 “fifty ways to find your lover”\, (Painting)\, Perth Galleries\n1995 “A wet fish and The romance”\, (Drawing\, Sculpture)\, Perth Galleries \nSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS\n2023-2024: The Language of Colour\, Mundaring Arts Centre\, Mundaring Western Australia. 2023: Omnia Art Prize shortlisted\,\nMelbourne. 2019: Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award shortlisted\, Lethbridge Gallery\, Brisbane. 2012: Conservatory of\nSingular Specimens Bolin Gallery\, Bulleen\, Victoria 2011-2012: Artists’ Salon\, Collingwood Gallery\, Melbourne. 1997:\nGomboc Sculptural Survey\, Gomboc Gallery. 1996 Gomboc Sculptural Survey\, Gomboc Gallery. 1995: Stilled Vessels\, Perth\nGalleries; Gomboc Sculptural Survey\, Gomboc Gallery. 1994: Catz-n-Dogs Perth; Devour Bridge at the Maltings; Gomboc\nSculptural Prize\, Gomboc Gallery; Bauhaus to Birdhouse\, Perth Galleries. 1993: Something for Everyone\, Perth Galleries; So\nMany Possibilities\, Perth Galleries; Creative Disorder\, Artshouse; Telecom Acquisition\, Telecom Building. 1992: Sue.K./Gail\nMason – Graduate Exhibition\, C.S.A. Gallery; Portrait Show\, Bridge Gallery; Inaugural Telecom Acquisition\, Telecom Building.\n1991: Across the Park\, Artplace Gallery; Please BE Seated\, W.A. Museum; Contained Energy\, Artshouse; Wearable Art\nExhibition\, Bridge Gallery; Gomboc Sculptural Prize\, Gomboc Gallery. \nSCREENINGS\n2021: Fields of View\, The Others\, London. 2019: Alternate Frames Cineinfinito #92\, Barcelona. 2016 Carte Blanche À\nNanolab Light Cone\, Paris. 2012: KLEX Kuala Lumpar Experimental Film and Video Festival\, Malaysia 2011: Silence of\nPolitics\, cogcollective\, The BAck doOR\, Melbourne; Incounter\, The Bussey Building\, London 2010: EXiS 2010 Festival\, Seoul\,\nSouth Korea; Materialities of the Moving Image\, Exploring Artist’s Moving Image Lecture Series\, Anolfini\, Bristol; From A to B\n– the Journeys and Reflections of a Decade Past\, cogcollective\, The BAck doOR\, Melbourne. 2009: Not Past Its Use By Date\,\ncogcollective\, Melbourne\, Australia Back And Forth\, And All Over Again\, James Taylor Gallery\, London; Fractured Light\,\ncogcollective\, London; Lines of Travel___\, cogcollective\, Melbourne\, Australia 2008: Lines of Travel___\, cogcollective\,\nBrisbane\, Australia; Shifting Latitudes\, cogcollective\, Daylesford\, Australia 2006: Shifting Latitudes\, cogcollective\, London;\nLHU Artists’ Film Festival\, Liverpool 2005:Rencontrés Internationales Paris/Berlin; Festival International du Film d’Amiens\,\nAmiens\, France; Microprocesses\, Island Film and Video Festival\, London 2004: Rencontrés Internationales Paris/Berlin ; 17th\nWest Australian Screen Awards 2003: Time-lapse\, The Bread Box at The Bakery\, Perth\, Western Australia; “Elastic” National\nTouring Exhibition\, Centre for Contemporary Photography\, (various venues) Australia; figuring time frames: a programme of\nexperimental screen work by sue.k. The Black Box at The Bakery\, Perth\, WA.; 16th West Australian Screen Awards (Nominated\nfor Best Experimental Production); Another Planet\, Robert Beck Memorial\, New York & Chicago Video Data Bank\, Chicago.\n2002: Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain\, Strassbourg; omsk\, London/Bristol; West Australian Experimental Screen Work\,\n291 Gallery\, London; 15th West Australian Screen Awards (Awarded Best Experimental Production); San Francisco Art Institute\,\nSan Francisco. 2001: Light Reading\, 291 Gallery\, London. 2000: Figuring Space\, Film and Television Institute of Western\nAustralia; 14th West Australian Screen Awards. \nPERFORMANCE\n2010: Equilibrium of the Tactile The BAckdoOR Melbourne. 2009: Black Texture The BAckdoOR Melbourne. 2009: Dialogue\,\nPhrasing\, Syllable The BAckdoOR Melbourne. 2008: flickers of movement: an evening of film and dance The BAckdoOR\nMelbourne. 1992: Quiet: a crisp execution PICA Perth \nAWARDS\n2004: Best Experimental Production\, West Australian Screen Awards. 2003: nominated Best Experimental Production\, West\nAustralian Screen Awards. 2002: Best Experimental Production\, West Australian Screen Awards. 1993: Commendation\nAcquisition Award\, Telecom State Art Competition. 1980: First Place\, State Youth Art Competition\, PWP Western Australia.\nThird Place\, State Youth Art Competition\, PWP Western Australia[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1744777510105-bed3e11e-11a0″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 10th June\, 5-7pm \n  \nArtist in attendance on both Saturdays  \nSaturday 14th June\, 12-4pm \nSaturday 21st June\, 12-4pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Fat Pig: The Opera
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nBK Opera and Forest Collective present\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730938519797{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nFat Pig: The Opera – music by Matt Boehler and libretto by Miriam Gordon-Stewart\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730783916152{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]5 – 8 June 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1748928857314{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]5 – 8 June 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 5 June – Please note that this preview performance has been cancelled. All other performances will go ahead as scheduled. \nopening night: Friday 6 June\nduration: 90 minutes\ntimes:\nThursday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $70 + booking fee\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: strong language\, partial nudity and loud noise[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f19b58-ae10″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? \nTom faces just that question when he falls for Helen\, a bright\, funny\, sexy young woman who happens to be plus-sized—and then some. As Tom faces the taunts and judgment of his peers\, Fat Pig questions whether anyone can really see past the surface. \nAdapted from Neil LaBute’s award-winning 2004 play\, by Australian librettist Miriam Gordon-Stewart and American composer\, Matt Boehler\, this black comedy examines the nature of beauty and attraction\, revealing the operatic reserves of human truth that lie beneath the surface of a workplace rom-com. \nImage by Cameron Grant \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f19b58-ae10″][vc_column_text css=””]CAST\nTom: Michael Honeyman\nHelen: Amanda Windred\nCarter: Daniel Szesiong Todd\nJeannie: Belinda Dalton \nFOREST COLLECTIVE\nKaren Chen\, clarinet\, bass clarinet\nRyan Lynch\, clarinet\, bass clarinet\nAlexander Meagher\, percussion\nZac Johnston\, violin\nAlex Macdonald\, viola\nRosanne Hunt\, cello \nCREATIVES\nMusic Director: Evan J Lawson\nDirector: Kate Millett\nSet Designer: Max Bowyer\nLighting Designer: Gabriel Bethune\nCostume Designer: Oliver Hall\nIntimacy Coordinator: Cohan\nStage Manager: Ella Campbell[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f19b58-ae10″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview Full: $50\nPreview Concession: $40\nFull: $70\nConcession: $50\nGroup 6+: $50\nFirst Nations and under 30s: $35 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $3.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:RITUAL OF THE SENSES
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nSteve Leadbeater\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nRITUAL OF THE SENSES\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]27 May – 7 June 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…the work remains concerned with energy\, contrast and inner beauty. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]When I’m creating I get lost in a ritual of the senses. I see flashes of shapes and colours\, it’s like music is passing through me\, the aromas of paint and incense hang in the air\, I sip tea and I feel surfaces and materials collide as marks are made. I’m always trying to capture and share that spirit. \nMy subjects change\, but the work remains concerned with energy\, contrast and inner beauty. \nThis body of work celebrates the process of its own creation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]I create with wild brutality\, like an intuitive child or a mysterious prehistoric culture. The work is about energy\, contrasts and inner beauty. \nI’ve exhibited my work since the early ‘90s\, but my prolific practice has endured for over 50 years. \nAlthough I have a reputation for polarising audiences with dangerous work\, I’m not out to shock. I’m out to connect. \nhttps://steveleadbeater.com/[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1743575839967-1ec93f43-b305″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nFriday 30 May\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Exhibition Catalogue” color=”inverse” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F05%2FRitual-of-the-senses-catalogue-05.pdf”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:fragmentum
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nBrenton Hill\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nfragmentum\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]27 May – 7 June 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…What do our minds recall and our hearts remember? \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]What do we remember – are our memories reliable and true? \nCould the remnants\, those pieces left behind\, be the most meaningful? Pain\, joy or beauty for ashes? \nThese images are fragments of memories; broken and abstract\, viewed through the window of my internal room. \nWhat do our minds recall and our hearts remember?[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Brenton Hill is a South Australian artist\, who works out of his studio in the Adelaide Hills. \nHe attended The South Australian School of Art\, Central School of Art and TAFE SA in Adelaide\, South Australia. \nFor over 35 years his art practice worked in tandem with being a graphic designer. \nThe ‘Act of Painting’ is the impetus behind his work – drawings becoming paintings – paintings become drawings. \nThe unsaid\, a suggestion. \nThe relationship between a memory\, an emotion\, a thought – disruption\, hesitation and maybe silence – evolving and manifesting itself on the surface of the work. \nTo feel a forgotten memory. \n  \n“Art is not always about pretty things \nIt’s about who we are \nWhat happened to us \nHow our lives are affected \nAnd how we can be healed”. \n(Adapted from Elizabeth Broun) \n  \n  \nSocial Media \nInstagram: brentonhillartist \n  \n  \nEXHIBITIONS \n‘Home’ – The Main Gallery\, Adelaide SA\, 2023. \n‘The Artist’s Voice’ – Gallery One Mitcham SA\, 2023. \n‘Residuum – Ink\, Blood and Memories’ – The Main Gallery\, Adelaide SA\, 2022. \nThe Artist’s Voice – Kadina Regional Gallery SA\, 2021. \nThe Artist’s Voice – Stationmaster’s Art Gallery\, Strathalbyn SA\, 2021. \nThe Artist’s Voice – Hahndorf Academy Gallery SA\, 2020. \nThe Artist’s Voice – Port Pirie Regional Art Gallery SA\, 2019. \nThe Artist’s Voice – South Coast Regional Arts Centre\, Goolwa SA\, 2019. \nCross Hatch – Easter Exhibitions\, Hills Baptist Church\, Aldgate SA\, 2015\, 2016\, 2017\, 2018.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1743575754875-b1502b2a-87e2″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nFriday 30 May\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:ENDGAMES
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nfortyfivedownstairs presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730874780247{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nENDGAMES: Three short works by Hibberd\, Beckett and Chekhov\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730874862402{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]22 May – 1 June 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1747966782124{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 22 May – Sunday 1 June 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 22 May\nopening night: Friday 23 May\nduration: 90 minutes including interval\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $39 – $59 + booking fee\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: These plays present behaviour that is culturally intolerant\, patronising and chauvinistic\, misogynistic\, cruel and coercive. There are also references to suicide and self-harm \nprogram: Click HERE to read the ENDGAMES program[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f10b0d-6298″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Following the acclaimed and twice sold-out Krapp’s Last Tape\, legendary performer Max Gillies will again collaborate with director Laurence Strangio (L’amante anglaise\, The Year of Magical Thinking) on another foray into “wistfulness\, embarrassment\, desire and regret” (The Age\, 2018). \nBringing together monologues by Jack Hibberd\, Samuel Beckett and Anton Chekhov\, ENDGAMES is a bittersweet elegy to posterity and obsession. A resolute recluse declares his bequest\, a shabby paramour is haunted by his past\, a beleaguered husband attempts a public lecture… \nRanging from farce to melancholy\, Max Gillies brings his particular tragicomic affinity to these desperate existential vignettes. \n★★★★★ “If you care about acting\, rush to see Max Gillies in this.” (The Age review of Krapp’s Last Tape\, 2018) \nFeaturing voice work by Jillian Murray (L’amante anglaise\, The Year of Magical Thinking)\, with sound design by Darius Kedros (Krapp’s Last Tape\, The Year of Magical Thinking) and lighting design by Richard Vabre (Milked\, POTUS).  \nClick HERE to read the ENDGAMES program \nImage by Cameron Grant[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f10b0d-6298″][vc_column_text css=””]Performer: Max Gillies \nGuest Artist: Jillian Murray \nDirector: Laurence Strangio \nSound Designer: Darius Kedros \nLighting Designer: Richard Vabre \nSet & Costume Designer: Jason Lehane \nVideographer: Milo Strangio \nStage Manager: Shane Grant \nAssistant Stage Manager: Sunday Bowes[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f10b0d-6298″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $39\nFull: $59\nConcession: $49\nGroup 6+: $49 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:I've Been Curious About Daffodils Lately
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SUMMARY:45 Letterbox Landscapes at 45
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nEdward Coleridge\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\n45 Letterbox Landscapes at 45\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]13 May – 24 May 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\nThe real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes – Marcel Proust \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]At harvest time great monuments of straw bales appear on the stubble in Wadawurrung country in the paddocks of Western Victoria. \nAt sunset or noon they seem mystically ancient but are entirely transient\, soon fork-lifted away to haysheds\, while others linger on. \nThe 1 to 4 horizontal format enhances the composition of the landscape\, and\, in the city\, focuses the details of the towers competing for attention. \nIt was the free-thinking Dutch who were the first to paint landscape\, a Dutch word in origin\, when they had no landscape to speak of. They had to drain the sea to make a country to live in. \nHitherto landscapes had served as scenery for mythological and religious subjects. Jacob van Ruysdael established the oevre in the 17thcentury with a long career essentially painting the weather.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Bio” tab_id=”1741934322509-588ba325-069f”][vc_column_text css=””]Edward Coleridge trained and practised as an architect in the UK until\, on a trip to South America\, he held an exhibition of Chilean landscapes in Santiago. On return he enlisted in the City and Guilds of London Art School whose Principal was the landscape painter\, Roger de Grey\, the then President of the Royal Academy. \nOn graduating in 1987 Edward joined the First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage in Mauritius for the leg across the Indian Ocean and was fortunate to crew on the brigantine\, Soren Larsen\, where he found that a sailing ship and its crew (and attendant albatrosses) a constant supply of subject matter. \nWhen becalmed in the Doldrums he had the strange experience of re-enacting a scene from his ancestor’s epic poem The Ancient Mariner\, was while able to sketch the replica of the motionless Bounty nearby\, literally illustrating the line from his ancestor’s epic poem The Ancient Mariner.  \nThe galleon lay motionless\, literally: ‘as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean’. \nThe crew cheerfully him blamed for the delay. Next day a breeze bringing the first serene albatross. \nEdward engaged in a Masters study of the landscape of western Victoria at a time when the long out-of-fashion works of Eugene von Guerard were being rediscovered. This happened just as every view the German artist painted in the Western District of Victoria was about to play host to a wind farm\, the vast white turbines providing a perversely paintable subject matter. \nA fascination with mapping\, and missing the revealing style of the Ordnance Survey maps of the UK\, led to a PhD Study of Major Thomas Mitchell’s maps and artwork at Federation University\, titled Mapping Australia Felix. It centred on the Surveyor of General of NSW‘s Journal of his 1836 expedition when he ‘discovered’ Western Victoria and\, enraptured by the “completely uninhabited region”\, dubbed the region Australia Felix. \nEdward’s paintings study the rural landscape on the eastern side of the so called Western District as where the Great Dividing Range officially ends at Mount Misery\, as well as\, in contrast\, the contemporary cityscapes of Melbourne. \nThe concept of ‘Letterbox Landscapes’ was first exhibited at QDOS gallery in Lorne in January 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1743575653024-f7087076-ecd8″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 13 May\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nfortyfivedownstairs in association with Coady Green presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1731380011535{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nChamber Music Festival 2025\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1731380033185{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]6 – 18 May 2025[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1740624031763{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]6 – 18 May 2025\n\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSaturday 4pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $32 – $49 + booking fee\nbookings: 03 9662 9966[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f124c8-0e5c” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=”” font_weight=”normal”]To purchase tickets for any of the following events\, just click the blue title for each. For package deals to see three or more concerts\, click on the following links: \nThree concert package – $21 off full price tickets\nFour concert package – $33 off full price tickets\nFive concert package – $40 off full price tickets\nBeethoven marathons – $10 off full price tickets\nMichael Leslie package – $10 off full price tickets \n\nEgmont – Prometheus \nTuesday 6 May – 7:30pm \nPianists Coady Green and Ian Munro unite for an electrifying opening night of virtuosic grandeur and dramatic power. \nThis thrilling program features Carl Czerny’s rarely heard arrangements of Beethoven’s Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus and the heroic Egmont\, scored for two pianos and narrator\, with the incomparable actor Paul English. \nThe evening also includes dazzling two-piano masterpieces by Liszt and Saint-Saëns\, rounding out a program of theatrical flair\, pianistic brilliance\, and revolutionary spirit. \n\nThe Crossing Machine with Jordan Zdimirovic: Elvis Costello’s The Juliet Letters and new renditions for string quartet of Fleetwood Mac — A Daring Fusion of Classical Elegance and Rock Poetics \nWednesday 7 May – 7:30pm \nA captivating reimagining of The Juliet Letters\, the groundbreaking 1993 collaboration between iconic British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello and the acclaimed Brodsky Quartet. Described by Costello as “a song sequence for string quartet and voice… It’s a little bit different. It’s not a rock opera. It’s a whole new thing.” — this genre-defying masterpiece explores love\, loss\, and longing through an evocative blend of classical strings and contemporary lyricism. \nMelbourne’s genre-bending string quartet\, The Crossing Machine\, joins forces with powerhouse vocalists Jordan Zdimirovic and The Voice finalist Annie Jones to breathe new life into this modern classic. Renowned for their dynamic performances and genre-spanning versatility\, The Crossing Machine has captivated audiences across Australia with eight seasons of The Juliet Letters and now adds a fresh twist\, featuring electrifying string arrangements of Fleetwood Mac favorites by acclaimed Australian composer Matthew Hindson. \nFormed in 2018\, The Crossing Machine seamlessly bridges the worlds of modern classical\, opera\, jazz\, choral\, pop\, and rock. Collectively\, its members have collaborated with global icons such as Alice Cooper\, Roger Daltrey\, Robbie Williams\, KISS\, Il Volo\, Andrea Bocelli\, and Luciano Pavarotti. Their orchestral credentials include performances with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra\, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra\, Orchestra Victoria\, and the Australian Pops Orchestra. \nPrepare for an unforgettable evening where classical finesse meets contemporary energy — a sonic journey that transcends musical boundaries. \n\nVioleta Parra’s Chile – A Musical Odyssey Through a Nation’s Troubled History \nThursday 8 May – 7:30pm \nJourney into the heart of Chile’s rich and turbulent history in this captivating concert of music\, poetry\, and song. Virtuoso Chilean pianist Ricardo Roche Idini unites with acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and composer Alejandro Vargas and singer Tash Vargas to explore the enduring legacy of Chile’s beloved folk icon\, Violeta Parra. \nThrough haunting melodies and poetic lyrics\, this performance captures the spirit of a nation—its beauty\, resilience\, and struggle. Discover music never before heard in Australia\, including a breathtaking new arrangement of Luis Advis and Violeta Parra’s Canto para una Semilla for piano and two voices. A kaleidoscopic fusion of passion\, protest\, and cultural heritage\, this event promises to move Chilean and non-Chilean audiences alike. \nExperience the heartbeat of Chile—raw\, resonant\, and unforgettable. Don’t miss this extraordinary evening of music and storytelling! \n\nHOLST – The Planets  \nFriday 9 May – 7:30pm \nPrepare for a cosmic musical journey as internationally acclaimed pianists Coady Green and Jerry Wong join forces with Brent Miller and the Melbourne Conservatorium Percussion Ensemble to present Gustav Holst’s iconic masterpiece\, The Planets\, in a rarely heard\, electrifying arrangement for two pianos and percussion. \nHolst’s original two piano version bursts with rhythmic intensity\, celestial grandeur\, and raw power. With the thunderous pulse of Holst’s groundbreaking percussion section brought to life by Miller and his ensemble\, this performance is a breathtaking fusion of virtuosity and sonic spectacle. \nAn unforgettable odyssey through the cosmos—bold\, visceral\, and utterly captivating. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear The Planets as you’ve never heard it before! \n\nBeethoven Marathon Part One\nBeethoven’s WORLD – MUSIC\, MYSTERY AND MASTERPIECES \nSaturday 10 May – 4pm \nBefore diving into The Parlour’s Immortal Beloved\, begin your evening with a rare and electrifying performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 (called “the apotheosis of dance” by Wagner) and Piano “Emperor” Concerto No. 5\, heard in the brilliantly virtuosic four-hand arrangements by Beethoven’s pupil\, Carl Czerny. Enjoy these iconic works (both performed by Coady Green and Ricardo Roche Idini)\, step out for dinner\, and return for an evening of theatrical and musical storytelling. \nBeethoven – Immortal Beloved \nSaturday 10 May – 7:30pm \nMusicologists often overlook the crucial role that women played in shaping the legacies of great composers\, yet they were the keepers of letters\, diaries\, and the famous Salons that influenced the artistic world. Through the fascinating lens of Caroline Unger\, a celebrated singer who premiered Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and worked closely with Schubert\, Liszt\, Goethe\, and the Grimm Brothers\, The Parlour unpacks Beethoven’s life and music like never before. Acclaimed actor and director Melanie Hillman brings Unger to life\, alongside baritone Adam Miller and mezzo-soprano Karen van Spall. Illuminating Beethoven’s world and revealing his connections with Schubert and beyond\, this unique fusion of music and drama delves deep into the personal and artistic struggles of one of history’s greatest composers. \n\nMozart & Beethoven: Masters of Revolution – A Symphony and a Sonata \nSunday 11 May – 5pm \nExperience two of classical music’s most revolutionary works in a dazzling evening of virtuosity and passion. \nBeethoven’s Symphony No. 3\, Eroica—a masterpiece that shattered musical conventions—takes on new life in a breathtaking quartet arrangement by Ferdinand Ries\, Beethoven’s close friend\, student\, and secretary. This rarely heard version transforms the full symphony into a chamber music tour de force\, demanding fearless virtuosity and intricate interplay from its performers. Acclaimed musicians Sophie Rowell (violin)\, Caroline Henbest (viola)\, Josephine Vains (cello)\, and Coady Green (piano)\, breathe fire and brilliance into Beethoven’s groundbreaking work. \nComplementing the Eroica is Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major\, K. 448—a work of exquisite beauty and profound depth. This sonata’s luminous dialogue between two pianos not only showcases Mozart’s mastery of melody and form but also holds a fascinating link to Beethoven himself. The young Beethoven admired Mozart’s music\, and some musicologists hear echoes of K. 448 in Beethoven’s early piano compositions. Performing this masterpiece will be pianists Coady Green and Kevin Tamanini\, delivering a performance brimming with elegance\, energy\, and symphonic grandeur. \n\nOpera Closets \nTuesday 13 May – 7:30pm \nStep into a world where every outfit tells a story\, and every story soars with song. In Opera Closets\, multi-award-winning Australian mezzo-soprano Dimity Shepherd weaves an original theatrical cabaret that celebrates resilience\, transformation\, and the unexpected twists of life\, revealing how dressing up and singing became her solace and salvation. Accompanied by the dynamic ensemble The Persephone Project\, festuring Michelle John (cello)\, Hope Csutoros (violin)\, and Phillipa Safey (piano). Don’t miss an unforgettable evening where music\, storytelling\, and style collide in vibrant harmony. \n\nLyric Opera Presents: Their Voices Will Rise \nWednesday 14 May – 7:30pm \nPrepare for an electrifying evening of world premieres and daring musical narratives. Australian rising star Meta Cohen unveils a thrilling and major new song cycle Kiss My Sword. With a libretto by Evan Bryson\, this fiercely queer reimagining of history plunges into the untamed world of Julie d’Aubigny—the 17th-century opera singer\, swordswoman\, and unapologetic rebel. A lover of women\, a defeater of men in duels\, and a trailblazing performer\, d’Aubigny’s story blazes across the stage – this opera explores her mythologisation and the multiplicity of stories about her. Scored for soprano\, mezzo-soprano\, and piano\, this premiere promises a powerful fusion of drama and desire. Being developed into a forthcoming full-scale opera production by renowned dramaturg/director Alyson Campbell\, this daring work is a major new addition to the classical Australian art song repertoire. \nAlongside Kiss My Sword\, the evening features Sally Whitwell’s luminous song cycle (He)art Songs—a deeply personal exploration of love\, identity\, and resilience\, written for tenor and piano with texts by Whitwell and Alex Gorbatov. The program concludes with Kevin March’s compelling Songs for Dark Times\, a raw and urgent outcry for our era\, set to the evocative words of Brecht\, Rilke\, and Bachmann. \nWith an internationally renowned cast bringing their talents to three exciting song cycles – mezzo-soprano Jessica Aszodi\, soprano Breanna Stuart\, soprano Livia Brash\, tenor Alex Gorbatov and pianist Coady Green\, and hosted by Lyric Opera Artistic Director Patrick Burns\, this is an unmissable night where music ignites the stage\, queer voices break boundaries\, and stories are told with unflinching truth. \n \n\nBeethoven – Czerny – Liszt: Piano Duets & Songs \nThursday 15 May – 7:30pm \nCoady Green and Glenn Riddle unite for a rare and dazzling program of piano four-hand gems from Beethoven\, his pupil Carl Czerny\, and Czerny’s own legendary protégé Franz Liszt. This rich musical lineage is further illuminated by Fanny Mendelssohn’s rarely performed duets\, offering a fresh perspective on 19th-century piano repertoire. Joining them is internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Sally-Anne Russell\, bringing to life exquisite songs by Beethoven\, Czerny\, Liszt\, and Mendelssohn. A stunning journey through the vocal and pianistic artistry of the era. \n\nThe Institute for Enquiring Minds Presents: Michael Leslie – Bach\, Chopin\, Beethoven\, Schumann  \nFriday 16 May – 7:30pm \nThe Institute for Enquiring Minds is an educational initiative helping high school students experiencing disadvantage improve their maths skills. For the third year running\, the Institute of Enquiring Minds is delighted to present a living legend of Australian pianism\, Michael Leslie returning from Germany for a deeply personal and masterful recital. Leslie is a force of nature at the piano\, bringing decades of wisdom\, intensity\, and artistry to this extraordinary program. \nFrom the luminous counterpoint of Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor\, through the poetic fire of Chopin’s Polonaise in F-sharp minor\, to Beethoven’s mystical and radiant Sonata Op. 101\, this is a program of profound depth and emotional range. After the interval\, Leslie unleashes the full Romantic spirit in Schumann’s Sonata in F-sharp minor\, Op. 11—a work of soaring lyricism\, passion\, and virtuosity. \nJ. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in f Sharp Minor BWV 833 \nFrédéric Chopin: Polonaise in f Sharp minor Opus 44 \nLudwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A Major Opus 101 \nInterval \nRobert Schumann: Sonata in f Sharp Minor Opus 11 \nSpecial Offer – For a truly unforgettable musical journey\, join Michael Leslie again on Saturday 17 May as he joins Coady Green for a monumental two-piano performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Liszt’s staggering arrangement. Click HERE to book for both concerts and receive a special package discount. \n\nBeethoven Marathon Part Two\nBeethoven’s 5th and 6th Symphonies for Piano Four Hands \nSaturday 17 May – 4pm \nBegin your Beethoven odyssey with two of his most beloved symphonies – the stormy\, fate-driven 5th and the pastoral\, sun-drenched 6th – in the dazzlingly virtuosic four-hand arrangements by Beethoven’s own student\, Carl Czerny. A thrilling and intimate way to experience these masterpieces\, this matinee concert (performed by Coady Green & Ricardo Roche Idini) is the perfect prelude to the epic 9th Symphony later in the evening. Join us\, then step out for dinner before returning for the grand finale! \nLiszt’s two-piano arrangement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony \nSaturday 17 May – 7:30pm – THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED \nThe Institute for Enquiring Minds is an educational initiative helping high school students experiencing disadvantage improve their maths skills. For the third year running\, the Institute of Enquiring Minds is delighted to present a living legend of Australian pianism\, Michael Leslie returning from Germany for a deeply personal and masterful recital. Leslie is a force of nature at the piano\, bringing decades of wisdom\, intensity\, and artistry to this extraordinary program. \n\nA Gwen Harwood Cycle \nSunday 18 May – 5:00pm \nDuo Eclettico – Justin Kenealy (saxophone) and Coady Green (piano) are joined by the one the Australia’s leading actors\, Helen Morse\, for the world premiere of Linda Kouvaras’ complete A Gwen Harwood Cycle. Written as a one-woman stage vehicle for Helen Morse and Duo Eclettico\, A Gwen Harwood Cycle explores the life and work of this powerfully honest artist\, arguably one of Australia’s finest poets. The piece explores the inequalities implicit in gender stereotyping of the time\, some of which continue today\, and highlights the inventive ways that Harwood and other women artists attempted to transcend or subvert the limitations of patriarchy. This new work was commissioned and produced with the generous support of City of Melbourne\, and Creative Victoria. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f124c8-0e5c”][vc_column_text css=””]Ticket Prices (varied according to performance): \nFull: $42-49\nConcession: $32-39\nGroup 6+: $32 \nThree concert package\nFour concert package\nFive concert package \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $3.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:De Profundis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nfortyfivedownstairs in association with Dino Dimitriadis and Paul Capsis presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1731375651636{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nDe Profundis by Oscar Wilde\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730426900839{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]30 April – 4 May 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745889608778{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]30 April – 4 May 2025\n\nduration: 85 minutes\ntimes:\nWednesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $39 – $49 + booking fees\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: TBC[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f13563-2a7c” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]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. \nThis 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f13563-2a7c”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nFull: $49\nConcession: $39\nGroup 6+: $39 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Out of the Orchard
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nCecilia Cairns\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nOut of the Orchard\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]29 April – 10 May 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n\n…paintings\, drawings\, prints – 1950s to 2025… \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Exhibition Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Cecilia Cairns was born in 1944 and grew up at Merricks North on the Mornington Peninsula. This exhibition celebrates her life as an artist and teacher. \nIt is also a tribute to the apple orchard\, her family and the home of her childhood. \nThe orchard is where she first saw familiar places\, friends and family being transformed into works of art. It began the immersive artistic process that has always been at the heart of her work\, aligning her creativity with nature and her social values. \n  \n“Cecilia Cairns finds energy and inspiration in the tangles of her family orchard. Her paintings illuminate the details of her life; her delight in the colours and shapes of domesticity; the harmony of people who work directly with the natural world and the interaction with the students in her art class. \nHer work celebrates what she sees in the natural world and opens us\, the viewers to where it might take us.” \nJill Sutton \n  \n“I try to express in painting the feelings that move me\, and the things that matter. Not only the landscape in front of me\, but how its connected to the people who are at work\, keeping it all going\, preserving the farm and the remaining bush. \nI thank the people who have taught me to paint and to teach\, either by example or academically which has been lifelong. \nI continue to be inspired by the shared painting experiences we have in the Monday art Class. \nAnd by the lifelong support of my family.” \nCeci Cairns[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Out of the Orchard- Cecilia Cairns \nBy Jaynie Anderson \n  \nIn April 1966 I interviewed Douglas Cairns about his lifelong friendship with Sidney Nolan. As a teenager I had known his daughter Cecilia at Merton Hall where Yvonne Boyd taught us painting. Cecilia had been brought up on her parents’ apple orchard at Merricks on the Mornington Peninsula. Aged twelve she went to school in Melbourne. She lived in a household where music and art were always present. \nThe lush beauty and values of the Cairns apple orchard were celebrated by artists whom Cecilia had known as a child\, notably Merric and Arthur Boyd\, Sidney Nolan\, John Sinclair\, and John Yule as well as others. A photograph of Cecilia\, aged two in 1946\, taken by Sunday Reed\, with her parents\, Douglas and Anne Cairns\, shows her holding a doll made by Sunday. \nOne of the most important experiences for Cecilia the teenager was Arthur Boyd’s Swan flying through an Orchard (1959) which she watched him paint. The materiality of the wooden boxes in the foreground of the picture Arthur was creating\, evolved before her eyes\, as they were made with just a few strokes. Cecilia painted with a ‘dancing brush’\, thrusting marks with the impasto\, that characterizes her paintings. Works like her Picking Quinces (2004) were inspired by Arthur Boyd’s total immersion in the Merricks landscape\, each painterly touch bringing alive the sensation of the bush. \nThe apple orchard has been a source of continual inspiration for Cecilia. Letters record how the Boyds felt at ease there\, relaxed by the Peninsula air. Cecilia’s oil painting from 1962\, of the Beach at Shoreham demonstrates the freedom children enjoyed and still enjoy in this landscape of unspoilt beauty. Some of the Banksias that Merric Boyd drew could be still flourishing on Merricks beach. \nDouglas Cairns friendship with Nolan began in June 1940 when he visited Nolan’s famous abstract exhibition at his studio on Russell Street\, the only visitor to buy a painting. Nolan and Cairns were inspired by a mutual admiration for Søren Kirkegaard\, each always travelling with a selection of Kirkegaard’s Journals\, in the belief that a single protagonist can assert his identity against society. They were equally passionate about music\, especially song. Cairns had a beautiful voice that Sunday Reed admired when he sang songs by John Dowland. Cairns\, a conscientious objector\, and his wife\, bought an apple orchard at Merricks North in June 1942. Neither parent came from a farming family\, but they chose to become farmers as a wholesome and morally acceptable lifestyle. \nCairns retreated from Parkville to Merricks\, giving Nolan the key to the loft he had rented in Parkville (behind 34 Gatehouse Street)\, allowing Nolan to escape from the hothouse atmosphere of Heide\, and the Cairns (Douglas and Anne) to immerse themselves in the rural paradise of Merricks with visits from the Boyds and other artists. \nAs in her painting Truck Shed\, Cecilia celebrates her love of rustic living in pictures in small dimensions that recall the classic shapes of the Heidelberg School. A picture from the 1980’s reveals her love for the Shoalhaven River\, painted at Arthur Boyd’s property\, near Bundanoon\, for her a continuation of Merricks. \nCecilia studied with John Brack at the Gallery School for several years. I remember Brack in 1966\, whom I also interviewed about Nolan’s time at the Gallery School. He was a charming and witty man. Unlike some of the other teachers Brack was inspirational and concentrated on bringing out an individual talent and style. Brack\, then painting nudes on Persian rugs\, gave weekly lectures on technique as well as individual critiques when he would comment on a student’s work. Even so he was bound to technical best practice. Cecilia remembers how she learnt to make Black Oil\, as a medium. The paintings she produced at the Gallery School are influenced by Brack in motif and technique. Cecilia’s Still life with an Asparagus Tin\, has flowers in jars painted on a Persian rug\, while the ever-present orchard is glimpsed through the window. \nThis very positive experience of teaching remained with her forever. She taught at Preshil\, a co-educational progressive school for ten years and continues to teach from her studio at Merricks on the Peninsula\, an experience which is recorded in her painting of the Art Class at Shoreham. There she continues the Brack tradition of teaching by commenting on the student’s work and their technique\, nurturing different styles. Cecilia won several prizes at the National Gallery School for portraiture and still life\, and on the Peninsula\, received local art prizes. \nFrom 1976 to 1980 Cecilia was an assistant to Arthur Boyd in England\, working in his London studio\, preparing copper plates\, stretching canvas\, and assisting with lithography. The Australian poet\, Michael Dugan\, described work in her exhibition at the Bookshop Gallery in Hampstead in 1979: \n“Cecilia Cairns’ paintings and etching hold a peculiarly haunting quality of their own created by the artist’s extremely personal vision of the world she inhabits. Her images are familiar ones – landscapes of town and country\, remembered scenes from childhood and interpretations of immediate domestic environment. In her pictures we see our world through the eyes of a gentle\, though not uncritical\, observer of the situation in which we live.” \nA constant theme for Cecilia is the beach whether walking along the shore at Merricks in the winter\, or at Shoreham. She depicts beach scenes that are nostalgic for those of us who grew up on the Peninsula\, that convey a wonderful melancholic feeling of walking along the sand on an unspoilt beach. \nWhen she was a kid\, her family never had a car but used to travel in a horse and cart. Cecilia’s observations on the traditions of the orchard is a moving tribute to the customs of the Peninsula\, an old way of farming apples\, brands like Democrats\, and of rustic living\, one that inspired creativity among special artists\, and still does today. Following Kirkegaard\, like her father and Nolan\, she is an individual who stands out against the banal conventions of society\, as does her art. \nThe orchard continues with Ceci’s sister Eve\, and Douglas Cairns’ granddaughter\, Lisa Cresswell’s Seven Oaks Cider.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1743575515586-9abfaece-505c”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 29 April\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Analogue
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJamieson Miller\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nAnalogue\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]29 April – 10 May 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]I can see the appeal in making a singular coherent statement\, however it seems that this exhibition is broader in its exploration.  The impetus behind this exhibition developed as a response to the imposition of the digital world.  Ubiquitous algorithms blend the individual away.  I am captive to nostalgic aesthetic notions where objects and images identify idiosyncratic characteristics of the maker. \nCarving as an analogue process allows for gradation\, movement and subtle variations where marks and imperfections are visible rather than erased.  The outer and the inner workings of the body are shown through simple gestures\, clear lines and a sense of organic ebb and flow.  Through this series I have been interested in the analogous continuum between physical form and inner experience.  The composition plays with proportionality\, both consciously and unconsciously.  Some of the works have been truncated\, others have been elongated.  Vessels and chambers travel through\, under and around each other. \nIn order to leave a mark on this world\, I am conveying the workings of my imagination.  Inevitably both attributes and limitations are exposed.  The battle between the two is where the work is made.  Often there is a contest between freedom of imagination and paralysing fear.  Some of the poses play with notions of surrender\, contortion\, distortion\, inversion and burying your gaze.  These are expressed in both awkward and graceful manner. \nTurning the world upside down is an attempt to disrupt the dominant digital paradigm.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in Melbourne\, 1965 \nSTUDIES  \n1990 – Graduate Diploma of Fine Art\, Monash University \n1984-87 – Degree in Fine Art\, Chisholm Institute of Technology \nINDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS  \n2008 – Territories\, Dickerson Gallery\, Melbourne \n2007 – Lineage\, Dickerson Gallery\, Sydney \n2006 – Passage\, Dickerson Gallery\, Melbourne \n2004 – Hold That Gaze\, Dickerson Gallery\, Melbourne \n2003 – Patterns and Illusions\, Dickerson Gallery\, Melbourne \n1998 – Echoes in my Mind\, Yarra Sculpture Gallery\, Melbourne \n1996 – Presumed Identity\, Gallery 101\, Melbourne \n1994 – Inward Bound\, Gallery 101\, Melbourne \n1993 – Connections\, Waverley City Gallery\, Melbourne \n1991 – Post Graduate Exhibition\, Wellington Gallery\, Melbourne \nSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS  \n2017 – Convenire\, fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2011 – Lorne Sculpture Biennale\, Lorne \n2011 – Montalto Sculpture Prize\, Montalto Vineyard\, Red Hill South \n2010 – Sculpture by the Sea\, Bondi \n2009 – Aqueous Bloom\, Gasworks Theatre\, Melbourne \n2008 – Montalto Sculpture Prize\, Montalto Vineyard\, Red Hill South \n2007 – Contamination\, Gasworks Theatre\, Melbourne \n2007 – Built perceptions\, Dickerson Gallery\, Melbourne \n2006 – Art Melbourne 06\, The Royal Exhibition Buildings\, Melbourne \n2005 – Art Sydney 05\, Hordern Pavilion\, Sydney \n2004 – The Affordable Art Fair\, The Royal Exhibition Buildings\, Melbourne \n2004 – Gasworks Artists Exhibition\, Gasworks Theatre\, Melbourne \n2003 – Fundere Sculpture Prize\, Yarra Sculpture Gallery\, Melbourne \n2003 – Gasworks Artists Exhibition\, Gasworks Theatre\, Melbourne \n2003 – Montalto Sculpture Prize\, Montalto Vineyard\, Red Hill South \n2002 – Central Goldfields Sculpture Exhibition\, Central Goldfields Regional Arts Complex \n2002 – Out of the Dark – Gasworks Artists Exhibition\, Gasworks Theatre\, Melbourne \n2002 – Fundere Sculpture Prize 2002\, Yarra Sculpture Space\, Melbourne \n2001 – Castlemaine State Festival\, Hedgehogs\, Barkers Creek \n2001 – Three Man Show\, Dickerson Gallery\, Melbourne \n2001 – Fundere Sculpture Prize 2001\, Yarra Sculpture Space\, Melbourne \n2001 – Grounds for Sculpture\, McClelland Gallery\, Langwarrin \n2001 – Gasworks Artists Exhibition\, Gasworks Theatre\, Melbourne \n2000 – Fundere Sculpture Prize 2000\, Yarra Sculpture Space\, Melbourne \n2000 – Becton National Sculpture Exhibition\, Gasworks Arts Park\, Melbourne \n2000 – 15 Gasworks Artists\, Gasworks Theatre\, Melbourne\, Curated by Malcom Bywaters \n2000 – Identities – Exploring Portraiture\, Art Museum\, Glenn College\, Latrobe University \n2000 – Unbearable Beauty\, Yarra Sculpture Gallery\, Melbourne \n2000 – Easter 2000\, Outdoor Sculpture Show\, Qdos Gallery\, Lorne \n1999 – End of Year Show – Bonanza\, Yarra Sculpture Gallery\, Melbourne \n1999 – Central Goldfields Sculpture Exhibition\, Central Goldfields Regional Arts Complex \n1998 – End of Year Show – M3\, Yarra Sculpture Space\, Melbourne \n1998 – Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition\, Gasworks Park\, Melbourne \n1998 – Central Goldfields Sculpture Exhibition\, Central Goldfields Regional Arts Complex \n1998 – Postcard Show\, Linden Gallery\, St. Kilda Arts Centre \n1997 – Artline 1997\, Linden Gallery\, St. Kilda Arts Centre\, Curated by Malcom Bywaters \n1997 – Central Goldfields Sculpture Exhibition\, Central Goldfields Regional Arts Complex \n1997 – Gasworks Studio Artists\, Linden Gallery\, St. Kilda Arts Centre \n1996 – A four Art 1996\, West Space\, Melbourne \n1996 – Review 96\, Gallery 101\, Melbourne \n1996 – By Kind Permission\, Latrobe University Art Museum \n1996 – Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair\, Royal Exhibition Buildings\, Melbourne \n1996 – Rupert Bunny Foundation Exhibition\, Linden Gallery\, St. Kilda Arts Centre \n1995 – The Situation Now: A survey of local non objective art\, curated by Dr. Christopher Heathcote\, La Trobe University Gallery \n1995 – Art Line 1995\, Foy and Gibson Gallery\, Melbourne \n1995 – The Portrait Show\, Platform Space\, Spencer Street Station\, Melbourne \n1995 – Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition\, Gasworks Park\, Melbourne \n1995 – Ready Wrapped and Self-sealed\, Linden Gallery\, St. Kilda Arts Centre \n1994 – The First Exhibition – The Kyneton Collection\, Kyneton\, curated by Ken Scarlett \n1994 – Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair\, Royal Exhibition Buildings\, Melbourne \n1994 – Christmas Show\, Gallery 101\, Melbourne \n1993 – Artworkz 5\, 101 Collins Street Acquisitive Prize\, juried exhibition\, Gallery 101\, Melbourne \n1992 – Wellington Gallery\, Melbourne \n1992 – Unaligned Sculptors\, Melbourne Contemporary Art Fair \n1990 – Extra Triennial\, Gasworks Park\, Melbourne \n1987 – Sculptors from Chisholm\, Caulfield Arts Centre\, Melbourne \n1987 – Chisholm Graduate Exhibition\, Chisholm Institute of Technology\, Melbourne \nAWARDS & GRANT  \n2000 – Pat Corrigan Artist Grant \n1991 – Tina Wentcher Sculpture Prize \nCOMMISSIONS  \n2004 – Trenerry Mews Apartments\, Trenerry Crescent\, Abbotsford\, Melbourne \n2002 – Great Western Tiers Sculpture Trail\, Deloraine\, Tasmania \n2001 – The Melburnian Apartments\, St. Kilda Road\, Melbourne \n2000 – Swinburne University of Technology\, Hawthorn\, Melbourne \nCOLLECTIONS \nBaillieu Myer \nNational Bank of Australia \nMonash University \nShire of Kyneton \nCity of Glen Eira \nLa Trobe University \nCouncil of Adult Education\, Victoria \nStandard Roads \nSwinburne University of Technology \nPUBLICATIONS  \n2004 – Ken Scarlett\, “Elgee Park – Sculpture in the landscape” \n2004 – Louise Bellany\, “Giving voice to the human experience”\, The Age\, December 11 \n2001 – Roger Taylor\, “Grounds for Sculpture”\, World Sculpture News Autumn Edition \n2001 – Roger Taylor\, “Fundere Sculpture Prize”\, World Sculpture News Winter Edition \n2001 – Roger Taylor\, “Becton National Sculpture Exhibition”\, World Sculpture News Winter \n2001 – High & Low Interview with Roger Taylor\, Radio RRR – 28/2/01 \n2000 – The Arts Show\, ABC TV 26/10/00 \n2000 – Roger Taylor\, “Unbearable Beauty”\, World Sculpture News Summer Edition \n2000 – Profile\, Snapshot\, ABC TV 2000 – Becton National Sculpture Exhibition\, Exhibition Catalogue \n1996 – “By Kind Permission”\, exhibition catalogue\, La Trobe University \n1996 – Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair\, exhibition catalogue \n1995 – Christopher Heathcote\, “The Situation Now: A Survey of Local Non-objective Art”\, exhibition catalogue- La Trobe University Art Museum \n1994 – “The First Exhibition”\, exhibition catalogue\, Shire of Kyneton \n1994 – Ken Scarlett\, “A Democratic Showcase”\, Art Monthly\, November\, Volume No. 75 \n1994 – Christopher Heathcote\, Review: “Inward Bound”\, The Age\, August 24 \n1993 – “Artworkz 5”\, exhibition catalogue\, Gallery 101 \n1993 – Christopher Heathcote\, “A work of art or just an object”\, The Age\, September 24[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1743575460778-4385187c-5b6d”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 29 April\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Fuck Loss Kiss
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMark Chew\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nFuck Loss Kiss\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nwith Living Room by Alicia and Archie\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]1 – 23 April 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… the viewer will “see” but more importantly “feel” each moment in front of the lens… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Fuck Loss Kiss by Mark Chew  \nFuck Loss Kiss is an exhibition of documentary photographs made over a five-year period in the Urban Slums and Refugee Camps of East Africa. The exhibition records the lives of mostly women and children in an attempt to reveal the complexity and diversity of an existence in difficult circumstances. While viewers may find some of the imagery disturbing\, the exhibition is an attempt to show the full spectrum of life where children are loved\, food can be scarce\, education is cherished\, and laughter and music lie around every corner. Documentary photography however rigorous\, will always be subjective. If these images are successful\, the viewer will “see” but more importantly “feel” each moment in front of the lens. And it is this deeper engagement that might encourage empathy and connection and perhaps help change the lives of millions in need. \nhttps://www.markchew.com.au/ \nLiving Room by Alicia and Archie  \nFilm makers Alicia and Archie originally began their practice together in Melbourne\, Australia before moving to the UK to work on large narrative television projects. Having previously made video art in Melbourne the duo are now in the process of creating a moving image projection piece that aims to uncover what it feels like to be an East African person who has chosen to make London their home. What does a person give up? What does a person gain? \nThe title of the project “Living Room” is intended to have multiple interpretations. In London there is frequent use of cars as an additional “living space”. When homes and flats get overcrowded young people often retreat to their cars to chat\, hang out and even share meals. \n“Living Room” can also be associated with the practice of immigration. People who migrate often feel limited in the country of their birth when it comes to careers\, life goals or self-expression. London is a city of opportunity. Alternately\, moving to London comes with the strains of modern metropolis living. There is literally not enough room to live in. \nTold across London\, Nairobi and Kampala\, the intention is to interview participants inside a car. In a calm and informal environment you will hear about the emotions associated with leaving home and what it now means to call England “home”. You will also hear from participants who used to live in the United Kingdom but have now returned to East Africa. Visually you will see montages of driving imagery which will intercut between England\, Kenya and Uganda. \nSo\, on a cold afternoon in London\, you will hop into a car and hear about what it means to be East African in London.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Mark Chew is one of Australia’s pre-eminent Documentary and Editorial Photographers. \nBased in Melbourne\, Australia\, Mark’s projects take him all over the world as do his global publications. \nOriginally from England\, Mark moved to Australia in 1985 after an apprenticeship in London with some of the leading advertising photographers of the era. \nSince then his work has taken him all over the world with assignments in places such as India\, Kenya\, Uganda\, Tanzania\, Vanuatu\, Viet Nam\, Laos\, Fiji\, and Papua New Guinea. \nWith a career spanning 30 years\, Mark’s current clients include Australia’s leading educational institutions\, peak tourism bodies\, and publishers. \nHowever\, it is his work with the not-for-profit sector and non-government organisations that align best with his personal values; He endeavours to tell visual stories with authenticity and truthfulness\, traits that are becoming threatened by world of AI and fractured attention spans. As aid and development budgets are shattered\, our concern for the most vulnerable\, must go beyond our local communities\, and into the global sphere. \nMark invites you to slow down\, to put your phone away\, look hard at each photograph and for a short moment to place yourselves in the shoes of another. He asks you not to feel guilty for all that you have\, but instead feel a connection to another human being. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1741327032836-f747e2e7-e84c”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night Celebration \nTuesday 1 April\, 5-7pm \nArtist Q&A \nSaturday 5 April\, 2-3:30pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Enter the Emerging Artist Award 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Submissions for the Emerging Artist Award 2025 are now open and will close Monday 19 May.  \nThe Emerging Artist Award at fortyfivedownstairs is a proven catalyst for ongoing recognition and professional development and allows audiences the privilege of accessing early-career works by exciting emerging artists. Entry is open to anyone in an early stage of their career wishing to submit a work that has not previously been exhibited in another art prize. \nA selection of works will be chosen for a two-week exhibition from 8 July – 19 July 2025 held across our two gallery spaces at 45 Flinders Lane. A special guest judge will award a $3000 pool of prize money to the two submissions that best align with the award criteria. As well\, the People’s Choice Award gives the public the chance to vote for their favourite work. \nThe Emerging Artist Award 2025 is proudly supported by Equity Trustees Charitable Foundation – The Cuming Bequest\, Future Leaders\, Bambra Press and MSC Signs.  \n.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Victoria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250318
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SUMMARY:SuperNatural
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nGrace Knight\, Charlotte Ivey\, Simon Leah and Lana Daubermann\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nSuperNatural\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]18 March – 29 March 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm\nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… [a] stimulating discussion on what ‘abstraction’ can mean within different creative disciplines… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Four artists with seemingly divergent practices come together in a cross-pollination of inspiration taken from the natural world. \nSharing commonality in the use of abstraction\, this exhibition explores the process of art-making and its role connecting the artist’s inner world to the outer\, while also stimulating discussion on what ‘abstraction’ can mean within different creative disciplines. \nGrace Knight is a multidisciplinary artist\, known prominently for her work in music\, both with the band Eurogliders and as a solo artist. Here\, Knight celebrates her debut exhibition. Twisting materiality from hard to soft\, she creates abstract depictions of Agate and Geode formations as large scale tufted and carved woollen pieces. \nCharlotte Ivey is a visual artist based in Merri-bek\, born in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Ivey’s work is led by the impulses of the body – exploring the illusory nature of psychological states\, and how they dictate our experience of external environments. She charts a territory somewhere between the traditionally ‘beautiful’ and ‘distasteful’. \nSimon Leah uses the unpredictable results of the patina process in his assembled metal sculptural works to celebrate the abstract beauty of ‘chance’ within his considered purposeful forms. \nLana Daubermann’s practice is rooted in plein air observation of the Australian landscape. Here\, she loosens into an abstracted approach\, favouring shape\, colour\, and gesture over realism. \nFor all four artists\, the process of creation is of utmost importance\, leaving us with works that truly resonate with a depth beyond the finished surface.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1739258733315-b1398f5b-680a”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening night celebration \nTuesday 18th of March\, 5-7pm \n  \nExtra opening hours \nSunday 23rd March\, 12-4pm \n  \nArtist talk \nSaturday 29th March\, 2pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Exhibition Catalogue” color=”warning” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F03%2F2025_45Downstairs_SuperNatural_CATALOGUE_update19March.pdf”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Noctum
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJohn Mezzini\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nNoctum\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]18 March – 29 March 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n..Mezzini’s portraits reveal the search for the perfection of our outer persona\, internal experience\, trust in one another\, and pleasure… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]John Mezzini’s series of portraits in “Noctum” explores themes of individual expression and the deification of the self. The artworks are based on photographic collaborations with local photographers and models\, as well as non-referenced drawings. The series examines the deep psychological connection with the pose and innermost private movements. The poses are influenced by medieval\, baroque\, and Renaissance paintings\, contrasted with a focus on contemporary models selected for their confidence and individuality. Mezzini’s paintings reveal the meaningful search for the perfection of our outer persona\, internal experience\, trust in one another\, and pleasure\, all in the hours of the cool\, calm darkness. \nThe compositional process allowed the artist to use light and colour to represent the abstract elements\, with the intention of moving the viewer into the pattern of the chosen pose. By incorporating input from subjects\, studio photography\, and drawings\, the artist unified the material and form of all the paintings into a coherent theme and statement. These works were all created using oil paint to achieve a visceral skin and light quality influenced by various sources. Approaching figure and expression style from an abstract perspective offers a new and unfamiliar visual treatment of the subject matter. \nIn the last few years\, Mezzini has rediscovered the process of making art. He strived to reinvent himself initially\, working within his previous area of experience\, which was abstract art. Believing that artistic evolution is paramount\, he shifted his studies from abstraction to figurative art and pursued a different motif with these pieces. Each year\, he completely changed every part of his approach in this series to strengthen his chosen theme.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s CV” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]EXHIBITIONS \n1994                      Graduates Exhibition group exhibition \n2019                     45 Downstairs solo “E lascia dir le genti” \n2019                     Art Box Switzerland top 100 artworks “Ad Apicem” \n2019                     Art Box Miami \n2019                      Emerge Brunswick st Gallery – group exhibition \n2021                      45 Downstairs solo “mɔ.nuˈmɛn̪.t̪um” Postponed to January 2022 \n2021                      Primo Red group Exhibition – C&H gallery \n2021                      Here again 45 Downstairs online group exhibition \n2021                      Aliorum portrait Exhibition – POME gallery \n2022                     45 Downstairs solo “Monumentum” \n2022                     RED Exhibition – POME gallery \n2023                     45 Downstairs solo “Primavera” \n2023                     Beinart Gallery group Exhibition “Toddler pillar” \n2024                     Brunswick st gallery 50×50 \n  \nMEDIA \nMay 2019 Sunday Age – Art Sunday promotion solo exhibition “ELascia dir le Genti” \nApril 2019 Art Almanac promotion “ELascia dir le Genti” \nJune 2019 News fox Switzerland Australian Artist Awarded “Ad Apicem” \nNovember 2019 Penthouse Magazine online – Print Feb 2020 “the Artist and the Muse” \nApril 2020 Recorder south Australia “artist roller coaster” \nJanuary 2022 Penthouse Magazine online “the Artist and the Muse” \nApril 2022 Last post Magazine “Artist John Mezzini” \nJune 2023 Beat magazine “Primavera” \n  \nFacebook: johnmezzinart \nInstagram: jmezz1974[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1739258637508-d8c5fddf-7c10″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening night celebrations \nTuesday 18th of March\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250312
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SUMMARY:Boys on the Verge of Tears
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nThe Maybe Pile presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1730784702322{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nBoys on the Verge of Tears by Sam Grabiner\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1738642208672{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]12 – 30 March 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1741931780971{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]12 – 30 March 2025\n\npreview: Wednesday 12 March and Thursday 13 March\nopening night: Friday 14 March\nduration: 100 minutes (no interval)\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $30 – $47 + booking fees\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: coarse language\, sexual references and suggestive behavior\, nudity\, self-harm and reckless behavior\, verbal abuse and bullying\, physical violence and aggression\, drug and alcohol references\, toxic masculinity and peer pressure\, references to bodily functions\, sexism and misogyny\, discussion of sexual assault[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f142bf-acdf” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]★★★★ “Produced by The Maybe Pile\, which also gave us Trophy Boys\, it’s an outstanding premiere of a compelling new play\, among the best Melbourne’s indie theatre has to offer.” Cameron Woodhead\, The Age \n★★★★ “At times hilarious and others poignant” Kim Hitchcock\, Arts Hub \n“The Maybe Pile has another hit on their hands… And the work of the ensemble of actors is truly thrilling.” Keith Gow\, Theatre First \nPremiering at the Soho Theatre in London\, and recipient of the prestigious Verity Bargate Award\, Sam Grabiner’s Boys on the Verge of Tears – set entirely within the intimate confines of a men’s public bathroom\, is a bold\, searing exploration of masculinity and youth\, capturing the raw\, unfiltered lives of boys and men grappling with identity\, vulnerability\, and the pressure to conform.  \nIn its Australian premiere\, presented by the producers of runaway hit Trophy Boys (fortyfivedownstairs 2023)\, five of Melbourne’s finest actors will embody over 45 characters as this deeply human play unfolds in a unique series of encounters: moments of recklessness\, bravado\, and unexpected tenderness\, immersing audiences in the unfiltered experience of young men navigating the tumultuous journey towards adulthood. \nWith sharp humour and a profound sensitivity to the complexities of coming-of-age\, Grabiner’s play dismantles masculine façades of toughness and dissects the fears\, dreams\, and insecurities buried beneath. This remarkable work resonates universally and speaks directly to our times\, inviting audiences into a world both familiar and painfully revealing\, a world that lingers long after the final bow. \nImage by Ben Andrews[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f142bf-acdf”][vc_column_text css=””]Cast: Ben Walter\, Karl Richmond\, Justin Hosking\, Damon Baudin\, Akeel Purmanund\nwith: Pepe Wright\, Avyakt Pawar\, Smith Barling \nDirector: Keegan Bragg \nProducer: Ben Andrews \nStage Manager: Ella Campbell \nLighting + Sound Operator: Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly \nSet Design: Ben Andrews \nCostume Design + Scenic Art: Louisa Fitzgerald \nLighting Design: Georgina Wolfe \nSound Design: Ethan Hunter \nDrag Wig + Makeup Artist:  Becky Silveira \nMarketing: Bridie Pamment \nVocal / Accent Coach: Matt Furlani \nIntimacy Coordinator: Tegan Crowley[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f142bf-acdf”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $35\nFull: $49\nConcession: $39\nGroup 6+: $39 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $3.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket 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![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Still
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nAlexandra Lewisohn\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nStill\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]4 March – 15 March 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…what started as a series of quick\, robust still lives in oil became more involved… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Alexandra Lewisohn’s current body of work is unmistakably decorative. It is inspired by the objects patterns and colour combinations around her. The common thread which weaves her paintings together is her use of flowers in her intimate still lives. \nFollowing on from her previous body of work “The Lamp Series” the works on display at this exhibition ‘Still’ explore the same theme. Lamps\, flowers\, vases\, mirrors and fabric are gathered and arranged and depicted in great detail. However this series makes a departure from her previous work in that these current still life works are painted in oil on raw ply. Most of Alexandra’s previous work was painted in gouache on cardboard or canvas\, in order to acheive a high level of detail. \nAs this major body of work progressed Alexandra’s bold use of line and colour in oil progressed in terms of its delicacy and attention to detail. What started as a series of quick\, robust still lives in oil became more involved. Attention to detail became more intrinsic. The works started taking longer to paint and Alexandra’s skill with oil paint and powers of observation developed. Colour on colour and pattern on pattern emerged. Schemes were explored where colours were used harmoniously and the palette was limited. \nAlexandra is predominately self taught as a painter. She completed a short oil painting course at Camberwell College in London in 1998 and went on to complete a Bachelor of Fine Art in Ceramics at RMIT. From there she graduated as a Secondary Visual Art Teacher from Melbourne University with a Post Graduate Diploma in Education. She has also attained a certificate of Floristry and does flowers for weddings \nCurrently living in South Melbourne\, Alexandra lived in a small cottage in Daylesford for over ten years. Her quarter of an acre established cottage garden was a constant source of inspiration for her painting practice. Having flowers to pick and paint all year round was a joy. Alexandra began to plant the garden in particular schemes with a view to having vistas and colour arrangements to paint. One of her ‘en plein air’ garden paintings is included in this exhibition. \nAlexndra has had numerous exhibitions in Melbourne and has been represented at- and held exhibitions at- the Hive Gallery in Ocean Grove. \nAlexandra also paints interiors\, miniature landscapes\, cityscapes and occasionally portraits. She would like to do more ceramics and explore painting in the abstract.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1739258512218-3737ff8b-2b1f”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening night celebrations  \nTuesday 4th of March\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/still-2/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Inside/Outside (U.S.A)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJames Bryans\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nInside/Outside (U.S.A)\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]4 March – 15 March 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… I was surprised by how much and how quickly I developed a strong affection for this overwhelming\, complex and strangely beautiful place… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]Before I headed off to America for the first time\, a friend told me that the US is as much a foreign country as a lot of the places that most would call ‘exotic’. Like many\, my preconceptions of America mainly came from film and television. But landscapes and monuments that are so vast and breathtaking can’t be compressed effectively into either of those mediums. Somehow the scale always gets lost. It seems the most appropriate reaction to these things in real life is to stand and stare (or pose for pictures in front of them). \nThe West has the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley\, the buttes and mesas recognisable from classic western movies and Roadrunner cartoons. Further north there’s a chance of running into a Wizard-of-Ozlike tornado which\, as it turns out\, can be house levelling. \nThe east coast also has its monuments\, the most iconic of which is probably the Statue of Liberty\, beautiful in spite of the patina of blue-green corrosion that is the inevitable fate of all copper\, especially when its final resting place leaves it exposed to salty harbour air. \nAs an outsider experiencing the difference of a land and culture which I mistakenly thought would be familiar\, I was surprised by how much and how quickly I developed a strong affection for this overwhelming\, complex and strangely beautiful place. This body of work is an attempt to represent some of the things mentioned above as they look and how they felt.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]James Bryans has been exhibiting since the mid-nineties\, presenting work in national and international institutions such as Stills Gallery\, NSW\, the National Portrait Gallery\, UK\, Centre for Contemporary Photography\, Linden Gallery\, and Green Floor Gallery\, VIC\, and the Melbourne Immigration Museum. At Tweed River Regional Gallery he has been selected as a finalist for the Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture (2006) and the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award (2003\, 2002 Judges Commendation\, 2000\, 1999). In 2008\, ArtWorld Magazine featured him in their Photography Supplement edition. In 2024 he was selected as part of the Head On Photo Festival Open Program. His work is held in private collections within Australia and overseas.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1738902691134-06220e2f-ebd4″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 4th of March\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/inside-outside-u-s-a/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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