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Led by Charlotte Ivey (abstract artist) and Lana Daubermann (landscape artist), these workshops are designed to inspire painters from beginners to those with more experience. 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. 
As Diana, a trans Filipina woman in Melbourne, prepares for her wedding, her plans are derailed by the death and inconvenient return of her estranged father’s ghost, endlessly singing Mr. Big’s 1991 hit To Be With You. Presented by Tayotayo Collective in association with fortyfivedownstairs, this dark comedy from award-winning writer/performer Dax Carnay-Hanrahan ('The Six Guys an Immigrant Trans Person of Colour will Date in Melbourne', La Mama) explores gender, grief, and inheritance under the direction of Beng Oh ('Soul of Possum'). |
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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. This exhibition is a coming together, celebrating eachother, the gifts they share, the gifts they receive from their ancestors, Elders and mob, and the gifts they are yet to give. |
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Winner of the 2025 Sydney Fringe Festival Best in Spoken Word Award, this electrifying fusion of Indian dance, music, and spoken word confronts the unspoken realities of domestic violence within families with raw honesty, cultural depth, and courage. Shaped by the voices too often left out of the conversation, 'And What Will People Say?' challenges generational silence and invites audiences into a deeply personal journey of love, fear, shame, and resilience. |
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fortyfivedownstairs is proud to present the eleventh Emerging Artist Award, a prestigious award and exhibition showcasing exciting talent from emerging artists. |
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The acclaimed musical returns to Melbourne this July-August starring music theatre luminaries Helen Dallimore ('Wicked' and 'Legally Blonde') and Deidre Rubenstein ('My Fair Lady' and 'Shakespeare in Love') as the legendary mother daughter duo, Big and Little Edith (Edie) Bouvier Beale. This new production will be directed by Tyran Parke ('Elegies: A Song Cycle' and 'Ordinary Days') and presented by Clovelly Fox and fortyfivedownstairs. |
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In 'Now: Embodied Expressions', eight women artists offer works shaped by years of life, practice and attention. Their art holds the textures of experience while remaining vividly present. Each work invites us into a moment where seeing and making meet. |