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  • The Rapture

    Moira Finucane's The Rapture writhes through a visual feast of prophecy, Gothic dreams, birds of prey, soaring wings, apocalyptic fairy tales, soul-searing music and physical madness.

  • Small Cruelties

    During Midsumma Festival for three nights only, Willing presents a theatrical telling of his yet to be released sophomore EP.

  • The Ghetto Cabaret

    fortyfivedownstairs

    A powerful new cabaret featuring Yiddish songs written in the Jewish ghettos of WWII.

  • The Rapture Chapter II: Art vs Extinction

    Finucane & Smith

    Moira Finucane, one of the world’s greatest performance chameleons, magic realist geniuses and apocalyptic rock goddesses, brings home The Rapture Chapter II in her mind-stunning party on the edge of the abyss.

  • Electric Loneliness

    Night Creatures

    A strange and mysterious seaside cabaret told through vaudeville, puppetry, fairy tale, and 80s synth-inspired song.

  • Don’t Make Me Play Piano Man

    Steven Kramer

    After his acclaimed and hilarious debut cabaret ‘I Sing Songs’, join Steven Kramer on a journey through all the great piano hits across the ages.

  • Michael Griffiths: Greatest Hits

    Michael Griffiths

    Helpmann Award winner and fortyfivedownstairs repeat offender Michael Griffiths returns with his greatest hits.

  • Paul Capsis – Dry My Tears

    Paul Capsis and Francis Greep

    Paul Capsis, the inimitable and incomparable icon of cabaret, returns to fortyfivedownstairs for the Melbourne premiere of 'Dry My Tears', following an acclaimed run in Sydney. Accompanied by The Song Company's Francis Greep, Capsis will perform an acoustic set that includes music by Kurt Weill, Elton John, and Johnny Mercer.