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Passion. Politics. Power. Set against the backdrop of empire and ambition, Cleopatra & Antony's fateful romance unfolds with devastating intensity in a visceral fusion of rich language and sharp, contemporary direction from Sonya Suares ('The Lucky Country', Lawler Theatre). Melbourne Shakespeare Company follows a string of acclaimed productions at fortyfivedownstairs – 'Julius Caesar', 'Hamlet' and 'Othello' – with a gripping, modern take on one of the Bard’s great tragedies. 
'Twin' is a collaborative exhibition by twin sisters Anne Dash and Emma Dash. Working across painting, embroidery and sequinned textile, the project approaches twinhood not as duplication but as relation - shaped through closeness and exchange. 
Barbara Rozenes' exhibition reflects a lifelong journey of caring, advocacy and devotion to family, culminating in a rediscovery of self through art. Through expressive portraits, still lifes and works in oil and watercolour, she celebrates the freedom, joy and renewal she has found in painting, capturing the stories, beauty and humanity that continue to inspire her. |
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'sex death country' brings together new paintings and sculptures by Ian Bracegirdle and Ponch Hawkes. Ian Bracegirdle is a multidisciplinary artist whose work engages with natural and geopolitical landscapes. In this exhibition, these themes evolve into the personal and singular in the form of large-scale portraits looking at friendship, masculinity and invisibility, alongside sculptural works addressing diaspora, dispossession and conflict. Celebrated photographer Ponch Hawkes makes her first foray into painting with a new body of work centred on the symbolic figure of the bear. Inspired by the animal’s capacity for hibernation and its remarkable ability to maintain bone density and muscle mass while dormant, Hawkes explores the bear as a figure that moves between waking and dreaming worlds. |
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Holly and Sam share a dream – to join the most elite squad in competitive summer sport: ballkids at the Australian Open. Funny, moving and excruciatingly human, 'Ballkids' opens with a chance encounter and jump-cuts through the next two decades of Holly and Sam’s shared life together. Following rave reviews (★★★★★ The Age) and a Green Room Award win for Best New Writing for Liv Satchell, VIMH ('The Grief Trilogy') are bringing back this smash hit of Melbourne Fringe 2024, directed by Julian Dibley-Hall ('The View From Up Here', Theatreworks). |
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‘PRIMARY INSTINCTS’ is an annual thematic group exhibition presented by the Polish Art Foundation. In a world increasingly mediated by technology, systems, and rational frameworks, the exhibition invites artists to interpret the idea of ‘Primary Instincts’ and consider what remains immediate, embodied, and unfiltered. 
Kate’s practice has long been focused on the symmetry and beauty of natural forms. In distilling plants and landscapes to their essence, she finds order in a disordered world. The works in 'Cosmic Forms' are meditations on order within disorder, examining our connection with all living things - from plants, to animals, to each other. |
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Xavier meets Sebastian in high school. They instantly hit it off, but it doesn't take long for things to get complicated. Moving through university and into the real world, Xavier fumbles through relationships and friendships, continuing to orbit Sebastian, sometimes closely, sometimes from afar. Presented by fortyfivedownstairs as part of the 2026 Fringe Festival, Margot Morales ('And She Would Stand Like This', Antipodes Theatre) directs the Melbourne premiere of Eric Jiang's funny and touching play about the unexpected forms love takes. |
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