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fortyfivedownstairs

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Address: 45 Flinders Lane 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com

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25.01.2022 Rockie Stone featured in The Age yesterday - many of you would've seen Rockie gliding through our theatre space during Finucane & Smith productions as an integral part of their team.

23.01.2022 UPCOMING IN THE GALLERY We're thrilled to welcome Michelangelo Russo and Jennifer Jabu back to fortyfivedownstairs with their collaborative encaustic exhibition cCORDA. Exhibition runs 11 - 22 May 2021 https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/ccorda/... Image: Larimar |L|, 2021, encaustic on cardboard, rope and paper on wood panel, 123 x 136 cm

22.01.2022 Devastating news over the weekend that Monash University's Centre for Theatre and Performance will be closed at the end of this year - a huge loss to Melbourne's theatre scene and the industry across the country. We've been lucky enough to have many of the centre's staff, students and alumni present groundbreaking theatre in our veune over the years.

21.01.2022 We’re incredibly pleased to announce that we will be reopening the gallery at fortyfivedownstairs on Tuesday 1 December. We can’t wait to welcome our audiences back into the space in a COVIDsafe way, of course! The first two exhibitions you will be able to feast your eyes on are 'Faceless People' by David Hirst and 'Pochades 2010 - 2020' by Peta Cross. More info here: https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//gallery-reopening-wi/

21.01.2022 "My hands found the way to work gently with the material, bundle by bundle, knot by knot; suddenly, I was creating something that made me feel calm and peaceful. Healing Leaf was a way to connect back with my inner voice, creativity and passion for making textiles." @yunpmar HERE is online now at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/. Extended to Saturday 3 October! Image: Yunuen Perez, Healing Leaf, 2020, macramé (organic cotton thread), 58 x 34cm.

21.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that HERE will be extended online for an additional week! The exhibition will be available to view on our website until Saturday 3 October, before the next iteration of our Fragments series begins. Stay tuned ... https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/

21.01.2022 "We are, literally, nature. Our brains resemble the bare branches of a tree. Our lungs and vascular system, the tributaries flowing from rivers. Randomness is where we are in this moment." - Anna Taylor HERE is online now at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/ Image: Anna Taylor, Randomness, Save me, we are nature, acrylic on canvas, 31 x 23cm

20.01.2022 Tonight's the night! If you haven't booked a ticket to see Michael Griffiths this week, do so immediately! Toe tapping and impulsive singing along, guaranteed. AND each ticket holder will receive a complimentary glass of wine or sparkling on arrival!

20.01.2022 Well isn't this wonderful news! Congratulations on your first publication Daniel, we look forward to seeing many more. Playlab Theatre ... Monash Uni Student Theatre (MSA) See more

20.01.2022 ‘Interrupted Landscape’ merges urban iconography with pastoral contemplation... The viewer is invited to ponder why a fence would find itself in such a context, how it might arrive there, and what its purpose is. For Gerrard and Chu, constraint has inspired a new sense of freedom and dedication. HERE is online now at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/ Image: Mark Chu and Tom Gerrard, ‘Interrupted Landscape’, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 50.8 x 60cm... #hereexhibition #hereonline #fortyfivehere #fragments #fragmentsonline #fortyfivefragments #fortyfivealive #fortyfivedownstairs #fortyfivedownstairsgallery #whatsonmelbourne #onlineexhibition #australianart #contemporaryart

19.01.2022 Today, a flashback to Awakening - Daniel Lammin's adaption of Frank Wedekind’s masterpiece Spring Awakening, which was presented in our theatre by Monash Uni Student Theatre (MSA) in 2017 (after a ripper of a debut season at Trade's Hall the year before). Anne-Marie Peard described the production: ' confronting and angry and still so very beautiful.' A perfect example of the superb, compelling theatre that is created in our universities.... #fortyfivedownstairs #awakening #MUST #springawakening

17.01.2022 "This work was made in a time when as an Aboriginal woman I was feeling challenged and vulnerable by heated political tensions relating to the wellbeing of First Nations people in this country. It was about creating physical and visceral objects that encompass the trauma experienced when dealing with racism." @blackgin HERE is online now at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/ Image: Georgia MacGuire, Fear and Loathing in L’Australie - Lungs, 2015, possum skin and ink, 20 x 25cm

17.01.2022 "Early colonial botanical documentation assumed that species exist in perpetuity, but here, the parodic archival image of the Wollemi pine points to the limits and limitations of colonial knowledge systems and to urgent challenges around environmental stewardship. This tree is ‘here’ but only just." HERE is online now at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/ Image: Amanda Johnson, Forced Archive: Wollemi Pine, 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas, 56 x 56cm

16.01.2022 Today's Friday flashback takes us to 2015 and Gertrude Opera's production of Curlew River by Benjamin Britten. Britten's Noh-inspired opera, with a beautiful score for small chamber orchestra (Forest Collective), was moulded to tell a modern tale, of society's methods of coping with profound loss. This year, Gerturde Opera are taking their Yarra Valley Opera Festival online: https://www.gertrudeopera.com.au

14.01.2022 "Miss Information is an infected confection. Engulfed in an avalanche of online sophistry, drowning in a deluge of toxic lies, overcome by contaminated conspiracy theories, and tempted by poisonous unfounded remedies." @chrisorraus HERE is online now at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/ Image: Chris Orr, Miss Information, 2020, archival pigment inks on 100% cotton rag, semi opaque royal blue acrylic box frame, 60 x 60 x 8cm... #hereexhibition #hereonline #fortyfivehere #fragments #fragmentsonline #fortyfivefragments #fortyfivealive #fortyfivedownstairs #fortyfivedownstairsgallery #whatsonmelbourne #onlineexhibition #australianart #contemporaryart

14.01.2022 Huge congratulations to The Long Pigs Team who have been shortlisted for an international theatre award in Milan as part of the festival Spazio Teatro NO'HMA. Good luck for the big announcement this Friday! The film that was streamed as part of the festival, was from their Melbourne season at fortyfivedownstairs in 2014 with performances from Clare Bartholomew, Derek Ives-Plunkett and Nicci Wilks.

13.01.2022 We're loving the Emerging Artist Award submissions that have been coming our way. Two weeks left to get yours in! $3000 worth of prizes up for grabs. Submissions close 16 May. APPLY HERE: https://fortyfivedownstairs.com//emerging-artist-award-20/

13.01.2022 'It’s A Womxn’s World' by Marisa Mu aims to embody the progressive spirit of the current intersectional feminist movement we are all witnesses to; the collective energy that comes with liberation, social change and self-love. Being a womxn of colour, it is Marisa’s mission statement to bring womxnhood, cultural diversity and naked candidness to the forefront where it rightfully belongs. HERE is online now at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/ Image: Marisa Mu, 'It’s A Womxn’s World', watercolour on French cold press paper, 113 x 140 cm

13.01.2022 Janno's 'Making Nonsense' continues this week. Pop in and check it out if you're in the city! Exhibition runs until 8 May. https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/making-nonsense/

13.01.2022 A bit of music theatre to lead you into the weekend - a flashback to Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years produced by Vic Theatre Company in 2016. What an incredible duo! Verity Hunt-Ballard and Josh Piterman performed the roles of Cathy and Jamie - directed by Chris Parker. Images: James Terry Photography

12.01.2022 In case you missed it in the paper on Sunday... The Age recommends checking out our current online exhibition 'HERE' in their one-stop guide to the week ahead. The best bit is, you don't even need to leave your couch to do so!

12.01.2022 HERE continues at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/ for two more weeks. Head to our website to check out the fantastic online exhibition exploring ideas of resilience and growth. #hereexhibition #hereonline #fortyfivehere #fragments #fragmentsonline #fortyfivefragments #fortyfivealive #fortyfivedownstairs #fortyfivedownstairsgallery #whatsonmelbourne #onlineexhibition #australianart #contemporaryart

11.01.2022 A very quirky and cleverly produced, distanced opera from Vopera - The Virtual Opera Project with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. If you're quick, you can spot an image of our empty theatre at the very end of the film.

10.01.2022 Check out our upcoming Fragments Exhibition and Performance online series on our website: https://bit.ly/3l2duJB

10.01.2022 ‘Scroll series’ reflects Michael Pearce's artistic and personal endeavour to reconcile and balance the conflict between spontaneity and rigidity, freedom and discipline. HERE is online now at https://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com//fragments-exhib/here/. Extended to Saturday 3 October! Image: Michael Pearce, Scroll series, pastel on Velin Arches 300gsm paper with folds, 120 x 24cm... #hereexhibition #hereonline #fortyfivehere #fragments #fragmentsonline #fortyfivefragments #fortyfivealive #fortyfivedownstairs #fortyfivedownstairsgallery #whatsonmelbourne #onlineexhibition #australianart #contemporaryart

10.01.2022 *SAVE THE DATE* Sunday 11 October, 3pm In two weeks time our Fragments online series will be expanding to include a live online performance. ... Appropriately, for his 88th birthday, this will be the 8th special celebration of poetry and music for a treasured friend of fortyfivedownstairs, Barry Jones AC. An extraordinarily well informed lover of the arts (and of so much else), Barry lets us know his favourite poems but is not averse to surprises, presented by his friends in an online program curated by Board Member Julian Burnside. Bookings details and the list of performers to be announced early this week. #fortyfivedownstairs #fortyfivefragments #fragmentsonline #whatsonmelbourne #barryjones #onlinepoetryandmusic #fortyfivealive#celebratethearts

07.01.2022 Tickets for Barry Jones & Friends Celebrate the Arts are now on sale through our website: https://bit.ly/3jk9m7i An afternoon of poetry and music, online and live from our living rooms! We’re excited to announce this year’s program will include a performance by Australian singer-songwriter, Paul Kelly. He will be joined by a superb line up of readers including Julian Burnside, Max Gillies, Emily Goddard , Jillian Murray, Brian Walters and Arnold Zable and a performance by Flinders Quartet cellist, Zoe Knighton.

06.01.2022 Woohoo Melbourne - two weeks without any new cases! The city is starting to feel more like itself with businesses opening back up and there are some lovely installations popping around the city at the moment. We're so thrilled that we'll be reopening our doors to the gallery on 1 December and we'll be able to see you all again. #letsmelbourneagain

06.01.2022 HERE continues online at fortyfivedownstairs until Saturday 3 October. The exhibition brings together 25 accomplished Victorian artists, exploring themes of resilience and growth. bit.ly/32OoOlc Image 1: Irene Wellm, Greenman, 2020, gouache on paper mounted on board, 50 x 50cm... Image 2: James Yuncken, Lantau, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 83.5 x 55.5cm Image 3: Debra Luccio, Feather, 2020, monotype on Velin Arches paper 20 x 15cm #hereexhibition #hereonline #fortyfivehere #fragments #fragmentsonline #fortyfivefragments #fortyfivealive #fortyfivedownstairs #fortyfivedownstairsgallery #whatsonmelbourne #onlineexhibition #australianart #contemporaryart

05.01.2022 'Making Nonsense' is Janno's response to the pandemic of 2020 with all its accompanying crises, upheaval and disorientation. Understandable as a defiant celebration of life, resilience, humour and absurdity, Janno’s enduring preoccupations as an artist encompass ideas about compassion, love and community as the sustaining principles of a kinder world. - Rose Lang, curator https://fortyfivedownstairs.com/event/making-nonsense/

04.01.2022 Announcing the first in our solo Fragments series - Terry Swann's 'Kimberley to the Pilbara'. Like many artists, Terry's practice moved indoors when lockdown hit, and she drew on her sketchbooks and memories to capture the beautiful Australian wilderness. Each Monday and Friday from 5 - 30 October our Instagram stories will feature each of the works in Terry's exhibition with extra insight into the process of creating these evocative scenes. ... You can find our Instagram page at instagram.com/fortyfivedownstairs and view the full exhibition catalogue at our website https://bit.ly/34oiYaP

03.01.2022 For those not following our Instagram page, you might have missed that our next solo Fragment has started online and this month we're excited to be featuring Melbourne artist James Hale. James' work explores the experience of lockdown and the ways that isolation has affected our minds and memories. Today's spotlight is on his work 'Two sex objects in Fitzroy'. ... View today's Instagram story with extra content by visiting our Instagram profile page instagram.com/fortyfivedownstairs and clicking on the logo in the top left of the page. For the full exhibition catalogue, visit our website https://bit.ly/2I27kvg

02.01.2022 Online The Age - Carly Ellis, Penny Larkins and Helen Begley talk about their upcoming season of 'Voyage' 13 - 23 May. An important piece of history told through beautiful music and performance. This will be a special production. The Good Girl: A Song Project

01.01.2022 We were very pleased to see Cally Lotz's painting featured in Art Almanac's 'Reader Reflections: Looking Ahead' last week. We can't wait for you to see Cally's work in person, hopefully very soon! Watch this space. https://www.art-almanac.com.au/readers-reflections-looking/