fortyfivedownstairs Announces Upcoming Events

Between Lines by Kim Lawler is a series of aerial photographs taken in the Kimberley, far north Western Australia. This remote area is embedded with stories of Indigenous and non-Indigenous inhabitants and transitory visitors, and is scarred by multinational companies' resource development. Kim Lawler has lived in this region and her work is strongly influenced by the displacement of its peoples and the competing demands for natural resources. The extraordinary colour and beauty of these landscapes glow in these large scale pigment print photographs.

Elemental, new sculptural work from Joey North, is his second exhibition at fortyfivedownstairs. As in his first show, the works are created from recycled materials gleaned over many years from the beaches and broKen Down wharves of Port Phillip. Large in scale, powerful in impact, these works resonate with memories of their past life and function.
Both exhibitions run until Saturday 10 October

Fringe at fortyfivedownstairs

A Black Joy has been delighting and bemusing audiences since it opened on September 23. This wildly surreal and dark comedy by multi award winning young writer Declan Greene has a great cast of 7, with Ann Browning, Tom Considine and Ash Flanders making their first appearance here, and Chris Bunworth, Miriam Glaser, Carole Patullo and Megan Twycross making welcome returns. A multiplicity of genres; film noir, horror film and contemporary cult of 'celebrity' all make an appearance in this astonishing and occasionally horrifying fantasy world. (Warning: adult themes).

"Hilarious and crazy..... gutsy, credible performances in this flagrantly offensive and absurd play." Kate Herbert, Herald Sun.

Equally surreal, Everything will be OK, a miniature, tabletop puppet show created by Sayrah Lothian and Robert Reid, is just about the most exclusive show in town. Strictly limited to an audience of 12, Sayrah and Robert have utilised everything from tiny soft toys to ancient radios and sparkling Christmas decorations to create an absurd world with more than a kernel of truth and social and political comment.

A Black Joy $26/16 7.30 pm Wednesday - Saturday, 5.30 Sunday
Everything will be OK $20/15 9.15 Wednesday - Saturday

Until October 4 Bookings www.fortyfivedownstairs.com 9662 9966

Man 40 Seeks Woman with Good Legs and Billie: A double bill.

Pain and beauty collide head on in two bold works inspired by Tim Winton's book The Riders.

In Man 40, writer and designer Michelle St. Anne has brought Winton's book to visible life by giving voIce To the ghostly character of Jennifer in a sexy and haunting work.

St. Anne is both designer and performer in Billie, the story of a young girl, what might have happened, what did, and what didn't...

7 - 11 October
7.30pm Wednesday - Saturday, 4.30pm Sunday
Tickets $25/$18 Groups 4 + $18 Book Here.

All Fringe Festival shows can also be booked through the Melbourne Fringe Festival website.

Coming Up in the Gallery:

Artists Cathy Drummond and Bill Hay return to fortyfivedownstairs with new exhibitions in the large and small galleries respectively.

Quintessential Melbourne artists Drummond and Hay document our urban lives, each in their unique way; the markers of our familiar places, the preoccupations of everyday life, both ordinary and singular.

Cathy Drummond's urban landscapes are Melbourne through and through; they are engaging cityscapes, full of small details of life and urban grunge.

Bill Hay's painted steel signs also speak very strongly of human habitation although some, such as the 'crossing crocodile' sign, are far from urban! Hay plays games with words in his hand created signs, configuring them in different ways in order to communicate meanings both humourous and serious.

Both exhibitions run October 13 - October 24

Coming Up in the Theatre:

Men by Brendan Cowell

This production marks the launch of Straight Jacket Productions, a new company formed by actor Samuel Johnson and director Sarah Hallam. This is the first Melbourne production of the hit play by Sydney playright and actor Brendan Cowell. Johnson appears with fellow television actors Simon Lyndon, Katrina Milosevic and Justin Rosniak.

14 - 18 October
8pm Wednesday + Thursday, 7pm + 9pm Friday + Saturday,
2pm + 6pm Sunday

Tickets: $28/ $23/ Preview (14 Oct) $18. Book here.

Bookings for all fortyfivedownstairs shows: www.fortyfivedownstairs.com tel 9662 9966

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