fortyfivedownstairs Announces Upcoming Shows And Events

Since 2002 fortyfivedownstairs, a not-for-profit organisation, has offered an evocative urban space and a personalised service to an eclectic mix of artists for theatre, visual arts, forum, music and dance .

Don't miss out!
Do not go gentle... Earlybird Special available only until this Friday, 2 July.

Tickets are only $40 full and $35 senior/concession. You must book now to get these reduced rates.

Do not go gentle...
Friday, 6 August - Sunday, 29 August 2010*
7.30pm Tuesday - Saturday, 5.30pm Sunday
Earlybird ticket prices: $40 full/$35 senior and concession
Book online here or give us a call on (03) 9662 9966

*Earlybird tickets available for performances from Tuesday, 10 August until Sunday, 22 August 2010

Theatre: Topsy
Here Theatre
30 June - 11 July

Topsy previews tomorrow night and runs for only 10 nights.

The story of Topsy, the notorious rogue elephant condemned to die in an electrical experiment devised by Thomas Edison, serves as a setting for a play about human emotion, greed and cruelty. With a fantastical Edwardian funfair set and a beautifully written script by lauded Melbourne writer Kit Lazaroo, this play is going to be wonderful and sad, funny and disturbing.

Preview Wednesday 30 June, Season 1 - 11 July*
Wednesday - Saturday 8.00pm, Sunday 5.00pm
Full $29 / Conc $24 / Preview $20
Book online here

*NB: Apologies, the dates for this season were incorrect in our last email newsletter. The above are the correct dates.

Gallery: Simone Hine
Rooms
Until 3 July

This week is your last chance to see Simone Hine's exhibition Rooms.

Viewers are enjoying the experience of wandering through the reconfigurEd Gallery and discovering the contemplative works, all of which investigate stillness in contemporary art and cinema.

Gallery: The Sound Playground
Presented by Bus Projects and Craft Victoria
6 - 17 July

It is a pleasure for us to be hosting an exhibition curated by Craft Victoria and Bus Projects.

This show comprises five newly commissioned experimental instruments, sound sculptures and sonic installations, which will be ‘played' in a series of special performances.

Performance times:
Thursday 8 July - 5.45-7.15pm
Wednesday 14 July - 5.45-7.15pm
Friday 16 July - 5.45-7.15pm

Entry to the exhibition is free however a cost applies to the performances. Bookings should be made through Bus Projects

Gallery: Surreal Reality
Geoff Falk
6 - 17 July

The skills and discipline Geoff Falk brings to his paintings are an extension of his architectural training and practice. Falk says of his work, "Since I've been designing green buildings ... I have felt a strong urge to express a love for the earth and its inhabitants in my paintings." Falk's sweeping studies of peopled landscapes do just that.
Theatre: MANBETH
Band of Creatures and OpticNerve
15 July - 1 August

This is Macbeth, amplified.

A sellout in our 2009 Searchlight Festival, Manbeth returns to fortyfivedownstairs for a full season.

Band of Creatures and OpticNerve have stuck to the original tale, and the original Shakespeare, however this explosive retelling of the famous story is altogether faster, more fleshy and terribly beguiling.

Season 15 July - 1 August
Tuesday - Saturday 8.00pm, Sunday 6.00pm
Full $27 / Conc $23

Music: Is this what you believe?
Monday 19 July, 7.30pm

Experience the remarkable contemporary classical music of Deborah Kayser, Adam Simmons, Eugene Ughetti, Peter Neville, Nick Tsiavos and Jim Atkins.

Full $28 / Conc $20

Music: Coady Green
Monday 26 July, 7.30pm

An inspiring classical piano programme by young London-based Adelaide pianist Coady Green including works by Liszt, Schumann and Messiaen.

Check out the full programme on our website

Full $30 / Conc $25
Book online here

For your diary:

20 - 31 July, The Unshaped World II, Judy Holding

20 - 31 July, Crossing Between Cultures, Tamirat Gebremariam

6 - 29 August, Do not go gentle..., written by Patricia Cornelius, directed by Julian Meyrick, featuring Paul English, Jan Friedel, Rhys McConnochie, Terry Norris, Anne Phelan, Pamela Rabe and Malcolm Robertson. Earlybird tickets available now.

3 - 14 August, Unrepresented, an exhibition curated by Bernadette Alibrando and featuring artwork by Ben Walsh, Ted McKinley, Chloe Vallance, Nicholas Jones and Christopher Koller.

14 August, 2 - 4pm, Forum: The Artist's Survival Kit, $10 / $5 .
Entry includes wine.

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

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