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SUMMARY:The Highly Strung Players
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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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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]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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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. 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=””]“Going Where You Take Me”\, explores my inner world as I’ve navigated the last 4 years of my life as a curious Australian-Asian woman in her early to mid 20s. A pivotal age of finding a place in my identity\, growing in my power as a woman\, navigating my morals\, beliefs\, relationships and solidifying my belonging in the world. My ideas arrive intuitively\, pulled from unique and transformative experiences that shifted how I see myself and the world around me. The ideas are executed through the art of surrealism\, where imagery becomes whimsical\, thought provoking\, and delightfully out of the ordinary.  I move between seriousness and playfulness in both life and art\, and I have always been drawn to childlike cartoons and dreamlike animation. 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
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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]
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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″][/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. [/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Participating artists” tab_id=”1763437316315-16006d21-41ff”][vc_column_text css=””]Aaron Butt\, Achoul Guak\, Agnes C Arlitz\, Alana Davis\, Alex Black\, Alexandra Fraser\, Alexandra Janssens\, Alexandra Mills\, Alexis Karagiannis\, Alice Louise\, Alice Nixon\, Alicio Subagyo\, Alisha Wiegold\, Aliza Mizrahi\, Allison Johnson\, Alma Shaban Andarian\, Alycia Wilson\, Amanda Johnson\, Amanda Lee Starkey\, Amanda Olle\, Amanda Quah\, Amanda J Brown\, Amber Mink\, Amelia Denman\, Amelia Dowling\, Amelia Ronchi\, Amna Janjua\, Amy Grover\, Andrew Boyden\, Andrew Tan\, Andrew Von Bibra\, Angela Grace\, Angela Rossitto\, Anita O’Halloran\, Anna Xiang\, Annabel Lapsys\, Anne Knights\, Anne Shellard\, Anne-Rita Vleugel\, Anthea Vayonitis\, Antony Stevenson\, Arlo Méndez\, Asha Gilbee-Giudici\, Asher Blackburn\, Athenie Leckey\, Axatolol Moloney\, Barb Murphy\, Barbara Rozenes\, Barbara Roe Hebb\, Barrie Bolton\, Barry Spencer\, Bel Johnstone\, Bella 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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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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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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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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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”][/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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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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251028
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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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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251109
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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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CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251017
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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
CATEGORIES:theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251026
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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]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/social-fabric/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251012
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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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250928
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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]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/ways-through/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250929
DTSTAMP:20250911T063910Z
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SUMMARY:Othello
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nMelbourne Shakespeare Company presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1744769373488{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nOthello by William Shakespeare\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1744769398522{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]11 – 28 September 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_1757572583041{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 11 – Sunday 28 September 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 11 September\nopening night: Friday 12 September\nforum night w post show Q&A: Saturday 13 September\nindustry night: Tuesday 16 September\nduration: 105 minutes no interval\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $49\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: haze\, loud dynamic sound\, flashing lights\, prop weapons\, physical violence\, violence against women\, death.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1b27e-885a” title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]A riveting new adaptation of Othello\, directed by the acclaimed Tanya Gerstle. In her bold and immersive style\, Shakespeare’s tragedy is distilled to its raw essence by Gerstle\, with a powerful five-actor ensemble delivering an intense\, deeply human exploration of jealousy\, power\, and betrayal. A gripping\, unflinching take on one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. \nWhen the esteemed general Othello elopes with Desdemona\, defying societal expectations\, his most trusted officer\, Iago\, begins a ruthless campaign of manipulation and deceit. As Iago’s poisonous whispers sow doubt and suspicion\, Othello is drawn into a spiral of paranoia that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. \nLove twists into obsession\, friendship into treachery\, and trust into a deadly weapon in this gripping psychological thriller. \nPhoto by Elena Ruefenacht[/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-b9f1b27e-885a”][vc_column_text css=””]CAST \nOthello: Christopher Kirby \nIago: Dushan Philips \nEmilia/Bianca: Lucy Ansell \nCassio/Lodovico: Matthew Furlani \nDesdemona: Tanya Schneider \n  \nCREATIVES \nDirector: Tanya Gerstle \nArtistic Director: Jennifer Sarah Dean \nProducer & Production Manager: Seamus Allan \nSet Designer: Callum Dale \nAssociate Set Designer: Josh McNeill \nCostume Designer: Samantha Hastings \nLighting Designer: Sidney Younger \nLighting Associate: Viv Hargreaves \nSound Designer & Composer: Jack Burmeister \nStage Manager: Jade Hibbert \nAssistant Stage Manager: Siena Bonnici \nVoice Consultant: Geraldine Cook \nMarketing Coordinator: Bridget Sweeney \nPhotographer: Nick Robertson \nGraphic Designer: Louis Green[/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-b9f1b27e-885a”][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/othello/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:Muktoraah
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nBraden Howard\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nMuktoraah\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]2 September – 27 September 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…[Braden Howard] invites the viewer into the realm of Muktoraah\, to experience this fictional land of chaos and destruction… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Artist Statement”][vc_column_text css=””]Muktoraah is an exploration of a fictional land within my ongoing world building art practice. It is a universe created by Khaanis Uldur\, a being of shadow and darkness. Muktoraah\, a realm of chaos and destruction is controlled and ruled by divine beings known as the Kha Muktu. There are ten different Kha Muktu within Mukturaah\, each with divine powers of their own\, being loosely based on the seven deadly sins. This exhibition features creatures\, worlds\, gods\, magical beings and powerful relics from the realm of chaos. \nMy broader art practice involves this universe\, as well as three others that exist beside each other\, combining in the centre. Together they are called Ultahnor where every creation I make resides somewhere within. \nMy practice is heavily inspired by fantasy\, science fiction\, video games\, movies/tv\, current events and childhood memories. I often use shiny materials such as metal leaf to imitate rare collectable cards that I used to collect when I was younger. The stories and world builder aspect of my practice have also been heavily influenced by childhood memories of video games\, having strange worlds and peculiar characters in most games I played. \nThe exhibition ‘Mukturaah’ was created in a response to current world events. Global conflicts\, widespread diseases and financial stress have all played a part in these artworks. Containing works on board\, paper and resin I invite the viewer into the realm of Muktoraah\, to experience this fictional land of chaos and destruction.[/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=””]Braden Howard is a Melbourne based artist\, practicing in studio art. He originally grew up in the city of Wagga Wagga and moved to Melbourne in 2016 to study art. His current practice is heavily influenced by TV/movies\, video games\, pop culture\, current events and childhood memories. He is deeply interested in fantasy worlds and mythologies\, working intuitively to create stories\, creatures and beings. All of his works relate back to a continuously expanding mythology he is and connect to the universes in which his creations reside.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1753931848049-252373c9-6424″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 2 September\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/muktoraah/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250914
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SUMMARY:Stronger Together
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nSt Albans Secondary College\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nStronger Together\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]2 September – 13 September 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…a rare glimpse into the potential that is unlocked when we are able to embrace cultural diversity… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]St Albans Secondary College is a co-educational school located in the west of Melbourne. Students come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. At the college\, 53 different nationalities express their unique cultural practices and perspectives through the Arts. Sharing and collaborating with their peers\, students co-create artworks that are unique within the Melbourne arts diaspora. \nThe staff at the college are dedicated to creating opportunities for students to enrich their lives through engagement with and expression through the visual and performing arts. The exhibition is a rare glimpse into the potential that is unlocked when we are able to embrace cultural diversity and share\, appreciate\, know\, collaborate and negotiate cultural divides.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250826
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251104
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SUMMARY:SMALL! 2025 Submission Form
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nSMALL!\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nSubmission Form\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]Submissions close Monday 3 November\, 5pm.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\nAll artists! All media! All SMALL! \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED \nfortyfivedownstairs is excited to announce our fifth annual open-call small works exhibition: SMALL!  \nThis exhibition is open to all artists\, whether you are a child artist\, a first-time creator\, or an established professional. Every submitted artwork will be displayed in our gallery on Flinders Lane in Melbourne’s CBD\, making SMALL! a truly inclusive showcase for artists of all experience levels. \nWe welcome a diverse range of styles and media\, including painting\, drawing\, photography\, prints\, textiles\, and small sculptural works. \nAll submitted artworks must meet two simple criteria: they should not exceed 20 x 20 cm (including any framing) and must be suitable for wall hanging. \nEvery artwork will be priced at $150\, regardless of the artist’s level or the medium used. \nThe artworks in the exhibition will be displayed anonymously\, ensuring equal opportunity for all artists and encouraging visitors to select their favourites based solely on their appeal. Only when an artwork is sold will the artist’s name be revealed to the buyer. \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\, Photography Prize\, Textile Prize\, Sculptural Prize\, Print-Making 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. \nWe look forward to receiving your submissions! \n  \nSubmissions close: Monday 3 November\, 5pm \nOpening Night: Wednesday 26 November\, 5-7pm \nExhibition Dates: 27 November – 18 December 2025 \n  \nSupported by: \n \n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Application Instructions” tab_id=”1754460342893-2dfec340-380d”][vc_column_text css=””]fortyfivedownstairs is inviting submissions from anyone and everyone for our fifth annual community-sourced small works show\, SMALL! \nSubmissions close Monday 3 November 2025. \nThe exhibition will run from Thursday 27 November- Thursday 18 December 2025. \nAll submitted artworks will be accepted (terms and conditions apply!) \nPlease read the following instructions carefully before you begin your application: \n\nEnter your personal details in the entry form below\nInclude bank account details for any commission from sold artworks\nSelect whether you will be submitting 1 or 2 artworks. Entry fees are $25 for one artwork\, and $40 for two artworks\nEnter the details of each artwork\, including selecting the colour that best describes your piece\nUpload one image of each artwork. The image file(s) must be smaller than 2MB.\nSelect whether you would like your artwork returned by post if unsold. The fee for return postage is $22.\nRead through the ‘T&Cs’ carefully for further instructions\nClick ‘Pay and Submit SMALL! Entry’\nEnter your payment details in the newly opened page\nPLEASE CHECK IF YOU RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL WITHIN 24 HOURS OF SUBMITTING. IF YOU HAVE NOT\, YOUR SUMBISSION WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.\nDeliver your labelled artwork to the gallery by Friday\, November 14. If 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.\nCongratulations\, you’re part of SMALL! 2025\n\nPlease email gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com if you have any queries regarding the application process.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Terms and Conditions” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][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. Return postage is only available to locations within Australia.\nNo refunds.\n\n[/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:20250821
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SUMMARY:Ordinary Days
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nClovelly Fox Productions presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1750993933936{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nOrdinary Days by Adam Gwon\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1753762308361{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]20 – 31 August 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_1753762320849{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Wednesday 20 – Sunday 31 August 2025\n\nopening night: Thursday 21 August\nduration: 80 minutes\ntimes:\nWednesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSundays 2pm\nSaturday 23 August 4pm\nMonday 25 August 6:30pm\nticket price: $49 – $69\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-b9f1613a-4d88″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Following its acclaimed\, award winning debut with Elegies; A Song Cycle at fortyfivedownstairs in 2024\, Clovelly Fox — one of Melbourne’s most exciting new theatre companies — returns with a fresh take on Ordinary Days\, the contemporary musical by Adam Gwon. Directed by Green Room Award-winner Tyran Parke (who first brought this gem to life at Chapel Off Chapel)\, this production promises heart\, humour\, and a beautifully intimate theatrical experience. \nSet in the chaos of New York City\, ‘Ordinary Days’ weaves together the lives of four strangers searching for connection\, purpose\, and meaning in the everyday. With a luminous score and stories that resonate long after the final note\, this is a show for anyone who’s ever felt lost — and found something unexpected along the way. \nClovelly Fox brings signature warmth and emotional clarity to this celebrated work. Don’t miss the chance to see a powerhouse team reimagine a modern musical classic with grace\, charm\, and truth. \nOrdinary Days is presented by permission of ORiGiN™ Theatrical on behalf of R&H Theatricals\, 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-b9f1613a-4d88″][vc_column_text css=””]CAST \nJason: Bobby Fox \nClaire: Sarah Morrison \nWarren: Joel Granger \nDeb: Melanie Bird \n  \nCREATIVES \nDirector: Tyran Parke \nMusical Director: Vicky Jacobs \nSet Designer: Richard Roberts \nLighting Designer: Gavan Swift \nCostume Designer: Louisa Fitzgerald \nSound Designer: Jack Scandrett \nStage Manager: Dioni Butt[/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-b9f1613a-4d88″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nFull: $69\nConcession: $49\nGroup 6+: $49 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket fees are charged reluctantly. As an unfunded CBD located venue\, our expenses continue to rise. If fortyfivedownstairs is to survive\, we are obliged to increase our revenue without inflicting costs on already struggling artists. Without support\, we risk losing artists or having to close our doors. We do hope for your understanding![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/ordinary-days/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250831
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SUMMARY:Going Places
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nFiona O’Byrne\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nGoing Places\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]19 – 30 August 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…These moments make the city feel deeply human – and endlessly captivating… \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=””]For some time now\, I’ve wanted to create a visual record of life in a big city like Melbourne. My intention has been to capture the shared\, everyday experience of moving through the city – an essential and uncelebrated part of contemporary urban life. From walking down crowded streets to riding escalators\, waiting on train platforms\, or standing at tram stops\, we navigate these public spaces in the quiet company of strangers. \nMuch of the inspiration for this body of work has been my weekly train ride from Melbourne’s inner north where I live\, to the city where I teach a painting class. That journey has become more than just a routine – it’s a window into the rhythm and richness of the public realm. Each trip offers a glimpse into a diverse world where everyone is quietly moving through their own story. \nI’m especially drawn to those small\, unspoken moments of connection – a glance\, a shared pause\, the way strangers shuffle to make room on a crowded train\, or the momentary connection made through shared frustration or delight – a late train\, or an overheard joke. \nThese moments make the city feel deeply human – and endlessly captivating. \n  \nPre-sales will open on Friday\, August 15\, at 12pm. For sales inquiries\, please contact fortyfivedownstairs at gallery@fortyfivedownstairs.com or 03 9662 9966.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]I’m an Australian artist based in inner Melbourne\, who paints mostly portraits and still life’s\, using my immediate domestic environment for inspiration. Working in oil on linen\, I create richly textured tonal pieces marked by sparse\, carefully arranged compositions in an effort to evoke a feeling of quiet simplicity and calm. \nMore recently I have shifted my focus to create a new body of work that is focused on documenting snippets of my time spent travelling into and out of the city. These paintings have both a compassionate and slightly melancholy atmosphere.  Through them\, I express my deep connection to the city that has shaped me — its light\, its texture\, its heart.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1750816688131-c7b41ae7-bea9″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 19 August\, 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=”warning” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ffortyfivedownstairs.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F08%2FGoing-Places_Catalogue_updated_26.8.2025.pdf”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:colour.field.echo
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nMichele Burder\, Susan Watson Knight & Amanda Johnson\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\ncolour.field.echo\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]5 August – 30 August 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…echoing cultural pasts remains a crucial part of each artist’s process\, but the works here ultimately speak directly to the present… \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 respective works of Michele Burder\, Susan Watson Knight and Amanda Johnson variously contain figurative and abstract elements\, often with unconventional and/or high-key palettes. These values tend to be differently expressed by each artist\, though all three share gravitational pulls to bold colour and to the use of citational strategies. \nIn the case of Johnson and Burder\, representations of landscape/field/country are physically suffused by or overlaid with uncanny colour; in the case of Watson Knight and Burder\, hard-edge figurative elements disappear in favour of blurred outlines that suggest illusion and speed\, the ephemeral nature of perception. The careful distillation of such influences can be seen over the numerous visual iterations and exhibitions held by each artist since they first studied art together at RMIT in the early 1990s. Echoing cultural pasts remains a crucial part of each artist’s process\, but the works here ultimately speak directly to the present. \nMichele Burder’s paintings explore views from roads as seen through bus or car windows\, as well as those captured on walks through public parks and local reserves. They reflect on the transience of nature\, meditating on movement and stillness\, celebrating the temporal and constructed nature of these landscapes. Genres of landscape as well as the literal photographed ‘field’ are a starting point for Burder’s dynamic gestures in paint. These emphasise reverberations of movement\, Richteresque blurs. The paintings play with distortion\, subtle colour schemes and echoing forms. The resulting obscuring of the scene or field is a way for the painter to allude to memory and passage through urbanised space. \nIn Susan Watson Knight’s recent work\, traditional quilting shapes have provided the starting point for the development of high-coloured pigment prints (as echoes from the past). Familiar geometric shapes such as the polygon and the rhombus are scaled up and their edges blurred as Watson Knight conflates traditional oil painting and digital technologies. These images pay particular homage to anonymous Amish quilters from the early 1900s with their vibrant modernist approach to colour and design. Pigment prints variously evolve through ongoing experimentation with shape and colour and exaggerated blurring techniques. This renders pictorial outcomes kinetic\, as shapes across the picture plane appear to move and expand in interesting ways. \nAmanda Johnson works directly with echoes of colonial landscape genres and site-specific observation of degraded ‘wilderness’ areas. In the resulting temporal mashups\, the painter uses toxic colour to manipulate generic landscape atmosphere. While sunset views traditionally suggest time passing and lyrical escape\, Johnson’s DayGlo ‘fields’ elicit mourning and disquiet; invasive weeds insinuate foreground\, middleground and background and remnant stands of giant eucalypts frame depleted vistas. In the studio\, historical landscape sources recede as the artist maps changes to vegetation profiles and species diversity. The artist’s most recent depictions of botanical infestations and logging aftermath arise from field trips to the Otway State Forest\, Tarkine and Florentine Valley.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist Biographies” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Michele Burder \nMichele Burder’s paintings explore views from roads as seen through bus or car windows\, as well as those captured on walks through public parks and local reserves. They reflect on the transience of nature\, meditating on movement and stillness\, celebrating the temporal and constructed nature of these landscapes. Genres of landscape as well as the literal photographed ‘field’ is a starting point for Burder’s dynamic gestures in paint. These emphasise reverberations of movement\, Richteresque blurs. The paintings play with distortion\, subtle colour schemes and echoing forms. The resulting obscuring of the scene or field is a way for the painter to allude to memory and passage through urbanised space. \nMichele Burder is a painter based in Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. She completed a Fine Arts Honours degree and Master of Arts (Painting) at RMIT. Since 1990 she has shown regularly in solo and group exhibitions. In 2005 she was an Artist in Residence at the Arthur Boyd Trust\, Bundanon. Her work has been shortlisted for the Robert Jacks Drawing Prize\, Bendigo Art Gallery. \n  \nSusan Watson Knight \nSusan Watson Knight’s geometric images fuse painting\, photography and digital printing technologies in an ongoing experimentation with the polygon\, rhombus and other traditional quilting shapes. Warm and cool\, complimentary and simultaneous contrasts of colour assist the artist’s continuing investigation of complex relationships between colour and shape. The edges of her forms and colour fields are softened and blurred to some extent and in the more exaggerated renderings these shapes pulsate and quiver. Many of the dazzling colour choices are inspired by the surrounding landscape and the birdlife and foliage outside her studio. The colour palette from the Birdsong Series directly echoes the brilliant plumage of the Crimson Rosellas and King Parrots\, whereas other compositions are more directly influenced by the artists interest in Amish quilts designed and completed in the early part of the 20th Century. \nSusan Watson Knight is a visual artist living and working on the outskirts of Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. After studying Arts and Education at La Trobe University she completed a Fine Arts Degree and Honours Year at RMIT. Her work was recently shortlisted and exhibited in the 2024 Biennale of Colour and Light and the 2025 Omnia Art Prize. \n  \nAmanda Johnson \nAmanda Johnson typically retraces locations where optimistic views of early colonial landscape painting were made. Paintings mimic nineteenth-century landscape silhouettes\, but heightened colour\, alongside the foregrounding of invasives and stunted epicormic growth invites reconsideration of the landscape view; are these paintings images of beauty\, erasure or threat? The resulting temporal\, cultural ‘mashups’ remind us that the colonial past is not remote\, but part of a colonial present in which ecological violence goes unchecked. \nAmanda lives and works on Gadabanud Country at Cape Otway and in Naarm/Melbourne. Her paintings were recently shortlisted in the Hadley’s Art Prize (2024\, 2023\, 2021\, 2019)\, the 2024 Len Fox Art Prize and the 2024 John Leslie Landscape Prize. Her recent solo show\, Stranglehold\, Colonial Heat was held at fortyfive downstairs in 2024\, continuing the artist’s long-term exploration of landscape\, country and toxicity. Since graduating from a Master’s degree at Victorian College of the Arts in 1995\, she has been the recipient of Asialink and Arthur Boyd Bundanon painting residencies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1750816603277-13d69d57-c399″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 5 August\, 5-7pm \n  \nArtist Talk \nSaturday 16 August\, 2pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/colour-field-echo/
LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Danger Danger Danger Danger Danger & Related Works
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nChelsea Hickman\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nDanger Danger Danger Danger Danger & Related Works\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]5 August – 16 August 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… [a] material exploration of the intersections of public space\, protest\, and art-making… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]\nDanger Danger Danger Danger Danger & Related Works is the first solo show devoted to artist Chelsea Hickman’s ongoing textile banner project. \n  \nCommencing in 2020\, the first work of the series – Danger Danger Danger Danger Danger – was commissioned for exhibition in a public site during pandemic lockdowns. From those circumstances of sharing and interacting with art –  both confined and exposed –  the proceeding works continue Hickman’s material exploration of the intersections of public space\, protest\, and art-making. \n  \nA maximalist bombardment of information and image – the banner project unleashes a frenzy of collaged notes\, comments\, day-dreams\, news articles\, and sloganistic calls-to-action relaying the artist’s frustrations within the fashion industry\, queerness\, and late-stage capitalism.  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]\nChelsea Hickman is a contemporary artist and fashion designer from lutruwita/Tasmania\, based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her interdisciplinary practice explores abject consumerism\, fashion industry waste\, punk-feminism\, and the Anthropocene\, using found objects and textile waste as primary materials. Her work spans performance\, painting\, installation\, photography\, film\, textiles\, fashion and live art. \n  \nShe received the Open Category Award at the 2020 Woods Street Youth Art Prize for her textile work Danger Danger Danger Danger Danger\, and in 2022 was awarded Best in Category – Fashion Design at the Victorian Premier’s Design Awards. In 2023\, she facilitated workshops at the NGV for the Alexander McQueen: Mind\, Mythos\, Muse exhibition program. Her performance work DEAD STOCK premiered at Carriageworks for Performance Space in 2023 and was presented again at MOD. Gallery during the 2025 Adelaide Fringe Festival. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1753931779752-cd294b7f-dcad”][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 5 August\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:gallery
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SUMMARY:Miss Julie
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nCompany 16 in association with The Liminal Space and fortyfivedownstairs present\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746498290752{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nMiss Julie\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746498642456{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]31 July – 17 August 2025[/vc_column_text]BUY TICKETS BUY DINING EXPERIENCE TICKETS [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1755237148579{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]PLEASE NOTE THE PERFORMANCE ON FRIDAY 15 AUGUST HAS BEEN CANCELLED \nThursday 31 July – Sunday 17 August 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 31 July and Friday 1 August\nopening night: Saturday 2 August\nduration: 90 minutes\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $30 – $55\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: Loud dynamic sounds\, sexual references\, live flame\, physical violence\, prop weapons\, dynamic lighting\, implied and depicted animal cruelty\, reference to suicide\, depiction of death.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1a8c0-b9f1″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]\n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “ surprising\, moving\, tense and emotional” – Artshub\n\n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “a riviting piece of immersive theatre before the first line is spoken” – Standing (Inn)ovation\n\n⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½ “Haynes has done a fine job drawing us into Strindberg’s contemporary den of iniquity and not letting go.” – The Blurb \nPower\, sex\, and class combust in the heat of a Melbourne kitchen. \nOn the eve of Greek Easter\, the daughter of a wealthy restaurateur locks horns with a brooding sous-chef after hours. As the lamb roasts and the ouzo flows\, desire and ambition boil over. \nRecent graduate Annalise Gelagotis makes her professional debut as Julie\, starring alongside acclaimed Broadway leading man Adam-Jon Fiorentino (Mary Poppins\, Saturday Night Fever) and two-time Green Room Award nominee Izabella Yena. \nIn this audacious reimagining of Strindberg’s Miss Julie\, directed by Harry Haynes (founder and Artistic Director of The Liminal Space)\, the classic is torn from its 19th-century roots and reborn in the pressure-cooker of modern fine dining\, where old hierarchies die hard and nothing stays simmering for long. \nA collision of Mediterranean rituals\, Australian ambition\, and the raw ache of longing. \nFor a full immersive experience\, dining experience tickets (ticket price includes seeing the show) offer the chance to experience Miss Julie alongside a curated menu. This exclusive Greek inspired meal and wine pairing led by Masterchef Alumni and celebrity chef Conor Curran (@creamy_confusion) brings the world of the play to life through taste\, aroma\, and atmosphere\, and includes a dessert by Niki Louca from My Greek Kitchen (@mygreekkitchen). Please check the Dining experience menu tab for more information. Patrons requiring a vegetarian option must notify us upon purchase of tickets via boxoffice@fortyfivedownstairs.com. \nPhoto by Matto Lucas \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1a8c0-b9f1″][vc_column_text css=””]Director: Harry Haynes \nCast: Annalise Gelagotis\, Adam-Jon Fiorentino & Izabella Yena  \nEnsemble: Penelope Burke\, Lucy King\, Meagan Dumbrell\, Lily Bartlett\, Nathan McGuire\, Natiya Ioniaddis\, Mimi Morrall\, Lilla Barrington\, Poppy Zanderigo\, Tristan Bell\, Obi Muller\, Lachlan Hughes & Aimee Smith \nProducers: Company 16 in association with The Liminal Space \nProduction Designer: Angelina Daniel \nLighting Designer: Georgie Wolfe \nMovement Direction: Mathew Wernham. \nAssistant Director: Pippa Thoroughgood  \nDramaturg: Will Hutchins  \nStage Manager: Ellen Perriment \nAssistant Stage Manager: Bianca Solomon  \nCompany 16 Producer: Bianca Georgievska \nAssociate Producer: Lachlan Hamill \nIntimacy Coordinator: Eve Morey \nVocal Coach: Alexandra Whitham \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f1a8c0-b9f1″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $30\nFull: $55\nUnder 30: $45\nConcession: $40\nGroup 6+: $40\nDining Experience: $119 (requires a 7pm arrival Tues-Sat and a 4:30pm arrival Sun) – ticket price includes seeing the show \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket fees are charged reluctantly. As an unfunded CBD located venue\, our expenses continue to rise. If fortyfivedownstairs is to survive\, we are obliged to increase our revenue without inflicting costs on already struggling artists. Without support\, we risk losing artists or having to close our doors. We do hope for your understanding![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Dining experience menu info” tab_id=”1752807836212-0a241f1c-8058″][vc_column_text css=””]\nThe dining experience requires a 7pm arrival for performances Tues-Sat and a 4:30pm arrival Sun. Dining experience tickets also allow you to see the show\, so no need to purchase additional regular priced tickets. \nPlease note dietary information below. The company is able to provide a vegetarian option upon request (please email boxoffice@fortyfivedownstairs.com)\, but gluten free\, dairy free and vegan options are not available. \nOlives \n\nVegan\nGluten-free\nDairy-free\nNut-free\n\nFreshly Baked Bread \n\nNot gluten-free\nNot suitable for coeliacs\nPotentially contains dairy or eggs depending on recipe\nMay not be vegan unless specified\n\nTzatziki (typically made with Greek yogurt\, cucumber\, garlic) \n\nNot vegan (contains dairy)\nGluten-free\nNot dairy-free\nNut-free\n\nAvgolemono (traditional version includes chicken broth\, egg\, lemon\, and rice or orzo) \n\nNot vegan\nNot vegetarian\nNot dairy-free\nNot suitable for egg allergies\nGluten Free\n\nGreek Sweet Treat (unspecified\, but commonly includes honey\, nuts\, phyllo pastry) by Niki Louca from My Greek Kitchen – @mygreekkitchen \n\nMay contain nuts\nMay contain gluten\nNot vegan\nNot dairy-free\n\nPaired Wine or Cocktail[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]BUY TICKETS BUY DINING EXPERIENCE TICKETS [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs theatre\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne 3000\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:theatre
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SUMMARY:Chrysalis + Aberrations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nDawn Allmark & Michaela Sandberg\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nChrysalis + Aberrations\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]22 July – 2 August 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n…one thing remains constant: the beauty that exists beyond our intentions and plans… \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”]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=””]Chrysalis by Dawn Allmark \nThis collection of paintings have been thoughtfully created by delving into the realms of transformation. \nBy using a personal perspective and reaching back into the past\, I’ve been able to reflect deeply on some of my own memories. This insight has conjured a plethora of images for me\, some joyful and others more painful where I’ve been pushed to the brink of darkness. \nThese lessons have shaped who I am today and I am grateful for them as they have led me on a path of self discovery and awareness through the art of meditation. \nThis stillness has provided me with clarity\, and has brought me a new perspective that has allowed me to grow and evolve as a human being. \n“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly\, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” \nMAYA ANGELOU \n  \nAberrations by Michaela Sandberg \nIn an age ruled by screens\, where perfection can be attained through pixels\, Aberrations seeks beauty in error and the unexpected. \nThrough a process of digital exploration\, these photographs dissolve into artifacts of technological infancy. Here\, software is utilized not as a means to perfection\, but as a medium that speaks its own visual language. A language that risks extinction as technology hurdles toward idealised uniformity. \nAn aberration is a deviation. Within these deviations\, there is an invitation to welcome what was not planned for. Each image is a negotiation between control and surrender\, between the software’s pursuit of perfection and the artist’s embrace of imperfection. Aberrations critiques our desire to correct\, enhance\, and manipulate\, and serves as a reminder that\, in the midst of rapid technological evolution\, one thing remains constant: the beauty that exists beyond our intentions and plans.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artists’s Bios” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Dawn Allmark \nDawn has been a practising artist for over 30 years and is also the driving force behind Madam Frou Frou\, a successful hair & beauty salon based in Carlton\, Melbourne. With boundless energy and an infectious enthusiasm for life\, Dawn constantly strives to push back any boundaries between her and her chosen field\, and endeavours to both unite innovation with creativity. By bringing joy and inspiration to everyone she meets\, Dawn hopes to touch the viewer with her abstract paintings in such a way as to elicit a deep and meaningful response. \n  \nMichaela Sandberg \nMichaela Sandberg is a multidisciplinary artist working from Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. Through the amalgamation of disparate elements\, her work seeks to merge the traditional with the neoteric\, the human with the ethereal\, and the intimate with the monumental. Practising fine art and photography in both analogue and digital forms\, hse employs an ever-expanding range of mediums to construct her work. She embraces the exclusive opportunity of each medium independently continuing to explore the limitless potential for harmony and synthesis between them.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1750816500348-bf5fbf5c-26a5″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 22 July\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Ætheria
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-artistname”]\nGary Smith\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-gallery-exhibitionname”]\nÆtheria\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]22 July – 2 August 2025\n\nhours:\nTuesday – Friday: 12pm – 7pm\nSaturdays: 12pm – 4pm \nadmission: Free[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]\n… [Gary Smith] distill[s] various subjects to reveal their core and dynamic nature. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″]Load More[/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1518320329614-868977ba-1f9e905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Gary Smith (Naarm/Melbourne) holds a fascination with discovering the essence of being.  Over the past four decades\, his Arts practice across painting and installation-based exhibitions has distilled various subjects to reveal their core and dynamic nature. \nAetheria\, as a title for this exhibition\, came like a chance encounter.  As is typical of his work\, Gary followed that intuitive impulse\, only to discover Aetheria denotes a perspective beyond that of the earthly realms – capturing all that is celestial\, heavenly and ethereal. \nIn Greek Mythology\, Aether was the name given to the primordial God of Light and thought to be the pure essence breathed by Gods.    It is apt that this exploration of light and theosophy\, honours Aetheria. \n  \nArt is an invitation to experience the essence beyond words\,  \nto sense\, and to recognise\, what is known deep within us.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Artist’s Bio” tab_id=”1518320329651-b769a1a3-29e6905c-b0b3368e-b9ef2edb-f0663f53-0933″][vc_column_text css=””]Gary Smith has been a practising artist for over 45 years\, completing a Grad Dip in Fine Art painting through RMIT in 1983\, and a Master of Philosophy in Fine Art (Painting) through ANU in 2005. He is currently living and working in Melbourne. \nHis exhibition history includes 20 solo exhibitions and many group shows. \nSmith has been a finalist in art prizes including the Archibald Art Prize\, Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize and the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize. \nHis work has primarily been landscape-based\, usually through a lens that focuses on the essence of the subject\, resulting in an abstract representation that invites the viewer’s resonant interpretation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Events” tab_id=”1750816396890-125289f5-79a5″][vc_column_text css=””]Opening Night \nTuesday 22 July\, 5-7pm[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:fortyfivedownstairs gallery\, 45 Flinders Lane\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:RUMBLESKIN
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”ffds-theatre-company”]\nDirty Pennies Theatre Project presents\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1745903122119{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-title”]\nRUMBLESKIN by Ames May Nunn\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1746848292561{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”ffds-theatre-dates”]17 – 27 July 2025[/vc_column_text]book online [vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1517972522288{padding-top: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”ffds-theatre-details”][vc_column width=”2/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1517986542329{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f8f8f8 !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517986153292{padding-bottom: 5px !important;}”]\nSHOW DETAILS:\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”40″ el_id=”ffds-theatre-divider”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1753345586153{padding-top: 5px !important;}”]Thursday 17 July – Sunday 27 July 2025\n\npreview: Thursday 17 July\nopening night: Friday 18 July\nduration: 95 minutes\ntimes:\nTuesday to Saturday 7:30pm\nSunday 5pm\nticket price: $35 – $49\nbookings: 03 9662 9966 \nwarnings: Strobe\, haze\, herbal Cigarettes\, imitation firearms\, strong language\, religious iconography\, dynamic sound & lighting\, partial nudity[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section tab_id=”1451285630039-f4b33ad9-e29065c5-b63365ad-01c60201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f17f22-c741″ title=”Description”][vc_column_text css=””]Wanna know what it feels like? When it happens? First you feel a rumble… \nA trucker picks up a pregnant teen on a long stretch of nowhere. A young rodeo rider stumbles into a mysterious ranch. A fugitive comes to a cursed town in search of safety. An affliction known as the RUMBLESKIN is stretching itself across the country. \nNo one knows how it began\, but everyone has a story about it. \nRUMBLESKIN is a new queer folk tale exploring transformation in a strange and dangerous land. \nPhoto by Laura May Grogan \nSupported by the City of Melbourne \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Cast and Creatives” tab_id=”1452941644640-19a0de81-e87a0201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f17f22-c741″][vc_column_text css=””]CAST \nRunaway & Rancher: Cassidy Dunn \nDitch & Preacher: Luke Wiltshire \nRodeo Ruth & Officer: Michelle Perera \nTrucker\, Young Scratch & Stranger: Sunanda Sachatrakul \nCelia & Preacher’s Daughter: Ziggy Resnick \n  \nCREATIVES \nWriter: Ames May Nunn \nDirector: Alonso Pineda \nDramaturg: Mark Pritchard \nProducer & Production Manager: Seamus Allan \nSet & Costume Designer: Sam Diamond \nDesign Assistant: Maisie-Mae Minors \nLighting Designer: Giovanna Yate Gonzalez \nComposer: Jacob Diamond \nSound Technician: Kevan Atkins \nPhotographer: Laura May Grogan \nGraphic Designer: Louis Green \nCasting Consultant: Rhys Velasquez[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Ticket Prices and Concessions” tab_id=”1452941768731-94b426f3-57530201-342dcb0a-2ec9a177-581a2513-a5c51f1f-8993a3c4-5ca5cb85-3d54189f-4d6f8ba6-b9f17f22-c741″][vc_column_text css=””]\nTicket Prices:\nPreview: $35\nFull: $49\nConcession: $39\nGroup 6+: $39\nUnder 30s: $29 \nConcessions:\nPensioners/Full-time students/MEAA members \nTicket sales are subject to a booking fee of $5.00 per ticket plus any merchant charges for payments by American Express \nTicket fees are charged reluctantly. As an unfunded CBD located venue\, our expenses continue to rise. If fortyfivedownstairs is to survive\, we are obliged to increase our revenue without inflicting costs on already struggling artists. Without support\, we risk losing artists or having to close our doors. We do hope for your understanding![/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_tabs][vc_empty_space]Buy Tickets [/vc_column][/vc_row]
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