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SUMMARY:Enter the Emerging Artist Award 2026
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″]2025 EAA 1st Prize Winner: Steph Everett\, 'backseat of a commodore'\, glass beads\, thread\, copper rod\, 43 x 75 cm.[/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nEnter the Emerging Artist Award 2026\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””]submissions close: Friday 12 June\, 5pm \nexhibition dates: 14 July – 24 July 2026 \nentry fee: $30 \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…a proven catalyst for ongoing recognition and professional development… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”round” color=”white” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1778208904639{border-color: #000000 !important;}”][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1780624341867{border-radius: 1px !important;}” wpex_border_color=”#010101″]We’re thrilled to announce that applications for our 11th annual Emerging Artist Award are now open! \nThe Emerging Artist Award at fortyfivedownstairs is a proven catalyst for recognition and professional development\, while giving audiences the opportunity to discover bold new work from some of Australia’s most exciting early-career artists. \nArtists from across Australia in the early stages of their career are invited to apply (see Conditions of Entry for eligibility details). \nA selection of finalists will be exhibited from 14–24 July 2026 across our two gallery spaces at 45 Flinders Lane. A special guest judge will award a $3\,000 prize pool to the two submissions that best align with the award criteria\, and visitors will also have the chance to vote in the People’s Choice Award. \nSubmissions close on Friday 12 June\, 5pm. \nFREE entry for First Nations people\, contact gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com. \nPlease ensure you read the Conditions of Entry carefully\, as entry fees are non-refundable. \nSupported by: \n. \n.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Check out past Emerging Artist Awards” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Femerging-artist-award%2F”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Conditions of Entry” tab_id=”1778203819960-4963128f-5a5d”][vc_column_text css=””]Please ensure you read the Conditions of Entry carefully\, as entry fees are non-refundable. \n\nEntry is open to artists residing in Australia who are in the early stages of their career\, defined as having held no more than three solo exhibitions\, not being represented by a gallery\, and not having won or been shortlisted for any major art prizes or awards\, or possessing equivalent professional experience.\nPrevious finalists in the Emerging Artist Award are not eligible to enter.\nArtists may submit a maximum of two entries\, with one artwork per entry. Artworks must be complete at the time of submission.\nThe entry fee is $30 per artwork. Entry fees are non-refundable.\nEntrants must complete the online application form and submit: an artist statement/supporting statement\, a current artist CV\, up to three images of the artwork. Total uploaded image files must not exceed 9MB.\nAny use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the production of submitted artwork must be clearly disclosed at the time of entry\, including the extent and nature of its use.\nSelection of finalist artworks will take into consideration the gallery’s capacity to accommodate installation requirements. There are no artwork size limits. \nAll media are eligible for submission. Artists exhibiting time-based\, digital\, installation\, or non-standard works must provide all equipment\, materials\, hardware\, and clear installation instructions required for display. fortyfivedownstairs will supply standard installation hardware only\, including nails and screws.\nAll costs associated with the delivery\, freight\, shipping\, insurance\, installation\, and collection of artworks are the responsibility of the artist. All artworks must arrive in sound and exhibition-ready condition.\nAll shortlisted artworks must be available for sale. A commission of 20% will be retained by fortyfivedownstairs on all sales.\nBy submitting an entry\, entrants acknowledge their availability to meet the following dates:\n\n\nSubmission deadline: Friday 12 June 2026\, 5:00pm\nNotification of finalists: Friday 26 June 2026\nArtwork delivery: Saturday 11 July 2026\, 12:00pm–4:00pm\nExhibition dates: 14–24 July 2026\nCollection of unsold works: Saturday 25 July 2026\, 12:00pm–4:00pm\n\n\nThe judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.\nThe final determination of eligibility and suitability for exhibition rests with fortyfivedownstairs. fortyfivedownstairs reserves the right to withdraw or refuse works deemed unsuitable for display\, installation\, safety\, or logistical reasons.\nWhile all reasonable care will be taken in handling artworks\, fortyfivedownstairs accepts no responsibility for loss or damage.\nBy entering the award\, entrants grant fortyfivedownstairs permission to reproduce images of submitted and shortlisted artworks for promotional\, publicity\, educational\, and archival purposes\, with artist attribution.\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Victoria
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SUMMARY:Eurydice
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nMelbourne Shakespeare Company presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1761704074260{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nEurydice by Sarah Ruhl\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1761709777834{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]28 May – 14 June 2026[/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_1777513548505{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 28 May – Sunday 14 June 2026\n\npreview: Thursday 28 May\nopening night: Friday 29 May\nduration: 90 minutes\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $39 – $55\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nindustry night: Tuesday June 2nd \nforum night: Tuesday June 9th \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-b9f1f251-55a3″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Melbourne Shakespeare Company is proud to present Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice – a luminous\, poetic reimagining of the Greek myth\, directed by multi-award-winner Gary Abrahams. \nFollowing acclaimed sold-out seasons at fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne Shakespeare Company returns with a production of exceptional artistic ambition and emotional power. Through Ruhl’s distinctive voice\, the story of Eurydice and Orpheus is retold from a female perspective\, weaving memory\, love\, and loss into a dreamlike theatrical experience. \nEurydice offers Melbourne audiences a rare chance to see a modern masterpiece staged with depth and imagination. This is theatre for those who love bold\, beautiful storytelling. \nPhoto by Nick Robertson[/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-b9f1f251-55a3″][vc_column_text css=””]CREATIVES \nDirector: Gary Abrahams \nSet & Costume Designer: Nathan Burmeister \nLighting Designer: Spencer Herd \nComposer & Musical Director: Grace Ferguson \nSound & AV Designer: Justin Gardam \nArtistic Director: Jennifer Sarah Dean \nProducer & Production Stage Manager: Seamus Allan \nMarketing Coordinator: Ryan Hamilton \n  \nCAST \nEurydice: Aisha Aidara \nOrpheus: Tomáš Kantor \nFather: John Voce \nLord of the Underworld: Devon Braithwaite \nStone: Joshua Gordon \nStone: Fran Sweeney-Nash \nStone: Miles Paras[/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-b9f1f251-55a3″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $39\nFull: $55\nConcession: $49\nGroup 6+: $49\nMob tickets (discount for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island mob): $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]book online [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Unicellular
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nKate Hunter\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nUnicellular\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]2 June – 13 June 2026 \nopening night: Tuesday 2 June\, 5-7pm \nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…Unicellular intersects personal stories with sounds and images that reflect the barely-visible and the easily-overlooked… \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_btn title=”PURCHASE AN ARTWORK” color=”black” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fgallery-shop-3603.myshopify.com%2Fcollections%2Funicellular”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs shape=”round” color=”white” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Unicellular emerged from a research residency spanning Victoria and South Australia’s western Wimmera region and Limestone Coast\, during which subaquatic field recordings were gathered from the limestone springs at Ewens Ponds\, the brackish water at the mouth of the Glenelg River at Nelson\, and from Lake Wallace in Edenhope. \nThese audio recordings became generative material for an exhibition which positions microscopic\, non-human life – single-cell organisms\, phytoplankton\, the fragile ecosystems already destabilised by climate change – as active participants in an expanded attentional field.   \nDrawing on the artist’s theatre-making\, performance\, sound-design and painting practices\, Unicellular intersects personal stories with sounds and images that reflect the barely-visible and the easily-overlooked – building on a long-standing interest in giving voice\, in all sorts of ways\, to the small\, unheard\, and persistently alive.[/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=””]Kate Hunter is an interdisciplinary artist working across performance\, sound\, painting\, and installation. Her work draws on field recording\, verbatim theatre practice\, and personal narrative to explore attention as an artistic and dramaturgical force – attending to the non-human and the ecosystems we share with other forms of life.  \nPerformances include Memorandum (Theatre Works\, 2014) The Waiting Room (with Born In A Taxi\, 2010-2015) and Earshot (2017-2019). More recent works invite audiences into more intimate sonic encounters\, and include MicroSonic (Hobson’s Bay ‘Dear Agnes’ contemporary public art program 2026)\, and Near Sighted  (fortyfivedownstairs 2023). In 2024 she created The Symphony Series (with Rea Dennis) with Rawcus Theatre\, and Lick/Leccata (with Katie Lee\, Luigi Vescio\, and Annette Wagner) at the European Cultural Centre\, Palazzo Mora\, at the 2024 Venice Biennale.  \nKate was associate artist with award-winning physical theatre company Born in a Taxi for 15 years\, and has trained extensively in the Suzuki Method of Actor Training\, Viewpoints and Composition. She has studied in New York with Anne Bogart and SITI Company\, the UK with Ruth Kanner and Andrew Morrish\, and with acclaimed theatre director Richard Schechner. She is currently Senior Lecturer in Art and Performance at Deakin University\, Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Purchase an Artwork” tab_id=”1780367693928-347ba645-8b91″][vc_btn title=”PURCHASE AN ARTWORK FROM OUR ONLINE GALLERY SHOP” color=”black” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fgallery-shop-3603.myshopify.com%2Fcollections%2Funicellular”][/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:Melbourne Studio School New Works
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMelbourne Studio School New Works\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nGroup Exhibition\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]2 June – 27 June 2026\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_column_text css=””][/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”PURCHASE AN ARTWORK” color=”inverse” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fgallery-shop-3603.myshopify.com%2Fcollections%2Fmelbourne-studio-school-new-works”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs shape=”round” color=”white” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Founded in 1998 by Richard Birmingham\, Melbourne Studio School grew out of a need to re- calibrate painting and drawing in a Post-Modern era where conceptual arts practice and critical theory began to dominate teaching institutions throughout Australia and the world. \nLoosely based on the New York Studio School model\, an atelier system\, we prioritise the acquisition of fundamental\, analogue painting and drawing skills. You learn by doing. These skills include manual dexterity in mark making\, practice in compositional language and exploration of colour theory. \nA gradual assimilation is the key to mastering these disciplines whilst holding the observed and the imagined in balance. \nThis Group exhibition represents the work of 17 artists currently working at the school. Their work represents a cross-section of themes ranging from figuration to abstraction. \nMany of these artists pursue independent careers and exhibit regularly outside the school structure. Attendance at MSS provides an opportunity to enhance their professional practice. \nThose who attend classes\, are encouraged to discover their authentic voice\, develop a body of work of exhibition standard and establish an independent studio practice away from school hours. \nDrawing and painting flourishes when there’s a willingness to explore process and medium over any predetermined outcome. \nA spirit of enquiry creates the best chance for something transformative\, something special to take place in the work. \nRichard Birmingham 2026[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artists” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Jill Anderson \nLynne Bechervaise \nJarnie Birmingham \nLyn Buckingham \nPam Cheetham \nJulie Chiffey \nPhilippa Croll \nCarsten Segerlund Frederiksen \nSusan Hase \nJoy Elizabeth Lea \nLesley Lodge \nJohn McCallum \nCarol A Palfrey \nRosemarie Reber \nSandra Smillie \nSue Sweeney \nYaping Jiang[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Purchase an Artwork” tab_id=”1780367810438-410af343-ae08″][vc_btn title=”PURCHASE AN ARTWORK FROM THE ONLINE GALLERY SHOP” color=”inverse” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fgallery-shop-3603.myshopify.com%2Fcollections%2Fmelbourne-studio-school-new-works”][/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:Developing your Practice - a hands-on workshop series for painters
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This series of six fortnightly workshops can be booked individually\, or as a complete set. All materials are supplied\, so all you need to do is turn up (in clothing you don’t mind getting paint on!)\, and be ready to explore. \n\n\n\nWorkshop 1: Composition\n7 June\, 10am – 1pm\nThis workshop focuses on composition in painting\, and how you can use it to create harmony\, tension\, balance\, mood and interest in your work. We’ll talk through some basic compositional ‘rules’ then we’ll take you through a series of practical exercises that encourage you to explore compositional ideas for yourself – working within or without the ‘rules’.\n\n\nWorkshop 2: Subject matter\n21 June\, 10am – 1pm\nWhat do you want to paint? What do you want your work to communicate? This workshop helps you to unpack these questions\, exploring connection to your work as an artist. It could be a starting point for you\, a deep dive into existing themes that have appeared in your work\, or perhaps a change in direction. Expect self-reflection\, group discussions\, inspiration\, and practical exercises to help you build a personalised visual diary of your practice.\n\n\nWorkshop 3: Colour choices\n5 July\, 10am – 1pm\nThis session explores colour\, providing ideas and tools to give you more confidence with using colour in your work. We’ll discuss colour as a standalone presence\, colour combinations\, the art of manipulating colour through pairings\, and the use of colour in historical and current contexts. We’ll do some simple colour selection and mixing exercises to launch your own colour wheel collection\, creating a solid colour reference for your practice\, and some fresh inspiration.\n\n\nWorkshop 4: Mark-making\n19 July\, 10am – 1pm\nMark-making\, brushwork\, texture… these all work together to create depth\, energy and movement in a painting. This session gives you the chance to expand your mark-making vocabulary as we consider how the marks we make record our own experience as well as impact the viewers experience of our work.\n\n\nWorkshop 5: Strengthening your voice\n2 August\, 10am – 1pm\nThis workshop is more of an open discussion around our work and how we can strengthen our voice and the direction of our practice. Participants are required to bring in some of their own work to talk about. The session will be mostly discussion based\, with one painting exercise included.\n\n\nWorkshop 6: Building your practice\n16 August\, 10am – 1pm\nThis session will involve open discussions about the challenges of surviving as a practicing artist. We’ll give you some practical advice\, helpful templates and real life answers to all of your questions. We’ll have a mini play session creating a pop up exhibition where you’ll be encouraged to talk about your impromptu work in a relaxed and supportive environment. Whether you want to dip your toe into the world of galleries\, connect with other painters\, or break through personal roadblocks\, this session will build confidence and independence in whatever steps you choose to take next as an artist.\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artists’ Bios” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Charlotte Ivey \nCharlotte Ivey is a visual artist born in Aotearoa/New Zealand where she studied Philosophy of Art at University of Canterbury. She now resides in Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. \nLargely focussed on oil painting\, Charlotte’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’. \nhttps://www.charlotteivey.com/  \n  \nLana Daubermann \nLana Daubermann is a landscape and still life painter living near Melbourne’s Merri Creek. She has painted since she was a child\, slowly sidestepping her way out of a career in advertising to becoming a full-time artist. \nLana primarily works in oils and enjoys the immersive qualities of paint and its endless possibilities in mark-making. Painting en plein air and direct from life is an important part of her practice as she explores the process of painting and drawing and the unique way it can connect us to the world. With a traditional background in tonalism\, her attention over the years has shifted more towards intuition and colour. \nShe exhibits and teaches regularly\, and loves to share her passion for painting with others. \nhttps://www.lanadaubermann.com/ \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Windless Night
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nKate Butler\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nWindless Night\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]16 June – 27 June 2026\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…A lunar landscape of forms… faceted surfaces incise shadows and hold and reflect light… \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_btn title=”PURCHASE AN ARTWORK” color=”inverse” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fgallery-shop-3603.myshopify.com%2Fcollections%2Fwindless-night”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs shape=”round” color=”white” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]Daydream transports the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that bears the mark of infinity. \n– Gaston Bachelard \n“Windless Night” centers on a body of ceramic sculptures that take inspiration from the stillness\, light and movement of the night sky\, as well as archetypal landmarks that have helped many a wayward traveler orient themself in space. Most were created at a time when I was in dire need of orientation\, in the years after I re-located to Melbourne\, Wurundjeri land\, from my home country of the US. \nThough united by recurring motifs – of clouds\, “beacons\,” the stars and moon – I began few of these sculptures from images\, and most from the assemblage of abstract shapes and the confluence of fluid lines. Thus they are as much a product as an inner vision as an outer one\, as much in reference to old archetypes of way-finding as they are to modernist models of compositional unity. \nIn “Poetics of Space\,” Gaston Bachelard proposes “a concordance of world immensity with intimate depths of being\,” noting the work of poets whose contemplation of vast expanses becomes a meditation on the depths of themselves. That duality of the intimate and the immense is alive in this work\, with its echoes both of the moon’s reflected light and the impressions of my hands on the clay.[/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=”” font_family=”Arial\, Helvetica\, sans-serif”]Kate Butler is American artist\, writer and educator based in Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia\, on Wurundjeri land. Referring to vast spaces and vertical structures\, her works in ceramics and drawing explore the mystic interdependence of nature and the human imagination. \nKate holds an her MFA and MS in Art History from the Pratt Institute (2019)\, and a BA in English and Studio Art from the College of Charleston (2014). She has also studied and apprenticed at the Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing\, in Aix-en-Provence\, France. She teaches classes in art history and sculpture at RMIT and The Art Room.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Between The Lines - The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters
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_1771395902678{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nBetween The Lines – The James Joyce/Groucho Marx Letters\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1773790728301{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]17 – 21 June 2026[/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_1781762790837{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Wednesday 17 June – Sunday 21 June 2026\n\nopening night: Wednesday 17 June\nduration: 80 mins (no interval)\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 3:30pm\nticket price: $35 – $48\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: coarse language\, misogyny\, referenced sexual violence & assault and sexual references[/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-b9f1225d-fe8e” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]A young scholar makes the discovery of the century – letters between James Joyce and comedy legend Groucho Marx – and believes she has secured her legacy. But in the cut-throat Joyce Industry\, credit rarely goes to a woman. Between The Lines is a razor sharp\, wryly witty literary mystery that follows her descent into a patriarchal web of ego and academic theft. As her groundbreaking discovery is hijacked by the very mentor she trusted to protect it\, truth begins to blur. Packed with intellectual gymnastics and dramatic reversals\, the story asks: who gets to own history? In a world of literary giants\, you can’t trust even the evidence of your own eyes… \nPhoto by Jody Jane Stitt[/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-b9f1225d-fe8e”][vc_column_text css=””]\nCAST in order of appearance \nPANDORA FRIEDAN Seon Williams \nJAMES JOYCE Tref Gare \nJILL SNOW Christina Costigan \nGROUCHO MARX Scott Middleton \nMURRAY DALTON Shannon Woollard \nMARY FRIEDAN Christina Costigan \n  \nCREATIVES \nDIRECTOR Renee Palmer \nSCRIPT Steve Carey \nSTAGE MANAGER Alison Ferrier \nSET DESIGNER Ishan Vivekanantham \nCOSTUME DESIGNER Zach Dixon \nLIGHTING Lindon Blakey \nSOUND DESIGNER AND COMPOSER Inder Singh \nPRODUCER Steve Carey \nPRODUCTION MANAGER AND ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Ella Thompson \nCREATIVE DIRECTOR Frances Devlin-Glass \nMARKETING MANAGER Eleanor Howlett\, Sassy Red PR \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-b9f1225d-fe8e”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nFull: $48\nConcession: $39\nGroup 4+: $35\nMob tickets (discount for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island mob): $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]
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SUMMARY:MR BIG aka Tatay\, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune!
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nTAYOTAYO Collective in association with fortyfivedownstairs presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1762824921399{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nMR BIG aka Tatay\, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! by Dax Carnay-Hanrahan\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763607434550{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]24 June – 5 July 2026[/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_1782177083853{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Wednesday 24 June – Sunday 5 July 2026\n\npreview: Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 June\nopening night: Friday 26 June\nduration: 90 minutes\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturdays 7:30pm\nSundays 5pm\nSaturday 27 June 4pm – Auslan interpreted with post show Q&A\nticket price: $42 – $55\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: This production contains haze\, suggestions of sexual abuse\, references to death and grief\, partial nudity\, sudden loud noises\, homophobic/transphobic language\, drug use\, sexual references\, coarse language\, and a very catchy tune[/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-b9f16135-ab6c” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]A ghost that will not stop singing. A bride with a funeral to plan. A 90s love song that refuses to die. From award-winning playwright Dax Carnay-Hanrahan\, MR BIG aka Tatay\, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! is a darkly comedic and musically haunted new theatre work. \nSet between 1990s Manila and contemporary Melbourne\, MR BIG follows Diana\, a trans Filipina woman juggling her upcoming wedding and the funeral of her estranged father. Her plans fall apart when her late father reappears as a singing ghost who will not stop belting Mr. Big’s 1991 hit “To Be With You.” \nFusing music\, comedy\, and haunting absurdity\, the play dives into gender\, grief\, and immigrant duty\, navigating the chaos of a fractured family legacy. This heartfelt and hilarious Filipino-Australian story forces an unavoidable\, ridiculous confrontation with the ghosts of the past. \nDeveloped through the support of Midsumma Festival 2026\, the City of Melbourne Arts Grants\, and Darebin Arts through the Darebin Arts Speakeasy Spare Room program\, in association with fortyfivedownstairs.[/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-b9f16135-ab6c”][vc_column_text css=””]CAST in order of appearance \nDIANA/JGHOST – Dax Carnay-Hanrahan\nJOEY/DGHOST – Trevor Santos\nDION – Ken Paolo\nNOLET/ALFIE – Ayril Borce\nTESS – Anna Buenaseda\nJERRY – Aiden Gale Miranda \nCREATIVES \nDIRECTOR – Beng Oh\nWRITER – Dax Carnay-Hanrahan\nPRODUCER – Sasha Leong\nSTAGE MANAGER – Teri Steer\nASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER – Claire Le Blond\nDRAMATURG – Matthew Bostock\nMUSICAL DIRECTOR & SOUND DESIGNER – Ben Keene\nLIGHTING DESIGNER – Viv Hargreaves\nSET & COSTUME DESIGNER – Christina Logan-Bell\nVISUAL STORYTELLING – Jordan Hanrahan-Carnay[/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-b9f16135-ab6c”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $42\nFull: $55\nConcession: $45\nGroup 6+: $45\nMob tickets (discount for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island mob): $42 \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=”Special Events” tab_id=”1772668086679-efc4886c-f6d8″][vc_column_text css=””]\nMR BIG: Dedicated Community Performances + Artist Conversation\n\nAcross the season\, MR BIG aka Tatay\, A Transwoman and That Tiring Tune! features two dedicated community performances\, each followed by a facilitated post-show conversation. These sessions create safer\, community‑centred spaces for reflection and connection. Allies are welcome. \nSaturday 27 June\, 4pm – Migrant & Asian Australian Communities \nA dedicated performance for Migrant and Asian Australian communities\, followed by a post‑show conversation facilitated by Slanted Theatre. \n4 July\, 5pm – MR BIG & TGV: Trans/Form  \n\nEleven trans and gender-diverse creatives have been working with Dax through a series of intensive workshops to actively write and perform their own original material\, exploring how to take the raw material of our lived experience and transmute it into Satire\, Camp\, and Joy.\nWe invite you to experience these new and original works for the first time\, on the stage of MR BIG. These are works in-development. All MR BIG ticket holders for July 4th get access to this event.\n\n“Emerging trans and gender-diverse artists just spent three days turning their monsters into material and their material into something you can actually watch. The pre-show is them\, doing that\, live\, for the first time in front of people who aren’t each other. Then you get Mr. Big. Honestly\, get there early\, this might be the best part of your night.” – Daxie Carnay-Hanrahan\n\n\nSaturday 4 July\, 7.30pm – Trans and Gender Diverse Community Night \nA dedicated performance centring Trans and Gender Diverse audiences\, followed by a facilitated post-show conversation with Transgender Victoria. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]book online [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:Fledge Radiance
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nA group show curated by Tré Turner and E. Salmon\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nFledge Radiance\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]30 June – 11 July 2026 \nopening night:\nTuesday 30 June\, 5-7pm \nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…We are creating a bower; collecting little things we like to show off\, comforts\, reflections\, traces of Country… \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][vc_btn title=”Purchase an artwork” color=”inverse” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fgallery-shop-3603.myshopify.com%2Fcollections%2Ffledge-radiance”][vc_btn title=”Exhbition Catalogue” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F07%2FFledge-radiance-Booklets-1.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs shape=”round” color=”white” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]In celebration of NAIDOC week\, curators E Salmon and Tre Turner have asked a selection of queer Blakfulla artists based around Narrm to showcase their work. \nWe are coming together to celebrate each other\, the gifts we give each other\, the gifts we receive from our ancestors\, Elders and mob\, and the gifts we are yet to give. \nWe are inspired by the Bower bird’s feathers\, whose iridescent blue is created by structural colouration. It is not the individual feather\, but the crystalline structure of them grouped together that shines such radiance. \nWe are creating a bower; collecting little things we like to show off\, comforts\, reflections\, traces of Country. And this can become a shelter from which we all fledge.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Participating Artists” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Grace Auld \nNicholas Currie \nENOKi \nlalatuai \nAri Mills \nElijah Money \nMia Nugent \nE Salmon \nPierra Van Sparkes \nTré Turner[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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