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SUMMARY:Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1771896985519{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nMelbourne International Comedy Festival\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1771896995280{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]26 March – 19 April 2026[/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_1771897397470{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 26 March – Sunday 19 April 2026 \nwww.comedyfestival.com.au[/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-b9f14f52-1b63″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Anisa Nandaula\nNo Small Talk \nAnisa Nandaula (Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen) dives headfirst into the chaos of her life – nearly getting into a fight\, feuding with her next-door neighbour and surviving her old workplace drama. Then\, after a decade away\, she returns to Africa and brings back a suitcase full of hilarious\, unforgettable stories. No filters\, no small talk – just big laughs. \nBuy tickets \n\nChris Parker\nTake a Good Hard Look at Me \nHello! I’ve been vying for your attention for a long time now. I’d comfortably say\, it’s been 30 years. Thirty years of trying to make people look at me. In that time there have been many attempts to try and masquerade it as something “important” or “educational” but the longer I’ve sat with it\, the more I’ve come to accept that it could maybe just be vanity. So I won’t sugar coat it in the blurb. There’re no secrets about to be dished\, no valuable lesson to take away. I’m just a 35-year-old gay man\, who was told there was something special about him as a kid and has been grappling with that ever since\, standing in front of an audience asking them to take a good hard look at ME! \nBuy tickets \n\nJKS: a Comedy(?)\nBy Tom Ballard \nThe sell-out Melbourne Fringe hit returns for six shows only! \nA weekly stand-up gig. Backstage. \nIn between their sets\, five comedians are laughing\, bitching and talking shit. \nIt’s all fun and games… until they hear the news: a legend has died. \nDepending on who you ask\, he either leaves behind a lifetime of laughter\, or a legacy of bigotry and pain. Or maybe both. Or neither… \nThe comics get stuck in: was this guy actually funny\, or just embarrassing? Is being “funny” all that matters\, anyway? What’s even the point of telling jokes? How much harm (or good) can they ever do? How dark and f#%ked up can you go? Who can say what – and who decides? \nAs the gig carries on in the background\, the comics go to war on ‘The Big Question’ – what is comedy even for? \nA new (funny) play about what it means to be funny. \nStarring Bev Killick (Deadloch)\, Kevin Hofbauer (Dear Life)\, Tom Ballard (Tonightly)\, Tiana Hogben (Thank God You’re Here) and Lauren Bonner (Going Under). \nWritten by Tom Ballard. \nDirected by Ben Russell (Thank God You’re Here). \nBuy tickets \n\nTape Face\n20 \nCelebrating 20 years of TAPE FACE – the show returns to Australia for the first time in over 10 years! \nMime with noise\, stand-up with no talking\, drama with no acting. Las Vegas headliner TAPE FACE has become a global sensation. See the critically award-winning show that started it all. Physical comedy and silent stand-up collide in an unforgettable performance that will leave you laughing\, gasping and lost for words. TAPE FACE has to be seen to be believed. \nBuy tickets \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Punchlines
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nPunchlines\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=””]24 March – 18 April 2026 \nopening night:\nTuesday 24 March\, 5 – 8pm\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…Through laughter\, the artists expose contradictions\, challenge authority\, critique politics and culture\, or simply revel in the pleasure of making something funny… \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_btn title=”EXHIBITION CATALOGUE” color=”black” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FPunchlines-Catalogue_-1.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”30px”]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=””]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPunchlines is a group exhibition exploring the use of humour in contemporary art\, bringing together 38 of Australia’s funniest artists. \nSpanning painting\, drawing\, photography\, sculpture\, textiles\, mixed media\, digital art\, video art\, and experimental practices\, Punchlines highlights a wide range of mediums\, styles\, and subject matter\, united by a shared impulse to find the joke\, however subtle or subversive. \nThis humour may take many forms\, including (but not limited to): satire and social critique\, wordplay and visual puns\, absurdity\, surrealism\, dark humour\, pop art\, playful disruption\, appropriation\, or just plain silliness. Works may entertain\, surprise\, or unsettle\, using laughter to expose contradictions\, challenge authority\, critique politics or culture\, or simply revel in the joy of making something funny. \nThis exhibition is timed to coincide with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival\, which is taking over the theatre at fortyfivedownstairs. For a few weeks\, the building will be filled with artists and comedians alike\, both attempting to perfect the art of the punchline. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Participating artists” tab_id=”1772506001343-8f4aff4d-3e9e”][vc_column_text css=””]Alana Davis\, Al Roberts\, Alex Saveski\, Alice Gilbert\, Amanda Tonkin-Hill\, Anna Yao Mei Wang\, Benjamin Shaw\, Cameron Grant\, Cameron McGregor\, Catriona Fraser\, Charlotte Finley\, Cristina Perra\, Daisi Diddle\, Darren Frisina\, Emma Buckland\, Esme Stripp\, Falconeris Marimón\, Freya Cronin\, Gala Jane\, Hiro Feliciano\, Jean-Luc Syndikas\, Jennifer Burns\, Jincheng Deng\, Jon Potter\, Jooyun Lim\, Josh Dykgraaf\, Julian Di Martino\, Kristian V. Eldritch\, Liam Herne\, Liv McCarten\, Matthew Clarke\, Michael Fee\, Nicole Robertson\, Ponce A Delph\, Rosie Carr\, Takahiko Sugawara\, Vin Ryan & Vivek Khakhar.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Summer's Rhythm
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nAdele Auchterlonie\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nSummer’s Rhythm\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]24 March – 18 April 2026\n\nopening night:\nTuesday 24 March\, 5 – 8pm \nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…The warmth of summer is not only physical but emotional; it slows us down [and] draws us together… \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_btn title=”EXHIBITION CATALOGUE” color=”black” align=”left” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FAdele-Auchterlonie-Catalogue_-3.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”40px”]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=””]\nSummer’s Rhythm reflects on the Australian summer as something lived and felt\, rather than simply seen. It draws from the familiar rituals that shape the season; time spent in gardens surrounded by native plants\, diving into open water\, fishing for the evening meal\, sharing drinks in the sun\, and driving up the coast with friends as the landscape rolls by. \nThe collection is less about documenting these activities and more about capturing their atmosphere and how they make us feel. It considers the weight of heat in the air\, the way long days seem to stretch endlessly\, and how light settles over everything with a kind of softness and intensity at once. These repeated experiences form a quiet rhythm\, one that feels instinctive and deeply personal. \nAt its core\, Summer’s Rhythm explores how these seasonal moments become part of who we are. The warmth of summer is not only physical but emotional; it slows us down\, draws us together\, and allows us to notice the beauty in what might otherwise feel ordinary. Through a focus on light\, texture\, and mood\, the collection invites viewers to reconnect with the subtle richness of an Australian summer and the sense of comfort and belonging it creates. \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=””]Adele Auchterlonie is a Tasmanian abstract expressionist artist and has been painting for six years. She creates bold\, vibrant works designed to bring energy into a space and evoke a strong emotional response. \nHer inspiration comes from everyday life and the beauty found in ordinary moments. Summer\, the ocean and the garden are constant influences. She grew up sailing\, and the rhythm and movement of the water continue to shape the way she paints. She is also inspired by long summer days\, warm light and time spent outdoors\, where heat softens everything and slows the pace of life. \nWorking primarily with mixed media on canvas\, Adele is drawn to expressive brushstrokes\, layered textures and intuitive mark making. Colour plays a central role in her practice and she uses it instinctively to capture movement and feeling. \nThrough her work\, she aims to capture the atmosphere of these familiar experiences and translate them into something expressive\, immersive and deeply felt.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Year of the Rooster
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It’s Tennessee Williams\, but the rose-coloured glasses have been ripped off. It’s Homer’s Odyssey\, set in the backstreets of Oklahoma. It’s beautiful and appalling\, like a Happy Meal at 3am. \nPRAISE FOR THE CROCODILE & RHINOCEROS \n“★★★★½…every element of stagecraft merges with guillotine-sharp synergy” — Cameron Woodhead\, The Age \n“★★★★½…everything about Spinning Plates Co’s The Crocodile works” — Anna Hayes\, Theatre Matters \n“★★★★½…if you want to step through the looking glass into all the delights Melbourne theatre has to offer\, you couldn’t find a better place to start” — Vanessa Francesca\, Arts Hub \n“★★★★…a rampaging success…Spinning Plate Co has done it again” — Arts Hub \n“★★★★…pure comic pandemonium…an experience absolutely worth the ride” — Limelight \n“impeccable…a polished\, professional\, coruscating\, very entertaining evening that speaks to our times now. See it.” — Michael Brindley\, Stage Whispers \n“a wild mash of pantomime\, burlesque\, and meticulous ensemble work…pitch-perfect” —Australian Book Review \nBy permission of ORiGiN™ Theatrical on behalf of Playscripts\, Inc – A Concord Theatricals Company.[/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-b9f1a095-3ae9″][vc_column_text css=””]Director: Alexandra Aldrich \nCast: AYA\, James Cerché\, Natasha Herbert\, Zachary Pidd\, and Jessica Stanley \nSet & Costume Designer: Dann Barber \nLighting Designer: Rachel Burke \nSound Designer: Ian Moorhead \nLighting Associate: Sam Martin \nCostume Maker: Christie Milton \nStage Manager: Siena Bonnici \nAssistant Stage Manager: AJ Woodward \nContent Creator: Bridget Sweeney (Artistic Allsort) \nFight Choreographer: Scott Jackson \nPromotional Photography: Sarah Clarke \nProduction Photography: Cameron Grant\, Parenthesy \nProducer: Spinning Plates Co.[/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-b9f1a095-3ae9″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $39\nFull: $55\nConcession: $45\nGroup 6+: $45\nMob tickets: $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]book online [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Monumental
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMark Bo Chu\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nMonumental\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]3 March – 21 March 2026 \nopening night: \nTuesday 3 March\, 5pm – 7pm \nartist talk (+ Q&A): \nSaturday 14 March\, 2pm – 3pm\n\nopening hours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…In his gritty and vibrant style\, [Mark Bo Chu] presses at what makes a moment monumental… \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_btn title=”EXHIBITION CATALOGUE” color=”black” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FMark-Bo-Chu-Monumental-Catalogue.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]'Freeform Camouflage'\, Mark Bo Chu\, acrylic on canvas\, 75 x 100cm.'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'The Ice Cream Van'\, Mark Bo Chu\, 75 x 60 cm. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'The Elbow'\, Mark Bo Chu\, acrylic on canvas\, 46 x 81 cm. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Everybody in the Place'\, Mark Bo Chu\, acrylic on canvas\, 102 x 75 cm. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Swotvac'\, Mark Bo Chu\, acrylic on canvas\, 46 x 81 cm. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Monumental' by Mark Bo Chu\, installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Dormant'\, Mark Bo Chu\, acrylic on canvas\, 92 x 92 cm.  [/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=””]Magnificence occurs at all scales across a city\, from road markings to modernist statements\, and through the expressions of its denizens. In a new series of paintings\, Mark Bo Chu observes familiar and unfamiliar scenes across Melbourne\, focusing on singular and collective subjects. Chu depicts freeways and festivals as shared public experiences\, as well as work and friendship\, cherished in private. In his gritty and vibrant style\, he presses at what makes a moment monumental.[/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 Bo Chu is a painter of the everyday in Melbourne. His artwork has appeared in Vice\, ABC\, SBS\, The Australian\, and the New York Times. Chu is also a science researcher\, publishing in venues like Cognition and Nature. He is a past writer for the Good Food Guide\, and has recorded as a piano soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Chu currently writes for To Be Magazine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1769737940164-172832dc-8b93″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 3 March\, 5pm – 7pm \n  \nArtist Talk (+ Q&A) \nSaturday 14 March\, 2pm – 3pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]For sales inquiries\, please contact fortyfivedownstairs at gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com or call 03 9662 9966.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/monumental/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Liminal Fields
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nRia Green\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nLiminal Fields\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]3 March – 21 March 2026\n\nopening night:\nTuesday 3 March\, 5 – 7pm \nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… by capturing these visceral experiences of awe\, time is suspended momentarily enabling the sublime surfaces to reveal themselves… \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_btn title=”EXHIBITION CATALOGUE” color=”black” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F02%2FRia-Green-Liminal-Fields-catalogue-1.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]'Liminal Field'\, Ria Green\, 2025\, gouache\, pigment\, dye\, water colour\, sand\, plaster\, textile\, board\, 50x40cm.'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Radiant Nature\, part 104'\, Ria Green\, 2024\, gouache\, water colour\, oxide\, dye\, plaster\, clay\, textile\, board\, framed in Victorian Ash\, 43x31cm. 'Meditation'\, Ria Green\, 2024\, gouache\, water colour\, oxide\, dye\, plaster\, textile\, board\, framed in Victorian Ash\, 42x31cm. 'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Dark Night'\, Ria Green\, 2024\, gouache\, water colour\, oxide\, dye\, plaster\, textile\, board\, framed in Victorian Ash\, 47x35cm. 'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Cumulonimbus'\, Ria Green\, 2024\, gouache\, water colour\, oxide\, dye\, sand\, clay\, plaster\, textile\, board\, framed in Victorian Ash\, 36x27cm. 'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Radiant Nature\, part 105'\, Ria Green\, 2024\, gouache\, water colour\, oxide\, dye\, sand\, plaster\, textile\, board\, framed in Victorian Ash\, 55x42cm. 'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford'Liminal fields'\, Installation view\, 2026\, Photographed by George Jefford[/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=””]\nRia Green is a multidisciplinary artist working and living in Naarm/Melbourne. Her work explores the resonance and affect of the environment on the spiritual\, emotional and physical self. Through the process of painting\, with a particular focus on raw materials\, colour and texture\, Ria’s practice presents abstracted representations of ephemeral moments of wonderment found in the natural world. By capturing these visceral experiences of awe\, time is suspended momentarily enabling the sublime surfaces to reveal themselves. In embracing the pictorial space\, Green’s paintings offer deeper contemplation and connection to the world around. \n  \nSupported by City of Melbourne Arts Grants.[/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=””]\nRia Green is a multidisciplinary artist working and living in Naarm/Melbourne. Ria Green holds a Master of Fine Art at RMIT University\, 2013 and a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours at RMIT University\, 2007. Green has exhibited nationally and internationally since 2007\, including exhibitions in Turin\, Italy and Marnay-sur-Seine\, France. Local exhibitions include Modern Times\, Saint Cloche (Sydney)\, Counihan Gallery\, Blindside Gallery and Seventh Gallery in Melbourne. Green has developed her sense of materiality and methods through several artist residencies including Cortex Frontal\, Cortexrcult Cultural Association\, Arriolos\, Portugal\, Tribu de Trueno\, Bariloche\, Argentina and Fusion Gallery\, Inaudita Cultural Institution\, Turin\, Italy. Green’s work is held in numerous collections including State Library of Victoria\, National Library of Australia\, RMIT University and many private collections. \n  \nWebsite: riagreen.com \nInstagram: @ria.m.green.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]For sales inquiries\, please contact fortyfivedownstairs at gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com or call 03 9662 9966.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/liminal-fields/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260301
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SUMMARY:Whispers Woven in Water\, Wings and Wildflowers
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nPam Davison\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nWhispers Woven in Water\, Wings and Wildflowers\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]17 February – 28 February 2026\n\nopening night: Tuesday 17 February\, 5 – 7 pm \ngallery hours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free \nartist mini-series: Saturday 21 & 28 February \n\nCurated Artist Walkthrough | 12:30 pm\nArtist in Conversation | 2:30 pm\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…a layered experience that dissolves the boundaries between image\, body\, and lived experience… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Featuring framed photograph 'Sapphire wings on emerald waters' by Pam Davison and dress by Linda Britten‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.‘Whispers Woven in Water\, Wind and Wildflowers’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.'Sapphire wings on emerald waters'\, Pam Davison\, 2009\, Digital image printed on Moab Slickrock Metallic Pearl\, 50cm x 50cm.'The lightness of being'\, Pam Davison and Linda Bitten\, digital photograph\, 61x61cm'Dance of the floral fairy'\, Pam Davison\, 2025\, digital image printed on Moab Slickrock Metallic Pearl\, 50cm x 50cm.'Stillness after the storm'\, Pam Davison\, 2025\, Digital image printed on Moab Slickrock Metallic Pearl\, 50cm x 50cm.'Whispers Woven in Water Wings and Wildflowers' concept image. [/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=””]\nWhispers Woven in Water\, Wings & Wildflowers is an immersive art installation by Australian visual storyteller Pam Davison\, presented in collaboration with couture designer Linda Britten. Combining fine art photography\, couture garments\, sound\, and spatial design\, the exhibition explores memory as something lived\, embodied\, and continually shaping the present. \nExtending beyond the frame\, the installation transforms still images into sculptural garments. Davison’s photographs are printed onto fabric\, deconstructed\, and reassembled into couture gowns — allowing memory to move\, fold\, and breathe. The result is a layered experience that dissolves the boundaries between image\, body\, and lived experience. \nSet within a dreamlike garden environment\, the exhibition invites visitors to consider how memory is formed\, distorted\, preserved\, and worn. Sensory cues — water\, birdsong\, floral forms\, and sound — guide audiences through a contemplative space where perception slows and attention deepens. \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=””]Pam is an artist who has achieved recognition and awards for her photography\, short stories\, playwriting and poetry. Since 2009\, she has concentrated primarily on photography. Her art has evolved through a series of major exhibitions into a practice that explores the creation and curation of memories (often involving the natural world) through a combination of photography\, prose\, and fashion. Pam creates a world where memories linger and dreams come true.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Opening Night” tab_id=”1770435273600-86b02422-432a”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTuesday 17th February\, 5-7PM\nJoin us for the unveiling of Whispers woven in water\, wings and wildflowers at fortyfive downstairs. Artist in attendance. \nFor media enquiries\, please contact Tracey – pdvs.exhibitions@gmail.com \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Mini-Series” tab_id=”1769141550561-504c8d24-f60f”][vc_column_text css=””]Across Saturdays during the exhibition\, visitors are invited to engage more deeply through a series of intimate artist-led experiences\, offering insight into the making of the work\, the collaboration between photography and couture\, and the role of memory\, material\, and transformation. \n  \nCurated Artist Walkthrough | A guided walkthrough offering insight into the artworks\, garments\, and the transformation of photographs into sculptural form. \n\nSaturday 21st February\, 12:30PM\nSaturday 28th February\, 12:30PM\n\n  \nArtist in conversation (Q&A) | An intimate conversation with Pam Davison exploring memory\, material\, collaboration\, and the ideas that shaped the work. \n\nSaturday 21st February\, 2:30PM\nSaturday 28th February\, 2:30PM\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/whispers-woven-in-water-wings-and-wildflowers/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Independently Combining
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nCelia Bridle\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nIndependently Combining\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]17 February – 28 February 2026 \nopening night: Tuesday 17 February 2026\, 5 – 7pm \nfree workshop: Saturday 28 February\, 1 – 2 pm \ngallery opening hours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…curving\, sweeping lines…generate a sense of momentum and vibrancy as [they] unfurl across the space… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]'Independently Combining'\, Celia Bridle\, 2025\, framed digital print on archival paper\, 29.7 x 42 cm.'Independently Combining\,' installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Independently Combining\,' installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Independently Combining\,' installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Independently Combining\,' installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Independently Combining\,' installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. 'Independently Combining\,' installation image\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. [/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=””]In her exhibition\, ‘Independently Combining’\, painter Celia Bridle expresses delicacy\, intimacy\, mobility and flow in her artwork. \nIn this exhibition\, there are 24 drawings\, a culmination of much detailed artwork using pen and ink. Her process also involves contemporary media in order to reduce the size of the drawings.  Once completed\, each hand-drawn image is scanned and printed at half its size\, because this smallness further enhances its intense and detailed nature. \nA memory from the past acted as an initial impetus for theses drawings. Celia remembers her experience of learning to write by hand when she was a young schoolgirl. Her teacher would trace letters of the alphabet in the air\, explaining how to draw each individual shape. \nAn example of the influence of this early experience is ‘Vibrant Promise’\, (2024)\, with its curving sweeping lines\, which refer to the dynamic shape of the letter ‘S’\, and generates a sense of momentum and vibrancy as lines unfurl across the space. The drawing\, ‘Turn Under’\, (2024)\, references the shape of the letter ‘O’\, with hair-like lines spinning around a central circular space and crossing each other repeatedly. The lines are turning and sweeping\, under and over each other. Coloured lines\, turquoise and pink\, mingle and weave with overlapping flourishes. \nA sequence of new drawings followed when the artist’s connection to her early experience of alphabetical forms dropped away and\, instead\, she drew abstract images by hand\, using pen and ink as before. \n‘Inventive Impetus’\, (2025)\, is a cluster of dynamic\, sweeping lines forming diagonal.  It is an exploration of intense and intimate spaces. ‘Layered Endeavour\, (2025)\, is an example of the artist’s preoccupation with circular shapes\, where most of the lines are laid down independently\, gradually\, and building\, layer upon layer\, a construction that is mobile\, intense and detailed. \nIn her role as an artist for Note Printing Australia\, a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank\, and producer of polymer banknotes for Australia and internationally\, Celia Bridle attended training in Switzerland. She was taught by a resident engraver in the skills of his profession and was shown how to interpret the engraving method in order to draw in the style of an engraver. The engraver worked under magnification\, (using a microscope)\, cutting fine lines into a metal surface. Once completed his engraving was ready for printing on the surface of a banknote. \nCelia Bridle’s artwork continues to be inspired by an assiduous approach to line and engraving’s measured configuration and intense immersion.[/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=””]Celia Bridle lived in tropical Africa\, attending school and working there as a trainee teacher before leaving home and family to attend Art College in the UK. Four years later she graduated with a degree in Fine Art\, (Drawing and Painting). \nCelia worked as a high school art teacher for two years\, then as an artist in book publishing\, commissioned for an extensive range of subjects — botanical\, medical and scientific imagery. Her artwork was published in the UK and exhibited in Munich and London. \nWishing to see the world\, Celia went to Papua New Guinea with her partner\, continuing to draw for publication. Moving to Melbourne in 1985 she was commissioned by publishers\, then offered the position of illustrator in the Faculty of Archaeology\, La Trobe University. \nIn order to update her computer skills and build a better understanding of the potential of electronic media\, Celia studied part-time at the Dept of Creative Media\, RMIT\, graduating in 1999 with an Advanced Diploma of Art (Electronic Design and Interactive Media) \nHer role as an artist with Note Printing Australia spanned 2001-2004 which included training in Switzerland in the engraving style of drawing. In 2005 Celia was accepted to study drawing at The Slade School of Fine Art\, Summer School\, University College\, London\, and In 2007 she gained a Master of Fine Art at R MIT Melbourne.In 2005 she moved into a workspace in the city\, and was there\, in The Nicholas Building\, Flinders Lane\, until 2023\, when she relocated to Eltham\, Melbourne\, where she has a November 2025 workspace.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1769673422062-c4d392d7-4998″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 17 February\, 5pm – 7pm \n  \nFree Workshop \nSaturday 28 February\, 1pm – 2pm \nCelia Bridle will lead a guided pen and ink drawing session inspired by her latest exhibition[/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:Cyrano de Bergerac
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nArtefact Theatre Company presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1764045223776{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nCyrano de Bergerac by Martin Crimp\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1770351266136{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]12 – 28 February 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_1770880658702{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 12 – Saturday 28 February 2026\n\npreview: Thursday 12 February\nopening night: Friday 13 February\nduration: 170 minutes including interval\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $55\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: swearing\, dynamic sound & lighting incl. strobe effect\, depictions of bullying\, depictions of war\, sexual references\, adult themes[/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-b9f1ef9a-d04c” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]A genius with language but convinced of his own ugliness\, Cyrano secretly loves the radiant Roxane — who’s fallen for the beautiful but inarticulate Christian. When Cyrano offers to ghost-write his rival’s seduction\, he sets in motion a poignant\, hilarious\, and ultimately devastating love triangle where performance and authenticity become fatally entangled. \nMartin Crimp’s radical adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s masterwork strips the romance down to its brutal core: a linguistic tour-de-force that examines the cost of forsaking who we are for who we feel we should be. This is Cyrano for the modern age — an unflinching examination of identity\, masculinity\, and desire. \nDirected by Matthew Cox and featuring a razor-sharp ensemble\, this isn’t the Cyrano you think you know.[/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-b9f1ef9a-d04c”][vc_column_text css=””]Cast: Mark Yeates\, Cazz Bainbridge\, Annabelle Tudor\, Louis Lucente\, Callum O’Malley\, Bushu Fan Chol\, Dion Zapantis\, Jasper Mclorinan\, Dominic Gruenewald\, Samuel Arandez\, Harry Harris\, Adam Hetherington\, Ruby Mountford\, Mikaela Cummins\, Enya Daly\, Jen Bush\, Govind Kumar\, and Eli Carasso \nDirector: Matthew Cox \nAssistant Director: Rebecca Stephens \nSet Designer: Ashley Reid \nCostume Designer: Dylan Lumsden \nLighting Designer: Tim Bonser \nSound Designer: Sebastian Herrera \nIntimacy Coordinator: Jessica Stanley \nStage Manager: Seamus Allan \nCo-Producers: Artefact Theatre Co\, Matthew Cox\, Mark Yeates\, Sarah Cuthbert \nCompany Manager: Sarah Cuthbert[/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-b9f1ef9a-d04c”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $35\nFull: $55\nConcession: $45\nGroup 6+: $45\nEARLYBIRD: $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]book online [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:Australian Theatres Unveiled
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nCameron Grant\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nAustralian Theatres Unveiled\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]5 February – 14 February 2026\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nSunday 8 February: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…featuring theatres from around the country and revealing the physical spaces that shape their cultural identity… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]'Regent Theatre\, Melbourne I'\, Cameron Grant 2024\, Canson ARCHES BFK Rives White 310gsm Matte print\, 84cm X 60cm.  ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026. ‘Australian Theatres Unveiled’ installation view\, 2026.[/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=””]Since 2023\, I have been developing this series that celebrates the architecture and heritage of Australia’s major theatre venues. The collection spans front-facing facades\, through stage doors\, and backstage\, featuring theatres from around the country and revealing the physical spaces that shape their cultural identity. Each work honours the character of these venues\, and the emotional history they hold for performers\, patrons\, and the community. \nAs a performer myself – having graduated as an actor at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2018 – there is a deep nostalgia when revisiting an old theatre. I’ve listened to countless stories from colleagues detailing the “second homes” they’ve formed in dressing rooms\, kitchenettes\, and pitch-black sidestage wings. This series serves as a way to commemorate those stories and preserve their memories. \nIn a post-COVID industry [especially in Melbourne] the significance of live theatre has deepened significantly. Spaces once taken for granted now carry deeper meaning\, both as cultural landmarks and as vessels for shared experiences. I seek to honour that significance by presenting theatres in a new light that elevates the beauty\, history\, and stories embedded in these buildings\, merging the boundaries of digital photography with fine-art presentation in a way that reflects and celebrates Australian theatre culture. \nMy first exhibition\, held at my Brunswick East studio in July 2024\, received recognition from industry leaders and marked the beginning of a broader mission: to create a visual archive of Australia’s theatre landscape. I hope to see the works proudly feature on peoples living room walls; hanging next to cherished posters and ticket stubs\, and the rooms of hotels that house touring artists so regularly. Australian Theatres Unveiled stands as an ongoing commitment to preserving and celebrating the venues that have shaped generations of performers and audiences across the country.[/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=””]Cameron Grant is a Melbourne-based live performance photographer and Director of Parenthesy [a digital media production house]\, specialising in theatre\, musical theatre\, live music\, dance\, and circus. His work captures the emotion\, craft\, and energy of live performance\, helping preserve and elevate Australia’s vibrant performing arts community. \nDriven by a passion for storytelling and authenticity\, Cameron has quickly become one of Melbourne’s leading performance photographers. His images have appeared in international and local publications including Rolling Stone Magazine\, Deadline\, Disney Official\, and as a regular appearance in local news sites like The Guardian\, and Aussie Theatre. He has worked with major organisations such as Arts Centre Melbourne\, Michael Cassel Group\, GWB Entertainment\, and Crossroads Live\, providing photographic services across Australia and internationally on productions including recently seen Beetlejuice\, Miss Saigon\, The Talented Mr Ripley\, Anastasia\, and Disney’s The Lion King. \nIn 2024\, Cameron developed and presented the first instalment of “Australian Theatres Unveiled”\, a photographic series celebrating the architecture and heritage of Australia’s major theatre venues. The first instalment was exhibited at his Brunswick East studio\, drawing national industry leaders and strong public interest. The series continues to expand and the full collection will open at FortyFive Downstairs in February 2026\, showcasing theatre architecture as both cultural heritage and fine art. \nCameron continues to collaborate closely with artists and organisations to document their creative work with professionalism and care. Through Parenthesy\, he aims to strengthen and support Australia’s live performance sector in a post-COVID world\, producing high-quality imagery that celebrates\, sustains\, and shares the stories of the performing arts with honesty and impact. \n  \nExhibitions: \n2026: Solo exhibition – Australian Theatres Unveiled \n2024: Solo exhibition – Australian Theatres Unveiled \n2024: Group exhibition – Hillvale Photo Trophy \n  \nWebsite: parenthesyprints.com.au \nInstagram @parenthesyprints[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1765437706313-2a9132e3-7b08″][vc_column_text css=””]February 5th – February 14th \nVenue capacities are flexible\, however ticket distribution helps manage numbers. Tickets are free and can be registered at the door – a souvenir for attendance is redeemable with proof of ticket. \nTo register your booking\, visit: \nhttps://www.simpletix.com/e/australian-theatres-unveiled-exhibition-tickets-249706[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/australian-theatres-unveiled/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Group Exhibition Call-Out: Punchlines
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nGroup Exhibition Call-Out\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nPunchlines\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text css=””]\nExpressions of Interest Now Open! \nSubmission Deadline: Monday 2 March 2026\, Midnight \nExhibition runs: 24 March – 18 April 2026 \n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text css=””]\nfortyfivedownstairs is now accepting expressions of interest from artists to participate in Punchlines\, a group exhibition exploring the use of humour in contemporary art.\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=”Information”][vc_column_text css=””]fortyfivedownstairs is now accepting expressions of interest from artists to participate in Punchlines\, a group exhibition exploring the use of humour in contemporary art. The exhibition will run from 24 March – 18 April 2026. \nWe’re looking for artworks that make us smirk\, snigger\, snort\, chuckle\, giggle\, lol\, crack up\, guffaw\, gasp for air\, pee our pants – or even literally die laughing. \nThis visual humour may take many forms\, including (but not limited to): satire and social critique\, wordplay and visual puns\, absurdity\, surrealism\, dark humour\, pop art\, playful disruption\, appropriation\, or just plain silliness. Works may entertain\, surprise\, or unsettle\, using laughter to expose contradictions\, challenge authority\, critique politics or culture\, or simply revel in the joy of making something funny. \nSubmissions are welcome across all mediums\, stylistic approaches\, and subject matter\, including painting\, photography\, sculpture\, textiles\, installation\, digital media\, and experimental practices. \nPlease note: \n\nCapacity for large 3D works and installations is limited.\nSmaller 3D works must be wall-hung or presented on a shelf (artists must supply their own display supports).\n\nPunchlines offers a great opportunity to show new work\, engage with collectors\, promote your practice\, or experiment within a professional gallery setting. Group exhibitions at fortyfivedownstairs allow artists to exhibit alongside both emerging and established peers without the pressure of a solo show. \nThis exhibition will coincide with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival\, which will be taking over the theatre at fortyfivedownstairs. Last year\, the MICF attracted 5\,000 patrons to our venue\, all of whom passed through the gallery before the comedy shows\, making this a fantastic opportunity to showcase your work to a large audience. \nExhibition Fees \nSubmitting an expression of interest is free. Only artists selected to exhibit will be required to pay the exhibition fee. \n\nUp to 6 artworks may be accepted per artist.\n1–2 artworks: $100 per artwork\n3 or more artworks: $80 per artwork\nStandard artwork size: 80 × 80 cm or under\nWorks larger than 80 cm on any side may attract a higher fee\n\nTerms & Conditions \n\nfortyfivedownstairs curates exhibitions carefully and may limit the number of works displayed per artist based on artwork size and available wall space.\nA 15% commission is retained on all sold works.\nSelected artists must sign an artist agreement outlining the rights and responsibilities of both artist and gallery.\nArtists must supply high-resolution images and full artwork details (title\, medium\, dimensions\, and price) by Monday 9 March 2026.\nAll artworks must be completed and delivered to the gallery by 5:00 PM\, Saturday 21 March 2026.\nThe exhibition will open with a public opening celebration from 5–7 PM on Tuesday 24 March 2026.\n\nHow to Apply \nTo submit your proposal\, please email gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com with the following: \n\nA short statement about the proposed artworks\nA short statement about your practice\nImages of the artworks\, including details: Title\, Year\, Medium\, Edition (if applicable)\, Dimensions\, and Price\n\nSUBMISSION DEADLINE: MONDAY 2 MARCH 2026\, MIDNIGHT[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:Victoria
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SUMMARY:Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nAlison Russell\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nMemories; Vivid\, False and Lost\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]3 February – 14 February 2026\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…each artwork [is] both an act of remembering and an acknowledgement of forgetting\, an attempt to map moments that are simultaneously clear and elusive… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.'Twisted Tendrils'\, Alison Russell\, 2024\, pastel on paper\, 190 x 95 cm.'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.'Beyond reach'\, Alison Russell\, 2025\, pastel on paper\, 130 x 90 cm. 'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.'Blue Depths'\, Alison Russell\, 2024\, pastel on paper\, 130 x 90 cm. 'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.'Fallen Within'\, Alison Russell\, 2024\, pastel and graphite on paper\, 130 x 90 cm. 'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.'Memories; Vivid\, False and Lost’ installation view\, 2026.[/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=””]\nMemories: Vivid\, False and Lost examines the fragile\, shifting and often contradictory nature of human memory – how it shapes our understanding of ourselves\, how it distorts what we believe to be true\, and how it sometimes abandons us entirely. Memory is never fixed; it is an unstable interplay between what is vividly recalled\, what is unconsciously fabricated\, and what slips quietly beyond reach. This tension lies at the core of my drawing practice. \nMy work emerges from the subconscious\, where memories do not announce themselves as linear narratives but surface instead through instinctive gestures. I rely on automatic drawing as a process of excavation\, allowing the hand to reveal traces of past experiences that the mind may only partially recognise. Each artwork becomes both an act of remembering and an acknowledgement of forgetting\, an attempt to map moments that are simultaneously clear and elusive. \nVivid memories manifest through dense colour\, intensity and texture. Strong\, determined shapes assert themselves confidently across the page\, reflecting recollections that remain intact and emotionally charged. In contrast\, fragmented or overlapping forms point to memories that are blurred\, conflicted or indecisive – echoes that feel present yet unresolved. \nI am especially drawn to false memories\, those subtle inventions of the subconscious that fill narrative voids. Ambiguity permeates my work as familiar forms are reimagined into shapes that feel both recognisable and alien. \nLost memories appear in areas left intentionally incomplete\, faded or erased. These quiet voids evoke haziness or absence\, suggesting the inevitable gaps that time creates. Sharp\, defined imagery surrounded by soft\, floating shapes represent memories that have endured while the surrounding context has dissolved. \nThe yupo paper itself becomes part of this narrative. Its unique surface retains traces of earlier marks\, allowing ghosts of previous layers to remain visible – much like the faint residues of forgotten experiences. \nUltimately\, memory is not a reliable archive but a creative\, continually revised act of the mind. Through my drawings\, I invite viewers to reflect on their own shifting recollections and consider how easily truth and fiction intertwine within the landscape of memory. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist CV” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Education\n1989- Bachelor of Fine Art majoring in Printmaking\, Monash University\, Caulfield \nSolo Exhibitions\n2022- Fortyfive Downstairs Gallery\, Melbourne\n2019- Acufitz\, Melbourne\n2018- Cambridge Studio Gallery\, Melbourne \nGroup Exhibitions\n2019- Emerge\, Brunswick Street Gallery\, Melbourne\n2018- Finalist in Life Abstracted\, Cambridge Studio Gallery\, Melbourne\n2008- Alafia Gallery\, Melbourne\nGasworks Arts Park\, Melbourne\n2007- Gasworks Arts Park\, Melbourne\n2006- Gasworks Arts Park\, Melbourne\n1990- Linden Gallery\, Melbourne\n1989- Caulfield Arts Complex\, Melbourne \nWebsite: alisonrussellart.com\nInstagram: @alisonrussellart[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1768272895838-ae13829c-8ea8″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 3 February\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:The Highly Strung Players
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763429859998{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nThe Highly Strung Players\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1763429869680{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]Monday 2 February 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″]Peter Rose \nGeorgina Banks \nClaudio Bozzi \nEllie Nielsen \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_1763430025282{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Monday 2 February 2026\n\nduration: 80 minutes\ntimes: 7pm\nticket price: $25 – $40\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-b9f1a37e-8afc” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Following a sellout performance in 2024\, The Highly Strung Players return to fortyfivedownstairs with two plays by award-winning author Peter Rose\, who founded this absurdist troupe more than thirty years ago. These are rehearsed readings\, with a changing ensemble. The Highly Strung Players began appearing at fortyfivedownstairs in 2017. \nThe Innominable – a new play to be performed by Georgina Banks and Ellie Nielsen – introduces us to twin sisters in their fifties. They are waiting to collect their mother’s ashes. One of them (Glen-Rae) was named at birth. The other – known as the Innominable – was never named. Now she wants to know why. \nThe Siegfried Idyll – a duologue to be performed by Peter Rose and Claudio Bozzi – presents a seemingly contented gay couple contemplating the seismic repercussions of ‘a night at the opera’. Conrad is a capricious restaurateur\, Toby a long-suffering arborist. The Siegfried Idyll had one performance at fortyfivedownstairs in December 2024. \n“The Highly Strung Players’ original absurdist works are playful\, witty and multi-layered. Renowned wordsmith Peter Rose has a fine sense of what lies beneath the surface of relationships and social interaction. His clever duologues highlight our foibles and delusions with sensitivity and humour.” Helen Morse[/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-b9f1a37e-8afc”][vc_column_text css=””]Georgina Banks – a writer\, facilitator\, and performer – was a professional actor in her twenties\, studying acting in New York and then working in theatre and television for over a decade (including Sydney Theatre Company\, Playbox\, Theatre South\, A Country Practice\, and Outback). In 2023\, she published her first book\, Back to Bangka. She began appearing with the Highly Strung Players in 2025. \nClaudio Bozzi has made two appearances with the Highly Strung Players: All Those Sunsets (2023) and The Siegfried Idyll (2024). A barrister and legal academic\, he is currently writing a book on the legalities of the Ukraine War. He prefers to spend the southern winter harvesting hay on his farm in Italy. \nEllie Nielsen holds a degree from VCA drama school and a Master of Creative Writing from RMIT University. As a Naarm (Melbourne)-based actor\, writer and dramaturg\, her work focuses on new and independent theatre. She is the author of the internationally published memoir\, Buying a Piece of Paris\, and has performed with the Highly Strung Players since 2023. \nPeter Rose is a poet\, novelist and memoirist. Attention\, Please! (2025) is his seventh book of poetry. Rose Boys\, a family memoir\, won the 2003 National Biography Award. He founded the Highly Strung Players in 1989 and revived it in 2017. His plays include the five-part The Ones. He was for many years Editor of Australian Book Review.[/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-b9f1a37e-8afc”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nFull: $40\nConcession: $25\nGroup 6+: $25 \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:The Placeholder
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nMidsumma presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1762841989903{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nThe Placeholder by Ben MacEllen\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1769488869086{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]28 January – 8 February 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_1769488862921{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 8 February 2026\n\npreview: Wednesday 28 January\nopening night: Thursday 29 January\nduration: 140 minutes including interval\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $45\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: Adult themes; strong language; references to illness\, grief\, death\, gender transition\, transphobia\, and homophobia.[/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-b9f1ec55-c59a” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]The Placeholder is a bold new queer Australian play by trans playwright Ben MacEllen\, premiering at fortyfivedownstairs. \nIn a regional town\, grief holds a group of women together after the death of Barb. Their bond is fragile — some close\, others linked more by memory than friendship. When one of their own announces his transition\, the circle begins to fracture. Loyalties splinter\, old wounds reopen\, and the meaning of identity and belonging is fiercely contested. \nFunny\, sharp\, and deeply human\, The Placeholder explores how feminism\, friendship\, and chosen family collide — and how love is tested when those closest to us change in ways we never expected. \nDirected by Kitan Petkovski (The Inheritance) and performed by an extraordinary ensemble\, The Placeholder is a fearless and emotionally charged work about the radical act of living truthfully in a world that resists change. \nThis project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria\, and has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia\, its principal arts investment and advisory body.[/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-b9f1ec55-c59a”][vc_column_text css=””]Writer: Ben MacEllen \nDirector: Kitan Petkovski \nCast: Oliver Ayres\, Meredith Rogers\, Brigid Gallacher\, Rebecca Bower\, Michelle Perera\, and Alessandra Merlo \nProducer: 5 Foot Entertainment | Chelsey Weisz \nSet and Costume Designer: Bethany J Fellows \nLighting Designer: Tim Bonser \nSound Designer: Ian Moorhead \nStage Manager: Charlotte Fischer \nDramaturgy Consultant: Kate Mulvany \nDirecting Intern: Grace McLaughlin \nHero image: Meagan Harding \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-b9f1ec55-c59a”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $35\nFull: $45\nConcession: $39\nGroup 6+: $39\nEARLYBIRD: $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_section title=”Program and Access Information” tab_id=”1769484384553-cd881db2-7c57″][vc_column_text css=””]The Access Guide: provides access info through text and images for anyone who requires it \nAccess Notes for Blind and Low Vision Audiences: provides access info for blind and low vision audiences \nPre-Show Notes: to provide information regarding the content \nDigital Program[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]book online [/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/the-placeholder/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:Going Where You Take Me
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMicca\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nGoing Where You Take Me\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]20 January – 31 January 2026\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…her work often blends whimsy with introspection\, using symbolism and dreamlike imagery to convey emotion and meaning… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]'Good Girl ¿'\, Micca\, 2024\, oil on wood panel\, 105 x 76cm. ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.'all of me\, is all of yours (2 of 6)'\, Micca\, 2025\, oil on wood panel\, 20 x 20 cm. ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.'and so i gave you the moon'\, Micca\, 2023\, oil on wood panel\, 45 x 45 cm. ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.'I Will Open Up'\, Micca\, 2023\, oil on wood panel\, 40 x 40cm. ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.'How much can I bend for you (1 of 3)'\, Micca\, 2025\, oil on wood panel\, 40 x 40cm ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford.'Lead Me to Where it is Pure'\, Micca\, 2025\, oil on wood panel\, 60 x 60 cm. ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. Photographed by George Jefford. ‘Going Where You Take Me’ installation view\, 2026. 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That influence naturally spills into the work. \nFor this exhibition\, my focus was on self discovery\, so I naturally gravitated toward self portraits\, often nude. I like the idea of painting myself naked in both an exposing and vulnerable way\, as I discuss personal topics\, and also in a self appreciative\, therapeutic way\, where I’ve found that doing nude self portraits gave me a new appreciation and love for myself and my appearance. I am heavily influenced by music\, where it’s extremely common for musicians to make songs about themselves and their feelings and experiences\, and so I’ve taken those concepts and applied them to my art practice and now use art as a medium to talk about myself.[/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=””]Micca is a self-taught oil painter born and raised in Perth\, Western Australia\, who moved to Melbourne in 2022. With a natural inclination toward creativity\, she recalls drawing as early as four years old\, finding joy in learning how to capture different objects and discovering new techniques to express the visions she imagined. At sixteen\, she experimented with oil paint for the first time and instantly fell in love with its richness and depth. Having never received formal art training\, Micca chose to explore her artistic path independently\, guided by intuition and curiosity. In 2022\, she held her first solo exhibition and is set to present her second in 2026. \nInfluenced by artists such as Mark Ryden\, Shaun Tan\, and Miles Johnston\, Micca believes art is limitless; free from rules\, categories\, or boundaries. She found everyday life to be repetitive and mundane\, and combined with growing up in an emotionally chaotic environment\, she found solace in surrealism\, where she could build imaginative\, mystical worlds far removed from the ordinary. Her work often blends whimsy with introspection\, using symbolism and dreamlike imagery to convey emotion and meaning. \nMicca’s ideas stem from her inner life: her thoughts\, emotions\, and reflections on personal experiences\, deeply rooted in her faith in God. She carries a profound curiosity for human behaviour and the unseen layers of experience\, often listening to psychology talks or interviews with people from all walks of life while she paints. Through this\, she seeks to understand how experiences shape individuals\, including herself\, and these explorations emerge in her art in unconventional ways.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1764983912121-79aa1f48-6619″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \n20 January\, 4-10pm \nBOOK TICKETS HERE[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”PRICELIST” color=”success” size=”lg” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.miccamoo.com%2Fprice-list”][/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:How the King Learned to Live Forever
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nPummel Squad presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746065802715{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nHow the King Learned to Live Forever\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746066037037{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]18 – 20 December 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_1766108619591{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 December 2025\n\nduration: 70 minutes\ntimes:\nThursday to Saturday 7:30pm\nticket price: $35 – $45\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: Coarse sexual references; coarse language; adult themes; crossbow violence; staged violence; partial nudity; references to death\, grief\, sexual misconduct\, starvation\, blood and gore \nClick HERE to read the Social Script for the production \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-b9f104cf-a51b” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]\nFresh off multiple Green Room Award wins for ‘Spring has Sprung or The Beautiful Show’ and ‘Twenty Million Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’\, theatre renegades Pummel Squad are coming to fortyfivedownstairs with their third annual pantomime: a raucous celebration of death\, hubris\, and all we love about theatre. \nIn a time long ago and land far away\, a brave knight is summoned to bring life back to the dying king. Is he dead? Maybe. Are his three evil advisors propping him up and carrying him around so that they may live the good life of creamed corn and gravy? It’s possible. The one thing that is certain is that the fate of the kingdom rests in the hands of the brave knight\, their squire\, their crazy friend Death and the enchanting princess. \nJoin Pummel Squad and a ragtag bunch of beloved Melbourne actors as they turn our beloved venue into the King’s banquet hall\, for a night of mayhem and revelry that’ll send the year packing with a laugh. \nPhoto by George Jefford \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f104cf-a51b”][vc_column_text css=””]\nCreators: Pummel Squad \nCast: Damon Baudin\, Bailey Ackling Beecham\, Keegan Bell\, Sam Buckley\, Sonya Chong\, Sophia Derkenne\, Maddi Formosa\, Sybilla George\, Eliza Grundy\, Blake Hohenhaus\, Molly Holohan\, Chris Kemp\, Harry McGee\, Ludomyr Kemp-Mykyta\, Stefan Kemp-Mykyta\, Sasha Lanyon\, Michael Leonard\, Indra Liyanaarachchi\, Cooper Donald McDonald\, Halyna Mykyta\, Dan O’Halloran\, Karl Richmond\, and Lauren Swain \nSet and Costume Design: Pummel Squad \nDesign Consultant: Savanna Wegman \nCostume Assistant: Lucy Mills \nLighting Designer: John Collopy \nSound Designer: Justin Gardam  \nProducer & Dramaturg: Mark Pritchard \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1763000487564-81600435-2145″][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/how-the-king-learned-to-live-forever/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251204
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SUMMARY:Soul of Possum
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746684455185{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nBrodie Murray in association with fortyfivedownstairs presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1744766845948{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nSoul of Possum by Brodie Murray\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1744766869177{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]4 – 14 December 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_1764825962162{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 4 – Sunday 14 December 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 4 December\nopening night: Friday 5 December\nduration: 70 minutes\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $45\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: Coarse language\, stylised weapons\, loud whistle and colonial themes. First Nations audiences may find the subject matter triggering/traumatic \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-b9f1dce1-b18d” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]\nIt’s 1853 on the Murray River. Swan Hill (Victoria)\, Wamba Wamba country. As the wildlife flees through the bush from an unseen threat\, three Wamba Wamba warriors – Wirramanda\, Warru and Dindi – must survive a cat-and-mouse chase across country to warn their people of the oncoming colonialists. Led by a volatile captain\, the colonialists have their own internal power struggles to contend with. \nAfter sold out seasons at the Castlemaine State Festival and Yirramboi Festival in 2021\, Soul Of Possum makes its return to fortyfivedownstairs. \nPlaywright Brodie Murray (Wamba Wamba) draws on stories handed down from his grandfather and father to tell a historical thriller that explores the contrasting relationships settlers and Blak peoples have with Country\, ecology\, leadership and spirituality. Directed by Beng Oh and Balla Neba (movement director)\, with a stellar cast including Wimiya Woodley (Panawathi Girl and Operation Boomerang\, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company). \nReviews \n“Other theatre makers could learn from this stripped back but powerful production …  The play is a huge achievement for Brodie Murray\, Declan Furber Gillick\, and their collaborators. Brilliantly realised by the cast\, Beng Oh\, and company” Stage Whispers \nProudly supported by Craig Semple and: \n \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-b9f1dce1-b18d”][vc_column_text css=””]\nWriter: Brodie Murray \nDirector: Beng Oh \nDramaturg: Declan Furber Gillick \nCast: Balla Neba\, Brodie Murray\, Leigh Scully\, Gabriel Partington\, Kevin Dee\, Luke Mason\, and Wimiya Woodley \nVoiceover: Tahlee Fereday \nProducer: Sarah James \nLighting Designer / Stage Manager: Shane Grant \nCostume Designer: Adrienne Chisholm \nSound Designer: Ben Keene \nCultural Advisor: Ron Murray \nPhoto: Cameron Grant \nArtwork: Emma Salmon[/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-b9f1dce1-b18d”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $35\nFull: $45\nConcession: $39\nGroup 6+: $39\nFirst Nations: $15 \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:SMALL! 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nSMALL! 2025\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\npresented by fortyfivedownstairs\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]27 November – 18 December 2025 \nopening night:\nWednesday 26 November\, 5-7pm\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\nAll artists! All media! All SMALL! \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=””]fortyfivedownstairs is proud to present SMALL!\, our fifth annual community-sourced exhibition of small works.  \nRooted in the values of opportunity\, inclusion\, and equality\, SMALL! celebrates creativity in all its forms. Submissions were open to everyone – no matter their age\, experience\, or background – and every piece entered is included in the exhibition. \nArtworks by children\, first-time creators\, emerging talents\, and established professionals are displayed side by side. An endless variety of styles and media is represented\, including painting\, drawing\, sketches\, prints\, textiles\, and small sculptural works. All pieces adhere to a single rule: each must measure no more than 20 x 20 cm. \nEach work is priced at $150\, irrespective of the artist’s experience or medium. The artworks are presented anonymously to level the playing field\, encouraging buyers to choose based solely on personal connection and aesthetic appeal. The identities of the artists are revealed only after a work is sold\, making every purchase a surprise and a celebration of artistic equality. \nThis year\, for the first time\, we will be awarding prizes during the opening night on Wednesday\, November 26\, from 5 to 7pm. The award categories include: Under 18 Prize\, Painting Prize\, Drawing Prize\, Print-Making Prize\, Sculptural Prize\, Photography Prize\, Textile Prize and Mixed-Media Prize. Additionally\, visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite work in the People’s Choice Award\, which will be announced after the conclusion of the exhibition. \nSupported by: \n      [/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Prize Winners” tab_id=”1764811671338-4bf28572-4b9b”]Painting Prize Winner: #55 'Blue Bins'\, Nadine Lineham\, oil on board\, 19.3x14.3cm. Prize donated by Senior Art Supplies.Sculptural Prize Winner: #742 'wrap'\, Duncan Freedman\, bronze\, 14.5x14.5cm. Prize donated by Melbourne Artists' Supplies. Under 18 Prize Winner: #79 'Afternoon'\, Stella Zhao\, oil on wood\, 18x15cm and #80 'The way'\, oil on wood\, 18x15cm. Prize donated by Melbourne Artists' Supplies. Print-making Prize Winner: #414 'Platycerium'\, Amy Grover\, etching and chine-collé on paper\, 17x17cm. Prize donated by Art Conservation Framers.Drawing Prize Winner: #10 'Subterra II'\, Linda Joy\, ink on arches\, 20cm diameter. Prize donated by Art Stretchers. Mixed-Media Prize Winner: #911 'Pin up'\, Jue Worters\, plywood\, photography\, transparenncy\, 10x14cm and #912 'Seeking'\, plywood\, photography\, transparenncy\, 17x20cm. Prize donated by Chapman & Bailey. Textile Prize Winner: #573 'Scent of Oceania'\, Yuko Michishita\, embroidery thread\, 15x10.3cm. Photography Prize Winner: #645 'Golden Creek'\, Anne Shellard\, photography\, 18x13cm. Prize donated by Prism Imaging. 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Grundy\, Ben Mckenna\, Ben Weinstein\, Beth Wylie\, Bettina Neu\, Beverley Hoffmann\, Bianca Hoffrichter\, Blanca Padros-Quintana\, Bonnie-Jean Whitlock\, Bree Wilson\, Brendan Williams\, Brett Le Febvre\, Brianna McCaffrey\, Bridget McDermott\, Brigid Mahoney\, Brigit Heller\, Brigitte Seum\, Brittany Wallmeyer\, Bronte Allan\, Caitlin Ferguson\, Callum Michael\, Cam Plapp\, Campbell Mckenzie\, Carla Grbac\, Carli Piltz\, Carmellia Indrawati\, Caroline Healey\, Caroline Stills\, Carrie Richardson\, Casey Thurrowgood\, Cassandra Arnold\, Cate Laidler\, Catherina De Solieux\, Catherine Caven\, Cecilia Jacobs\, Celso March\, Chantelle Taxis\, Charlotte Dibb\, Charlotte Wensley\, Charlotte Williams\, Chenchen Liao\, Cheyenne Rausch\, Chili Misa\, Chira Grasby\, Chloe Guymer\, Chloe Kokoris\, Chloe Min\, Chris Lawry\, Christa Orcullo\, Christianna Bento\, Christina Haynes\, Christina Rankin\, Christine Bulandus\, Christine Cheung\, Christine Robinson\, Christopher Mallon\, Christopher Risk\, Cinda Manins\, Cindy Campbell\, Clair Breyley\, Clair Shenton\, Claire Anderson Woolley\, Claire Humphrys\, Claire Parrott\, Clara Yuen\, Clare Merison\, Claudia O’Hara\, Claudia Salazar\, Colin Gong\, Craig Midford\, Craig Rozynski\, Cvffein Deco\, Cynthia Ellis\, Cynthia Li\, Daisi Diddle\, Dana Kabaila\, Danah Hourani\, Daniela Strauss\, Danielle Ruasol\, Danielle Zuccala\, Darcy Mclaren\, David Dawes\, David De Roach\, David Roocke\, Davida Ball\, Dawn Foley\, Dean Haywood\, Dean West\, Deb Taylor\, Debbie Ewington\, Deborah Horner\, Deborah Humter\, Delwyn Castellano\, Demitra Agouras\, Dena Ashbolt\, Denise Keele- Bedford\, Diana Huggins\, Dianne Delves\, Dianne Ounapuu\, Dith Ered\, Dominic Shi Jie On\, Donna Mitchell\, Douglas Molino\, Duncan Freedman\, Dylan Reed\, Eadie Enkelaar\, Ebru Sezen\, Eddy Burger\, Effi Sioras\, Elena Callipari\, Elena Misso\, Elif Sezen\, Elise Desira\, Elissa Quitco\, Eliza Murley\, Elizabeth Cole\, Ella Bourne\, Ellen Sorensen\, Elliott Earl\, Emily Eather\, Emily Gallagher\, Emily Min\, Emma Amos\, Emma Buckland\, Emma Demaine\, Emma Durbridge\, Emma Fayelecaun\, Emma Kelly\, Emma Morrison\, Erica Kelaart\, Erica Lienart\, Erik Pobucky\, Esmé Stripp\, Ethan Rose\, Eve Marks\, Evelyn Challinor\, Evelyn Medina\, Fabiola Pantea\, Fanghui Yang\, Faro Bijan\, Felicity Egan\, Fiona Baines\, Fiona Fisher\, Fiona Knight\, Fiona Lowe\, Fiona Mcdonald\, Fiona Wilson\, Florentina Munteanu\, Fran Rapacciuolo\, Frances Hoban\, Freya Plapp\, Frieda Charlotte\, Gabriella Gomersall Hubbard\, Gabriella Pike\, Gabriella Platus\, Gabrielle Delgado\, Gavin Moore\, Gaya Yoon\, Gaye Paterson\, Gaye Stewart\, Gayle Stone\, Gemma Pullar\, Genevieve Haussegger\, Gennivieve Collier\, Geoff Lynch\, George Jefford\, Georgia Mulholland\, Georgia Plavoulis\, Georgie Clark\, Georgie Hoadley\, Geraldine Olle\, Gillian Morris\, Giovanna Yate González Alexander Nguyễn\, Gladys Santiaguel\, Glenn Walker\, Gloria Li\, Graeme Fraser\, Guillermo Aranda-Mena\, Hakyeong Yi\, Hanna Varela\, Hannah Gornalle\, Hannah Sullivan\, Harriet Pervan\, Harriet Scruby\, Harvey Violi\, Hayley Atkinson\, Hazel Lanyon\, Heidi Kwong\, Hektor Svensen\, Helen Dilkes\, Helen Mavoa\, Helen Moffett\, Helen Smith\, Helena Karagiannis\, Hilary Rossignuolo\, Hills\, Hiro Feliciano\, Hyunwu Kim\, Ian Bae\, Iliana Haviaridis\, India Paterson\, Ingrid Reed\, Irene Court\, Isabel Szabo\, Iwona Buettner\, Jacinta Cubis\, Jacinta Maude\, Jack Forbes-Walker\, Jackie Moss\, Jacqueline Jackson\, Jacqueline Leung\, Jacqueline Lim\, Jacqui Sidney\, Jade Lees-Pavey\, James Annesley\, James Mclean\, Jana Roman\, Jane Fairburn\, Jane Leonard\, Jane Warren\, Janet Green\, Janette Lindores\, Janice Gobey\, Janine Campbell\, Janine McGinness\, Jasmin Tanner\, Jasmine Thomas\, Jaxon Smith\, Jeanette McWhinney\, Jeffrey Kelson\, Jemima Craig\, Jemma Rothery\, Jen Skate\, Jennifer Kiefel\, Jennifer Wood\, Jesse Tilley\, Jessica Bonacci\, Jessica Hansen\, Jessica Macshane\, Jessica Olofsson\, Jessie Yvette Journoud-Ryan\, Jesslyn Murphy\, Jill Stephenson\, Jo Robertson\, Joan Wallace\, Joanna Lauritz\, Joanna Ransome\, John Collopy\, John Dickson\, Josh Foley\, Joshua Sleep\, Josie Haslem\, Joynae Jia\, Juan Santamaria\, Jude Worters\, Judy Heard\, Julia Kennedy-Bell\, Julie Atkinson\, Julie Delves\, Julie M Milton\, Julie-Anne Armstrong-Roper\, Justine Heywood\, Justine Wake\, Ka Collins\, Karen Kirby\, Kat Sarhanis\, Kate Jenkinson\, Kate Maher\, Katherine Mansour\, Katherine Pearson\, Kathy Best\, Kathy Holmes\, Katie Thompson\, Kay Are\, Kaye Linsdell\, Kayla Johanna Sampson\, Kaytee Minotti\, Keira Andrews\, Keisha Rheinberger\, Kendall Garland\, Kerrie Ceddia\, Kerrie OJ\, Kiana Chan\, Kimbalee O’Dwyer\, Kirstie Ussher\, Kirsty Low\, Kristian Eldritch\, Kristina Demar\, Kristine Inkster\, Kyah Barry\, Lachlan Freeman\, Lana Daubermann\, Larissa Macfarlane\, Laura Orlando\, Lauren Grixti\, Lee Ayton\, Lee Hirsh\, Lilia Mills\, Lily Fletcher\, Lily Forbes-Tegner\, Linda Joy\, Lisa Adcock\, Lisa Van Beeck\, Livia Diao\, Liz Hughes\, Louisa Panucci\, Louise Wells\, Lucas Jennings\, Lucinda Nicholas\, Lucy Pijnenburg\, Lukas Latimer\, Luke Turner\, Luke Westwood\, Lyn Pool\, Lynn Berry\, Maci Latimer\, Mada Aldeeb\, Madeleine Lacy\, Maggie Iovannella\, Maiko Sentina\, Maleea Hegarty\, Mami Kumagai\, Mandy Horne\, Manisha Malcolm\, Manna Whiteley\, Mansi Jolly\, Margherita Dellantonio\, Margie Handreck\, Maria Durante\, Marisa Corral\, Marisa Monagle\, Mark Cuce\, Marleen Leonarwo\, Martha Clark\, Martin Hunting\, Mary Cassisi\, Mary Neighbour\, Maryam Alhouti\, Maureen Ryan\, Megan-Jane Johnstone\, Melinda Wain\, Melissa Baldrey Brown\, Melissa Hansen\, Melissa Mcdonnell\, Melissa St John\, Melissa Uren\, Melita Campbell\, Melita Nikolaou\, Melody Spangaro\, Merichel Sanchez\, Merryn Hughes\, Mia Giancola\, Michela Renders\, Michele Burder\, Michelle Ferreira\, Michelle Trewin\, Miki Mackenzie\, Mila Lopez\, Mim Mccullough\, Min Donovan\, Mitchell Holland\, Molly Morris-McGinty\, Monica Vecchiotti\, Monique Mclaren\, Monique Nash\, Monique Ross\, Monique Sheehan\, Mono Melbourne\, Montana May\, Nada Jovic\, Nadiah Kanawaty\, Nadine Lineham\, Nancy Gibbs\, Nancy D Lane\, Nano Jach\, Narelle Huggins\, Nat Astwood\, Nat Morris\, Natalia Serafini\, Natalie Chick\, Natalie Daskalou\, Natasha Himmelreich\, Neil Boyack\, Neil Miley\, Neve Byrne\, Niamh Chalmers\, Niamh Horobin\, Nick Merry\, Nicola Weston\, Nicole Chong\, Nicole Foley\, Nicole Gammie\, Nicole Spillane\, Nigel Jefford\, Nirada Eaton\, Noah Dineen\, Nova Ritchie\, Olivia Brice\, Olivia Moroney\, Olivia Wu\, Olwyn Conrau\, Orlo Cummins\, Ottie Watts\, Otto Palmer-Fuog\, Pablo Lopez\, Paige X. Cho\, Paul Batt\, Paul Yeatman\, Paula Hynes\, Paula Reade\, Pauline Bailey\, Peter Gunn\, Phoebe O’Brien\, Phumin Phupha\, Pia Armitage\, Pip Milton\, Piper Baldrey Brown\, Polly Bastow\, Prani Patton\, Rachael Weaver\, Rachel Knoester\, Rain White\, Rali Beynon\, Ramona Lucas-Lines\, Ramone Villotet\, Ranee Hanlon\, Rebecca Crothers\, Rebecca George\, Rebecca Kilpatrick\, Rebecca Waterstone\, Red Saunders\, Rhiannon Irving\, Rhys Figgis\, Richard Harris\, Rick Murphy\, Riley Magras\, Robert Lee Davis\, Robyn Colton\, Robyn Varney\, Roger Nelson\, Roland Rosenbaum\, Rose Smpyrakis\, Roslyn Mullins\, Ross Bennie\, Ruby Cooke\, Sally Darlison\, Sally Davis\, Sally Paterson\, Sam Kariotis\, Samuel De Zoete\, Sandra Espinoza\, Sandra Murphy\, Sarah Rowe\, Sergio Abreu\, Shadai Sandoval-Recinos\, Shane Turner\, Sharron Goodwin-Ryan\, Sherrill Harvey\, Simone Chappell\, Simone Morris\, Simone Ridge-Cooke\, Skye Lowndes\, Skye Petho\, Sohini Sewpershad\, Sole Galvan\, Soo Chua\, Sophia Katsakis\, Sophia Swoboda\, Sophie Campbell\, Sophie Ocksana\, Sowmya Ravi\, Stefanie Versace\, Stelios Karagiannis\, Stella Lucas- Lines\, Stella Zhao\, Steph Everett\, Steph Watt\, Stephen Glover\, Stephen Ngaa\, Steven Clarke\, Sue Murray\, Sue Robertson\, Summer Truscott\, Susie Bevan\, Suzanne Fatchen\, Sze Yek\, Talia Cusdin\, Tanya Edlington\, Tara Glastonbury\, Tara Rohan\, Tara Strong\, Tara Stubley\, Tas Wansbrough\, Tatsuya Uchida\, Taya Van Beuge\, Tex Campbell\, Theodora Carlitz-Cooper\, Theodore Salvatore\, Tim Williams\, Timothy Campbell\, Tina Wilkins\, Tjahli Tapp\, Tom Simmo\, Toni Louise\, Torsten Strokirch\, Trudy Clutterbok\, Ursula Cooper\, Valerie Rowe\, Vanessa De Largie\, Venny Smolich\, Veronica Candiani\, Vesna Fowler\, Vicki Clissold\, Vida Ryan\, Viola Middleton\, Virginia Harkin\, Vismante Cai\, Vittoria Cugno\, Watson Broadfoot\, Wendy Croxford\, Wendy Grace\, Wilhelmina M Sansom-Gower\, Xiao Yu Bai\, Yan Lin Tay\, Yasmin De La Rosa\, Yasmina Tadic\, Ying Huang\, Yosone Aung\, Yuko Michishita\, Zai Kuang\, Zaiga Finnis\, Zil Jach\, Zoe Kimpton\, Zoe Pavlou[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Key dates for artists” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Deadline for submissions: Monday 3 November\, 5pm. \nDeadline to deliver work to the gallery: Friday 14 November\, 5pm.\nIf you are mailing your artwork\, please send it to the following address: fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, lower ground\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, 3000\, VIC\, Australia. Make sure to allow at least one week for the artwork to arrive. \nOpening night: Wednesday 26 November\, 5-7pm\nDrinks will be available to purchase at reduced prices. \nExhibition: Thursday 27 November to Thursday 18 December 2025 \nUnsold works collected: Friday 19 December 12-7pm and Saturday 20 December 12pm – 4pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Terms & Conditions of entry” tab_id=”1762325572898-d569d573-3e28″][vc_column_text css=””]SMALL! Terms and Conditions \n\nSMALL! is open to everyone.\nThere are no age restrictions.\nArtworks must be 20 x 20cm x 20 cm/8” x 8” x 8” or under\, including any framing.\nArtworks must be able to be affixed to the wall.\nUp to two pieces per submission.\nCost of $25 to submit one artwork\, $40 to submit two. To be paid online at the time of submission. This is non-refundable.\nSubmissions must be made online.\nArtworks must be delivered to the gallery by Friday 14 November\, 5pm. It is the artist’s responsibility to ensure that the artwork(s) are delivered by the due date. Artworks not delivered by the due date will not be included in the exhibition\, and artists will not be eligible for refunds.\nArtworks must be labelled on the reverse with artist name\, artwork title\, and hanging orientation. Artwork packaging must also be labelled with the artist name and artwork title.\nArtworks will be displayed anonymously.\nArtworks must be available for sale. No presales.\nAll works will be priced at $150 each – artists receive $120\, fortyfivedownstairs will retain $30 as commission.\nTwo works by the same artist purchased by a single buyer will be sold for a discount of $250- artists receive $200\, fortyfivedownstairs will retain $50 as commission.\nUnsold works will be discounted to $120 from Tuesday 16 December – Thursday 18 December – artists receive $96\, fortyfivedownstairs will retain $24 as commission.\nPrices are GST inclusive if the artist is GST registered.\nEntrants submit their work with the knowledge that they are committing to the below dates:\n\nDeadline for submissions: Monday 3 November\, 5pm.\nDeadline to deliver work: Friday 14 November\, 5pm.\nOpening night: Wednesday 26 November\, 5-7pm\nExhibition: Thursday 27 November to Thursday 18 December 2025\nUnsold works collected: Friday 19 December 12-7pm and Saturday 20 December 12pm – 4pm\n\n\nIn the event that unsold artworks are not collected on these dates and prior arrangements with fortyfivedownstairs have not been made\, they will be disposed of.\nAll artworks must be in sound condition on arrival.\nfortyfivedownstairs reserves the right to withdraw artworks if deemed unsuitable for display.\nArtworks on paper will be pinned.\nOriginal artwork packaging may not be kept.\nDue care will be taken whilst the artworks are at fortyfivedownstairs.\nNo responsibility will be taken by fortyfivedownstairs for any loss or damage.\nArtists of unsold works who cannot collect their works in person are expected to pay for postage at the when submitting. 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SUMMARY:RED
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nLittle Life Productions & Company 16 present\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746665524710{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nRED by John Logan\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746665642912{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]20 – 30 November 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_1763707967709{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 20 – Sunday 30 November 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 20 November\nopening night: Friday 21 November\nduration: 90 minutes\, no interval. This show has a lockout\, please arrive promptly.\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nearly bird ticket price: $35 – $49\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-b9f145ae-dc2d” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Master abstract expressionist Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art\, a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow\, Rothko works feverishly with his young assistant\, Ken\, in his studio on the Bowery. But when Ken gains the confidence to challenge him\, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Raw and provocative\, RED is a searing portrait of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting. \nMulti award-winning director Iain Sinclair (Hamlet\, fortyfivedownstairs) directs John Logan’s contemporary classic\, featuring Dylan Smith (Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and newcomer Jordan Briggs.[/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-b9f145ae-dc2d”][vc_column_text css=””]Director: Iain Sinclair \nCast: Dylan Smith and Jordan Briggs \nSet Designer: Bianca Pardo \nLighting Designer: Natalia Velasco Moreno \nAssistant Director: Mia Floreani \nDramaturge: Stephen Antoniadis \nStage Manager: Jessica Smart \nProducer: Little Life Productions & Company 16[/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-b9f145ae-dc2d”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $35\nFull: $49\nConcession: $43\nGroup 6+: $43 \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:Dark Erotica Quartet / Footfalls
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nBlake Barnard and Keith Brockett present\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746497144832{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nDark Erotica Quartet / Footfalls\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746497162061{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]12 – 16 November 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_1762924716324{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Wednesday 12 – Sunday 16 November 2025\n\npreview: Wednesday 12 November\nopening night: Thursday 13 November\nduration: 90 minutes with interval. Please arrive promptly as this show has a lockout.\ntimes:\nWednesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $49\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings:  \n\nDark Erotica: Erotic language and descriptions\, sexual content\, moments of low and dark lighting\n\nFootfalls: References to grief and trauma\, references to psychological distress\, references to death and dying\, moments of low and dark lighting\n\n\n[/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-b9f1ebbb-7aac” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Dark Erotica Quartet by James Hazelden \nA blackly comic take on kink\, sexual proclivities and satisfaction. Three seemingly disparate scenes that fit together\, Russian-doll style\, into a celebration of the lost art of spoken erotica. A play about the kind of sex we think about\, and not the kind we have – the places we go in our heads when our bodies are otherwise occupied. Structured like a concerto\, but performed as a play\, with live diegetic music. A cellist. A drummer. At times\, a band. Sex is awkward and funny\, dangerous\, dark and joyous. Sometimes all at once. \nWhat if you were just a character in someone else’s fantasy? \nFootfalls by Samuel Beckett \nA woman paces in half-light\, caught in the suspended breath between absence and presence:  What remains when care has nothing left to hold?  When love is tethered to obligation\, and time loops endlessly back on itself? Samuel Beckett’s Footfalls is a meditation on grief\, devotion\, and the frail borders between. Celebrated artist Maude Davey embodies the role of May\, a woman bound by duty\, lost in quiet anguish\, her every step compelling us to confront the spaces between words – where time stretches thin\, and the heart beats with the quiet ache of a love that lingers. \nPhoto by Mark Gambino[/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-b9f1ebbb-7aac”][vc_column_text css=””]Dark Erotica Quartet \nDirector: Blake Barnard \nCast: Cait Spiker\, Matthew Connell\, and Tim Wotherspoon \nCellist: James Hazelden \nLighting Designer: Kris Chainey \nSet/costume designer: Oliver Hall \n  \nFootfalls \nDirector: Keith Brockett \nCast: Maude Davey \nLighting Designer: Kris Chainey \nSet/costume designer: Oliver Hall[/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-b9f1ebbb-7aac”][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 $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/dark-erotica-quartet-and-footfalls/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:Recent Paintings
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nRichard Besley\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nRecent Paintings\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]11 November – 22 November 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…evoking a layered world of light\, movement and space… \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”]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=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]I have made abstract paintings and drawings for the last 30 years. Initially I constructed my compositions from patterns or shapes I found in nature. Over time I developed processes for layering and removing paint and pigment\, which allowed the images to develop in a more unplanned way. I love the physical qualities of paint and pigment so it’s easy for me to be seduced by their beautiful or interesting effects. While I do rely on these things to get a picture going\, I try to get past that and become absorbed with evoking a layered world of light\, movement and space. \nMy great-uncle was an artist called Carlyle Jackson who did lovely impressionist watercolours in the 1920’s and 30’s. I grew up with his work around me. I’ve only quite recently become aware there was a very vibrant art scene in Melbourne at this time which included Clarice Beckett and the tonalist group but also a group of more traditional landscape painters. I’ve become quite captivated by it all\, my house is filling up with landscapes from the era I’ve been collecting and eventually I decided ‘I might have a go!’ So I’ve been doing little paintings of scenes I encounter in my everyday life – walking the dogs\, driving round the Dandenong Ranges where I live or taking holidays here and there. It’s been quite an invigorating change for me after the arduous process of making my big abstract canvasses. I still don’t know whether all my years of abstract work is of any assistance with the landscapes – it’s a bit like changing from soccer to badminton![/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 Melbourne 1971 \nCurrently lives and works in Melbourne \n  \nSolo Exhibitions \n2025 Fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2022 Fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2015 Fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne \n2012 Chapman & Bailey\, Melbourne \n2010 Chapman & Bailey\, Melbourne \n2006 Chapman & Bailey\, Melbourne \n2004 Chapman & Bailey\, Melbourne \n2002 Chapman & Bailey\, Melbourne \n2001 The Motor Works\, Melbourne \n2000 The Motor Works\, Melbourne \n1997 The Motor Works Melbourne[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1759371967823-8dc51d8b-b7c3″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 11 November\, 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=”success” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F10%2FRichard-Besley-Catalogue-2.pdf”][vc_column_text css=””]For sales inquiries\, please contact fortyfivedownstairs at gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com or 03 9662 9966.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/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:The Heart of It
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nCarolyn Roberts\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nThe Heart of It\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]11 – 22 November 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…her works are concerned with the minutiae of the landscape – the little things that make up the whole… \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”]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=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]I work in watercolour for its immediacy and translucency\, to construct a visual narrative\, which asks questions concerning humankind’s sense of place and relationship to the natural world. \nThis body of work is a close\, personal observation of life in two very different gardens\, located on opposite sides of the world.  In each\, the human inhabitants strive to co-exist with nature. \nDrawing from my immediate environment\, and inserting human elements such as poetry and music\, I construct an intricate tangle of life. \nThe patterns and forms that reoccur in nature apply to us too\, as does the cycle of life and death.  The natural world is not something other.  We are a part of nature\, not apart from it\, and if we lose touch with nature\, we lose our sense of place in the world.[/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=””]Carolyn Roberts is a multi-media artist who now works mainly in watercolour and mixed media works on paper. Her love of watercolour comes from its freshness\, directness and immediacy; also from a stubborn determination to master this difficult medium. \nThe artist has spent the last 12 years living between Melbourne and rural Normandy\, which has influenced her work to a great extent. She has long been interested in questions of time and place and identity and how these issues are interwoven with the natural world and the cycle of life. \nShe prefers to examine the small rather than the big picture\, so that her works are concerned with the minutiae of the landscape – the little things that make up the whole. \nInformed by\, but not bound by the rules of botanical and scientific illustration\, she deconstructs her environment in order to better understand it. \nCarolyn has a long exhibition history and has won several awards. She has works in both private and public collections. \nShe has a Master of Fine Arts from Monash University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1759371895143-b1f9f290-6548″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 11 November\, 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:20251030
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SUMMARY:Where Is Joy?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nEmma Louise Pursey in association with Cicero’s Circle and fortyfivedownstairs presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1756277453920{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nWhere Is Joy? by Emma Louise Pursey\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1756277477984{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nJoy Hester reimagined: a visual poem of love\, loss and belonging\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745292095369{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]30 October – 9 November 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_1762323883022{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 30 October – Sunday 9 November 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 30 October\nopening night: Friday 31 October\nduration: 70 minutes. We are unable to admit latecomers to this performance\, please arrive promptly.\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $49\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nClick HERE to read the program \nAuslan interpreted performance: Wednesday 5 November\, 7:30pm. \nAuslan (Australian Sign Language) is used by the Australian Deaf community. For seats with clear sightlines to the interpreter\, please see the box office team on arrival. \nWarning: This production contains references to mental illness (including suicidal ideation)\, cancer and chronic illness\, epilepsy\, abortion\, family neglect and emotional abuse\, mental-health stigma\, parental abandonment\, death and grief. Recommended 14+. It also contains occasional coarse language\, sexual references\, haze/smoke effects and full blackout. \nWHERE IS JOY? contains themes that some audience members may find distressing. If this work raises issues for you\, support is available: Lifeline: 13 11 44; Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636; Griefline: 1300 845 745; Cancer Council Helpline: 13 11 20. 13YARN: 13 92 76;  Q-Life: 1800 184 527; MSI Australia: 1300 003 707; Family Relationship Advice Line: 1800 050 321.[/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-b9f1b9e0-6e62″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Created and performed by Emma Louise Pursey and directed by the incomparable Susie Dee\, WHERE IS JOY? is a powerful new solo theatre work that draws Joy Hester from the margins and places her centre stage. A first-wave Melbourne modernist\, Hester was the only major woman artist of the original Heide Circle—unapologetically bold and critically dismissed\, she worked primarily in ink\, not oils\, and left behind an extraordinary oeuvre. \nAt 27\, Emma Louise Pursey was told she had Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Just like Joy. Both experienced chronic illness and profound loss—Hester until her death at 40 in 1960\, Pursey to this day. Hester died. Pursey lived—and made a play. \nTwo decades in the making\, this deeply personal work blends arresting physicality with direct storytelling and multidisciplinary design to reclaim Hester’s legacy with passion\, compassion and life-affirming humour. \nFeaturing an extraordinary\, all-women creative team\, the production is endorsed by Heide MoMA\, CMAG\, Janine Burke\, and the late Mirka Mora and Barbara Blackman AO. \nThis project is supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants\, The Robert Salzer Foundation\, and through the Australian Cultural Fund Boost program. It was originally supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and developed with the assistance of Metro Arts. \nAdditional support has been generously provided by Heide Museum of Modern Art\, Canberra Museum and Gallery\, St Kilda Historical Society\, Wayward Woman Giving Fund\, One Star Lounge & Gallery\, The Lennox\, Anne Runhardt\, and 16th Street Actors Studio. \nClick HERE to read the program. \nPhoto by Amber Schmidt \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-b9f1b9e0-6e62″][vc_column_text css=””]Actor\, Writer & Producer: Emma Louise Pursey \nDirector: Susie Dee \nComposer & Visual Content Designer: Sarah-Mary Chadwick \nLighting Designer: Amelia Lever-Davidson \nSet\, Prop & Costume Design Consultant: Lindy Macauley \nDramaturgical Support: Iain Sinclair\, Ian Brown\, Maryanne Lynch\, Julia Grace \nOriginal Creative Development Co-Writer (2004-2005): Amy Hyslop \nOriginal Creative Development Dramaturg (2005): Saffron Benner \nCo-Producer & Production Manager: Cherian Jacob Payyapali and Nidhi Isaac\, Cicero’s Circle \nStage Manager: Caitie Murphy \nTechnical Consultant: Justin Gardam \nProduction Assistant: Zadie Kennedy Mccracken[/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-b9f1b9e0-6e62″][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 $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
CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:The Ways We Pray
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nElla Whateley\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nThe Ways We Pray\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]28 October – 8 November 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…[Whateley] seeks to express something of the power and beauty of ways of praying\, from…formalised prayers to the spontaneous… \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=””]The works in this exhibition draw on my interaction with diverse religious traditions in Indonesia\, Taiwan\, China\, Japan\, Nepal\, Britain and Australia. They represent my experience and interpretation of a variety of Muslim\, Hindu\, Buddhist\, Shinto and Christian ways of praying. The works also reflect aspects of the distinctive environments in which they were produced. \nAs a visual artist\, my primary language is abstraction. Though reference to the real world can be seen\, it is through the lens of abstraction that I seek to interpret some of the ways humans pray and\, secondarily\, express the different contexts of the experiences. I have made particular use of rhythm and mark-making as interpretive and expressive devices. \nMy time in Indonesia was particularly important.  Thanks to generous support from Monash University\, I was able to pursue a residency at the Bandung Institute of Technology’s Faculty of Art & Design. Muslim\, Hindu and Christian colleagues were exceptionally generous\, inviting me to take part in their personal prayer rituals. The artworks that came from these experiences seek to express something of the power and beauty of their ways of praying\, from their formalised prayers to the spontaneous. \nSimilarly\, wonderful time was spent in a Buddhist nunnery in Nepal\, and visiting Buddhist\, Taoist and Shinto temples in the mountains and forests of Taiwan\, China and Japan. My own very personal prayer practises are shared here in such works as ‘Lamentation’\, my quantified intercessory prayers for the massive loss of life in Palestine painted on a rubbing taken off a giant tree stump in Bunga\, NSW; and ‘Zoom Prayers’\, the process over the internet of daily prayers with my partner\, during prolonged physical separation. I have greatly enjoyed making and thinking about these works\, it is my hope that you enjoy them too.[/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=””]Dr Ella Whateley is an Australian visual artist who undertakes practice-led-research through painting and drawing. Whateley has a keen interest in diverse religious traditions\, exploring the potential of art to engage with the spiritual primarily through the language of abstraction. Her work has become increasingly cross-cultural\, drawing on substantial periods in Indonesia\, Taiwan\, Nepal & China. She has had residencies at the National Taiwan University of the Arts and Bandung Institute of Technology\, Indonesia and has exhibited nationally and internationally\, in Taipei\, London\, Sydney\, Melbourne\, Canberra\, Bandung\, Jakarta and Wellington. \nWhateley maintains studios in Melbourne and Bermagui (far south coast NSW). She holds a PhD in Painting from the Australian National University\, where she was also Vice-Chancellor’s Visiting Artist Fellow in 2017. From 2019-2024 she was an Adjunct Research Fellow in Fine Art at MADA\, Monash University engaged in researching the subject of prayer. \n  \nEmail: egwhateley@icloud.com \nInstagram: #ellawhateley \nWebsite: www.ellawhateley.net \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1759371717592-b8f06876-efb2″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 28 October\, 5-7pm \n  \nArtist Talk \nSaturday 1 November\, 2pm[/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:Time Between
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nDena Ashbolt\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nTime Between\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]28 October – 8 November 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… a deliberate engagement with time itself—its relentless flow\, its subtle passing\, and the echoes it leaves behind on our consciousness… \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=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]As a perceptual artist I consistently seek to capture the nuances of human experience and the shifts in our perception of reality. My signature cinematic drawing technique serves as a core methodology\, becoming a deliberate engagement with time itself—its relentless flow\, its subtle passing\, and the echoes it leaves behind on our consciousness. \nMy artistic output is broad\, encompassing the tactile intimacy of drawing and painting across multiple mediums\, the diverse narrative potential of photo-media explorations\, and the expansive ambition of spatial collaborative projects. Each facet of my work informs and enriches the others\, contributing to a holistic and deeply integrated investigation. \nThe collection of works you encounter here is more than an exhibition; it is a personal chronicle\, a reflection of my studio journey with time. With the sale of our home and a renovation project in Italy\, this very studio\, a crucible of intense focus and creative growth\, is now physically gone\, lending a resonance and a sense of conclusion to these pieces. Viewing them together feels like a retrospective\, marking not just a significant turning point in my artistic evolution\, but a chapter change in my life itself. It’s an unfolding story\, now at an inflection point.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Born in London\, Ashbolt graduated with First Class Honours in Film and Photography at the University of Westminster. In 1987 she emigrated to Melbourne\, establishing a highly successful career in film as a performance director; experience that continues to inform her process and her sensitive\, collaborative approach for clients seeking private art commissions. \nIn 2015 she obtained a Doctorate in Fine Art from Monash University. Ashbolt’s studio practice is a consideration of cinematic drawing; drawing in response to the flow of time\, and its revelations to collective and individual human experience. \nHer work has been exhibited with the Arts Council (England)\, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (London)\, Ballarat Art Gallery\, Bendigo Art Gallery and she has presented numerous solo exhibitions in Australia\, Canada and Europe.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1759371650464-ec292da2-238d”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 28 October\, 5-7pm \n  \nArtist Talk \nWith Dena Ashbolt and curator Maryanne Coutts \nSaturday 8 November\, 2pm[/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:20251017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251026
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SUMMARY:Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nLyric Opera presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755676636377{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nSong from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt\nMusic by Missy Mazzoli / Libretto by Royce Vavrek\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745904375912{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]17 – 25 October 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_1745904600181{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Friday 17 October – Saturday 25 October 2025\n\npreview: Friday 17 October\nopening night: Saturday 18 October\nduration: 90 minutes\ntimes:\nFriday 17 October 7:30pm\nSaturday 18 October 7:30pm\nTuesday 21 October 7:30pm\nFriday 24 October 7:30pm\nSaturday 25 October 5pm\nticket price: $30 – $60\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-b9f1d10d-448a” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Melbourne’s multi-award-winning Lyric Opera returns to fortyfivedownstairs to present the Australian premiere of this “dazzlingly original score”. First staged at The Kitchen in New York\, it has been hailed as a masterpiece of modern opera\, drawing influences from baroque to minimalism to indie rock. \nIsabelle Eberhardt’s journals were a rich source of inspiration for Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek. Eberhardt\, born in 1877\, led an extraordinary though short life. After the deaths of all her immediate family\, she travelled unfettered to North Africa on a journey of self-discovery. She rode through the desert dressed as a man\, outraged authorities\, married an Algerian\, converted to Sufism\, and died in a flood\, all by the age of 27. \nThe role of Eberhardt will be sung by the “commanding and captivating” mezzo-soprano Olivia Federow-Yemm supported by a cast of Melbourne’s most talented young singers and instrumentalists. \nPhoto by Jodie Hutchinson[/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-b9f1d10d-448a”][vc_column_text css=””]CREATIVES \nComposer: Missy Mazzoli \nLibrettists: Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek \nDirector: Beng Oh \nConductor: Patrick Burns \nSet and Costume Designer: Adrienne Chisholm \nLighting Designer: Shane Grant \n  \nCAST \nIsabella Eberhardt: Olivia Federow-Yemm \nChorus: Lisette Bolton\, Leah Phillips\, Olive Cullen\, Timothy Daly\, Daniel Felton[/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-b9f1d10d-448a”][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $30\nFull: $60\nConcession: $45\nGroup 6+: $45 \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/song-from-the-uproar-the-lives-and-deaths-of-isabelle-eberhardt/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Community Art Card Project
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nRobert Lee Davis\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nThe Community Art Card Project\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]14 October – 25 October 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…offering visitors the chance to engage in collaborative art-making to create an installation in the gallery… \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=””]In partnership with St Michael’s Grammar School and fortyfivedownstairs\, The Community Art Card Project aims to provide an opportunity for the CBD Melbourne community\, students\, and artists to engage in collaborative art making using large playing cards as their canvas to create an installation in the gallery of fortyfivedownstairs. \nThe project will be facilitated by artist\, Robert Lee Davis and students from St Michael’s Grammar School. \n “I am drawn to making art from objects\, discarded books and observations of the world around me. I aim to explore these themes in a way that challenges and provokes thought in the viewer.”\n– Robert Lee Davis\, artist[/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 Virginia\, USA Robert is a Melbourne-based artist who has lived and worked as an artist-in-residence\, consultant and arts educator in China\, Egypt\, USA\, UK and Australia. Working across painting and collage the artist has held group and solo exhibitions in China and Australia including We Know Where We Want to Go – Bu Wen Bu Wen\, (YK Art Space\, Shanghai\, China )\, Different Species (ifa Gallery\, Shanghai\, China)\, Then\, Now and Everything In-Between\, (fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne) and Home Free\, (Angela Robarts Bird Gallery\, Gasworks\, Melbourne ). \nRobert has been a finalist in the Collie Art Prize in Perth\, the Glover Prize for Tasmanian landscape painting in Launceston\, and received a grant from the City of Melbourne for his project: Small Wonders\, The Places We No Longer Go. Robert has undertaken numerous commissions using art to tell family & individual stories through his Life Landscape series. \nContinually collecting conversations and images from the people and places he encounters\, the artist constructs deeply personal artworks tracking his journey and the journey of those he comes across. \nYou can track Robert’s journey through the following avenues: \nInstagram @robertleedavisart \nLinkedin http://au.linkedin.com/pub/robert-lee-davis/39/336/336/ \nGmail art@robertleedavisart.com[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1755658271619-d2b44a77-00f7″][vc_column_text css=””]Closing Night \nFriday 24 October\, 4:30-6:30pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/the-community-art-card-project-3/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251026
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SUMMARY:Naarm Textile Biennale- Social Fabric
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nNaarm Textile Collective\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nNaarm Textile Biennale- Social Fabric\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]30 September – 25 October 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…Social Fabric returns textiles to a place built to showcase them… \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=””]Naarm Textile Biennale- Social Fabric will be a collaborative group exhibition consisting of textile artists from Victoria. The exhibition will showcase progressive textile art\, exploring the relationship of textiles to other art disciplines and the limitlessness of textile art. \nSocial Fabric will highlight and explore the ability of textiles to preserve memories of people\, places and times. The exhibition will look at the value of textiles in our lives and on the role of textiles in telling stories and presenting contemporary cultural and political issues. Flinders Lane was the centre of the fashion and textile trade in Melbourne for many years. Forty-Five Flinders Lane was part of this history as home to many textile businesses over the years. Social Fabric returns textiles to a place built to showcase them. \nSocial Fabric will highlight textile artists and the quality of their work raising awareness of contemporary textile arts. With textiles traditionally being held in low esteem and considered as ‘just women’s work’\, this exhibition will be an important opportunity to challenge its standing alongside other fine art. Social Fabric will showcase the variety of textile techniques\, wide range of materials and interpretations that challenge traditional ideas of textile art.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artists” tab_id=”1759548842187-3b9d54a6-f035″][vc_column_text css=””]Naarm Textile Biennale – Social Fabric has been curated by Tamara Russell \nThe 97 Participating Artists are: \n\n\n\n\nAlex Hughes\nEllise Roberts\nMaryanne Moodie\n\n\nAli Griffin\nEnza Gandolfo\nMelanie Thoren\n\n\nAlison Cole\nErica Wells\nMelissa Laffy\n\n\nAlison Lewis\nFauve de Wilde\nMelody Chia\n\n\nAmanda Forsyth\nFiona Prendergast\nMichelle Trewin\n\n\nAmy Cohen\nGail Stiffe\nMillie Spagnolo\n\n\nAngela Rossitto\nGaye Naismith\nMiranda Brett\n\n\nAnnie Bolitho\nIaki Vallejo\nNicky Robinson\n\n\nArabella Strachan\nIsabel Deakin\nNicole Gammie\n\n\nAshley Mariani\nJane Burns\nNicole Kemp\n\n\nBarbara Roe Hebb\nJanita Ryan\nPat Porter\n\n\nBarbara Wheeler\nJayne Newgreen\nPeta Tranquille\n\n\nBonnie Lawrence\nJB Knibbs\nRebecca George\n\n\nBronny (Bell) Handfield\nJess Hall\nRobyn Elliott\n\n\nCarol Rowlands\nJessie Deane\nRobyn Stickland\n\n\nCarole Wilson\nJoy Barrett\nRonda Hazell\n\n\nCarolyn Cardinet\nJude Worters\nRosalind Byass\n\n\nCatriona Galbraith & Suzanne Swann\nJuliet D Collins\nRosalind Price\n\n\nChloe Kokoris\nKatherine Seaton\nSally Darlison\n\n\nChristina Turner\nKathy Landvogt\nSamantha Thompson\n\n\nChristine Lethlean\nKirsty Gorter\nSharon Greenaway\n\n\nChristine Tingay\nLeanne Poole\nSimone Kottmann\n\n\nClaire Humphrys-Hunt\nLindsay Hussey\nSonja Taylor\n\n\nClare Nelson\nLindy de Wijn\nSophia Slaney-Marsch\n\n\nClare Ryan\nLis de Vries\nSophie Shingles\n\n\nClaudia Bloxsome\nLouise Saxton\nSue Cunningham\n\n\nDeb K Williams\nLucy Hearn\nSze Tjin Yek\n\n\nDebra Billson\nLynn Berry and Margaret Knight\nTamara Russell\n\n\nDebra Howlett\nManasee Jog\nTim Craker\n\n\nDenise Honan\nMargarita Shoebridge\nZoe Jones\n\n\nDi Ellis\nMarie Bogoyevitch\nZoe Pavlou\n\n\nElizabeth van Herwaarden\nMark Ewenson\n\n\n\n\n\n[/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%2F10%2FCATALOGUE-compressed2.pdf”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The Garden of Life
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nJanice Gobey\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nThe Garden of Life\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]30 September – 11 October 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… a visual invitation to pause\, reflect\, and step beyond the conscious world into places both ancient and eternal… \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=””]Melbourne Artist Janice Gobey Explores the Restorative Power of Nature in New Exhibition \nLate in 2023\, Melbourne artist Janice Gobey travelled through Europe\, spending time in France\, Spain\, and Portugal. During her journey\, Gobey was granted the rare opportunity to paint en plein air in the historic gardens of the Alhambra in Granada and the Alcázar in Seville. It was here that the concept for her forthcoming exhibition\, The Garden of Life\, began to take shape. \nWhile Gobey has long been known for tackling challenging and emotionally charged themes in her work\, the turbulence of the current global climate prompted a shift. This new body of work offers viewers a moment of respite – an invitation to rest weary souls and reconnect with nature\, the subconscious\, and the unseen corners of the psyche. \nWorking primarily in oil\, Gobey has conjured an ‘other world’ populated by archetypal figures: cats\, horses\, and anthropomorphic beings set against dreamlike\, sometimes imagined\, sometimes real landscapes. Many of the works feature silver-leafed edges\, evoking the kind of quiet opulence found in Southern Europe’s ancient palaces and sanctuaries. \nA long-time student of psychology\, Gobey draws inspiration from the writings of Carl Jung\, particularly his reflections on nature’s restorative qualities: \n“Whenever we touch nature we get clean. People who have got dirty through too much civilization take a walk in the woods\, or a bath in the sea. Entering the unconscious\, entering yourself through dreams\, is touching nature from the inside and this is the same thing\, things are put right again.” \nThe Garden of Life is an exhibition shaped by this philosophy – a visual invitation to pause\, reflect\, and step beyond the conscious world into places both ancient and eternal. Opening night is Tuesday 30 September 5 – 7 pm and the exhibition closes on Saturday 11 October.[/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=””]Janice Gobey is a Melbourne-based artist working across oil painting and installation. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts with a Master of Visual Art (First Class Honours)\, her practice explores themes of memory\, displacement\, and the emotional states that shape human experience\, informed by her studies and interest in Psychology and Sociology. \nGobey has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally\, with residencies in London\, New York\, Berlin\, Leipzig\, Provence\, and at Château Orquevaux in France. In 2023\, Gobey was granted the rare opportunity to paint en plein air in the historic gardens of the Alhambra in Granada and the Alcázar in Seville. \nHer work has been recognised through selection for exhibitions including  The Linden Innovators\, The F Word at Ararat Regional Gallery and Fixation at Town Hall Gallery. She has also been shortlisted for major awards such as the Kennedy Art Prize\, Wyndham Art Prize\, Toyota Sculpture Prize and the Sunshine Coast Art Prize. She is a two-time prizewinner\, including Best in Show at the Red Hill Art Show.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Ways Through
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nAmanda Western\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nWays Through\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]16 September – 27 September 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…the pathways depicted here are not just physical\, they’re emotional cartographies\, tracing displacement\, rebuilding\, belonging… \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=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]In Ways Through\, I explore the threshold spaces that quietly shape our lives- laneways and tree-lined roads\, weathered paths through bush or city. These passages\, often overlooked\, hold memories of those who move through them. They are witnesses to change\, both personal and ecological. \nMy linocuts map these spaces in intricate detail\, treating each mark as a form of care. Whether drawn from an overshadowed urban laneway\, or a rural track softened by wind and time\, each image is part record\, part response. The process itself- slow\, deliberate carving- is meditative\, mirroring the gradual regeneration I often witness in nature and in people. \nHaving worked in disaster recovery\, I see art as an act of reassembly and restoration. These images acknowledge loss while also pointing to quiet forms of repair. The pathways depicted here are not just physical\, they’re emotional cartographies\, tracing displacement\, rebuilding\, belonging. \nBy focusing on what’s often unseen or under-appreciated\, I invite viewers to consider how we move through the world\, and what it means to truly notice the spaces that hold us. \nLink to 3RRR SmartArts interview with Richard Watts and Amanda Western: https://www.rrr.org.au/shared/broadcast-episode/35180/9258000/10351000 \n[/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=””]Awards\n2025\n– Finalist\, Sunshine Coast National Art Prize (QLD)\n– Highly Commended\, Milburn Art Prize (QLD)\n– Best Other Media\, Bendigo Easter Art Show (VIC)\n– Winner Queenscliff Art Prize Print Award (VIC)\n– Finalist\, Flanagan Art Prize (VIC)\n– Finalist St Colombus Art Prize (NSW)\n2024\n– People’s Choice Award Winner\, Sunshine Coast National Arts Prize (QLD)\n– First prize\, Printmakers Exhibition\, Geelong Arts Society (VIC)\n– Finalist\, Southern Ocean Art Prize (SA)\n– Finalist\, Hornsby Art Prize (NSW)\n– Finalist\, Stanthorpe Art Prize (QLD)\n– Finalist\, Artists for Conservation International Juried Exhibition (online)\n– First Prize\, All Other Mediums\, Bacchus Marsh Annual Art Show (VIC)\n– Honourable Mention\, Castlemaine Annual Art Show (VIC)\n– First Prize\, Lineworks Art Show\, Geelong Arts Society (VIC)\n– Best “Other” Class\, Warrnambool & District Easter Arts Festival (VIC)\n2023\n– Visual and Performing Arts Award\, Ballarat Arts Foundation (VIC) \nCollections & Commissions\n2024\n– Sunshine Coast Art Collection (QLD public gallery acquisition)\n– Ballarat Grammar Fine Art Collection (VIC)\n– Mural\, City of Ballarat Winter Festival (VIC)\n– Mural\, Haymes Paints\, Ballarat (VIC)\n– Road Nationals Coffee Cup artwork\, City of Ballarat (VIC)\n2023\n– Mural\, The Mallow Hotel\, Ballarat (VIC) \nSolo Exhibitions\n2025\n– “Ways Through” fortyfivedownstairs\, Melbourne\n– “Imprint: Marks We Leave Behind”\, KANK Exhibition Space\, Ballarat\n2024\n– “Laneways & Lattes\,” Accent Gallery\, Ballarat\n-“Fragile Fight\,” Ross Creek Gallery\, Ballarat\n2023\n– “I See You; Do You See Me?” Old Butcher Shop Gallery\, Ballarat \nGroup Exhibitions\n2025\n– Milburn Art Prize\, Brisbane Institute of Art\, QLD\n– Habitat Exhibition\, Belco Arts\, Canberra\, ACT\n– Gathering II\, Goldfields Printmakers Exhibition\, Ross Creek Gallery\, VIC\n– Lineworks Exhibition\, Shearers Arms Gallery\, Geelong\, VIC\n– Flanagan Art Prize\, Ballarat\, VIC\n– St Colombus Art Prize\, Sydney\, NSW\n– Latest & Greatest III\, Caloundra Regional Gallery (invitational)\, QLD\n– Linden Postcard Show 2024-25\, Linden Contemporary Art\, St Kilda VIC\n2024\n– Southern Ocean Art Prize 2024\, finalist exhibition (invitational)\, SA\n– Hornsby Art Prize (invitational)\, NSW\n– Sunshine Coast National Art Prize (invitational)\, QLD\n– Stanthorpe Art Prize (invitational)\, QLD\n– Artists for Conservation\, International Juried Exhibition (online-invitational)\n– Shearers Arms Gallery\, Geelong\, VIC\n– Liminal Gallery\, Geelong\, VIC\n– Castlemaine Market Building Gallery (invitational)\, VIC\n– Fairbanks Eye Gallery\, Ballarat (invitational)\, VIC\n– Brunswick St Art Gallery\, Fitzroy (invitational)\, VIC\n– The Space Gallery\, Geelong\, VIC\n– Mercure Convention Centre\, Ballarat\, VIC \nMemberships\nCommittee of Management Member\, Print Council of Australia\nPresident\, Ballarat Society of Artists\nMentor\, Ballarat Arts Foundation (2024 & 2025)\nNational Association of Visual Artists (NAVA)\nGoldfields Printmakers Group (VIC) \nEducation\nMentoring program 2023-25\, Ballarat Arts Foundation\nCert III Visual Arts\, Oxygen College\, Ballarat \nResidencies\n2025 All That We Are Art Residency (Tasmania\, two week residential)\n2023 David Frazer etching workshop (Greece\, ten days residential)[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1753931943627-0daf081d-1b11″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 16 September\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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