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ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! The third annual fortyfivedownstairs fundraising Trivia Night

24-Feb-2006 to 24-Feb-2006
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 $20 per person includes light supper
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An evening of fun and fabulous prizes. Get a table of eight together(or come alone and join in with one) and compete for the glory of being named Melbourne's artiest trivia buff. Take home one or more of the prizes donated by our generous sponsors including Musica Viva, The North Fitzroy Star, Finer Art Services, Hardie Grant Publishing, Lonely Planet Publications, and many more! Funds raised during the evening will go towards upgrading our gallery lights.

times: 7.00pm. Expected finishing time 10.30pm


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Festival Floortalks

10-Mar-2006 to 01-Apr-2006
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The Cultural Festival of The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games will present Ghanaian cultural commentator John Owoo speaking on the current exhibition Worldy Things.

Entry is free, bookings not required.

Times:

Friday 10th March @ 1.30pm

Saturday 11th March @ 12.00pm

Tuesday 14th March @ 1.30pm

Wednesday 15th March @ 1.00pm

Thursday 16th March @ 1.00pm


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Comedy Festival: Deliberations of a Disco Diva

12-Apr-2006 to 29-Apr-2006
price:
 $22/18 Preview $15 Group (5 or more) $18 each
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?Deliberations of a Disco Diva? is a one-woman spectacular. At the age of 35, Flaire recounts a fabulous, but often seedy life as a global party girl. It?s another night, another club and it?s getting harder to get yourself ready. Is it time to give up, is it time to hang up the dancing shoes? Is it time to sit back and let the younger generation take over? Hell no! Flaire?s days may be numbered, but she still has one last party to throw, her own. Flaire is faced with asking herself,

"do you choose the time to stop or does time choose it for you"

Performance times: Tuesday - Saturday @ 8.30pm

running time: 60min


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Petty Traffikers presents: Ginger Mick

23-May-2006 to 11-Jun-2006
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 $27/23 click for more details
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From the production company that brought us last year's Lawson Shorts(The Drover's Wife, The Bush Undertaker) comes Ginger Mick at Gallipoli (written by C.J. Dennis, author of The Sentimental Bloke).

"Delivery of the narrative poem was shared between the four actors and their performances were captivating" Thuy On, The Australian 25 May 06.

times: Tues-Sat @ 7.30pm, Sun @ 5pm

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Development Downstairs season: season changes

03-Aug-2006 to 08-Oct-2006
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Please note the following changes to the Development Downstairs season:

Early Warning Signals featuring Tom Fitzgerald in collaboration with Marc van Camp and Ron Eden, has been postponed, and will take place on Friday 1st September at 7.30pm.

Orphan's Own Project, featuring Terry Jaensch with Chris Falk, Kylie Whyte and Stella Glorie, has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule this event for later in the year.


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Dramatique - Australian Costume Design Talk

07-Sep-2006 to 07-Sep-2006
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 free entry
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Design afficionados will relish the rare opportunity to hear highly informative tales of The Australian Ballet by award winning costume designers Anna French & Vanessa Leyonhjelm. The Australian newspaper's Fashion Editor, Georgina Safe, will chair the talk.

Anna French is currently working on The Australian Ballet's 2006 major new commission RAYMONDA, inspired by the golden age of Hollywood.

Vanessa Leyonjhelm is well known for her extraordinary sculptural tutu designed for Stanton Welch's modern ballet Divergence which incorporated fifteen metres of black air-conditioning filter mesh in its skirt.

time: 6pm


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Melbourne International Arts Festival

12-Oct-2006 to 28-Oct-2006
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Visual Arts Programme: Unsettled Boundaries

Birdsong by Sutapa Biswas. A haunting piece addressing the impossibility of dream and desire.

Making Friends by Laetitia Bourget. Seven flatscreen monitors weave a trail of communication questioning social norms and the relationship between humans and animals.

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 12pm to 4pm.

image: Sutapa Biswas, still from Birdsong, 2004, 16mm film


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Reading: Rachel Berger

02-Nov-2006 to 02-Nov-2006
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 $10 click for more details
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Rachel Berger

A sneak peek at new writing from

"Hold The Pickle" the show formerly known as Clenched Buttocks

In October 2005 Rachel Berger presented her first Theatre show Clenched Buttocks, at The Carlton Courthouse. She temporarily gave up the Stand Up comedian?s equivalent of a pacifier?the microphone? and learned to project using her own voice. There was a set, some whiz bang lighting, people came, they laughed and they cried. It was a frontal assault on an audience that had grown used to Rachel only being funny. But now she wants more; more intimacy, more laughs and more schnitzel stories that produce sweat and labored breathing.

In "Hold The Pickle" Rachel opens the door of her parents? delicatessen and delivers stories of heartbreak, loss and longing, fear and belonging. Oh, and pickles. This is an opportunity for Rachel to try new raw material and nervously employ facial expressions and hand gestures to deny fear.

Performance time: 7.30pm


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Concert: Music for St Cecilia's Day

22-Nov-2006 to 22-Nov-2006
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 $15 full / $10 students & unwaged
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A concert of sacred songs and meditative music in honour of the patron saint of music.

Jacqui Rutten - Voice

Mary Knights-Rutten - Cello

Cath Connelly - Celtic Harp

Performance time: 7.00pm

Running time: 1 hour

Expected finishing time: 8.00pm


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Work in development: Noble Rot by Peter Webb

02-Dec-2006 to 03-Dec-2006
price:
 $15 Full / $10 concession
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Sometimes the wine is more mature than the dinner guest.
Set on a vineyard in the Margaret River region of Western Australia, Noble Rot exposes a dysfunctional dinner party on the evening of September 11 2001. Against a backdrop of world events, Noble Rot is a sensitive take on isolation, ideology and idiocy. Joyfully complex and funny, Noble Rot is a play for anyone who loves wine and the truth which allegedly comes with it.
Come along, have a glass of wine on us and tell us what you think of the play.

Director: David Symons
Performers: Glenda Linscott, Syd Brisbane, Greg Stone, Jim Daly, Mark Winter, Susan Bamford-Caleo, Shelly Lauman, Cassie Dart
Creative Team: Adrienne Chisholm, Darrin Verhagen, Richard Vabre, Carina Cargill

Session times: Saturday 4.30pm & 8pm, Sunday 2pm


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Just Pretending presents City of Angels

07-Dec-2006 to 16-Dec-2006
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 $30 full / $25 concession click for more details
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From the company that brought us last year's sellout season of Company.

With music by legendary jazz pianist Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel (lyricist for Disney's Hercules and Mulan) and book by Larry Gelbart (principal writer on M*A*S*H), City of Angels is an innovative, multiple Tony Award winning show with a brilliant score and a script that just won't quit.

This promises to be another energy packed, exciting production, with live orchestra and a cast of 15!


Session times:
Tuesday -Saturday at 8pm

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Concert: Danny Spooner with 'The Carol was not just for Christmas'

21-Dec-2006 to 21-Dec-2006
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 $12 including a glass of Christmas cheer!
tickets available:
 Bookings 9662-9966 or at the door
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Not only a superb singer but also an historian and multi-instrumentalist, Danny Spooner will take us on a fascinating journey as he searches for the true origins of the carol in pre-christian rituals, songs, ballads, processionals and dances. No one has made the performance space ring with the same power as Danny!

Performance time: 7.00pm

Running time: 90 minutes approx.



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Project 59 presents The 59 Seconds International Video Festival

28-Dec-2006 to 28-Dec-2006
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 $10 click for more details
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Australian premiere, one night only!
Launched in Tribeca NYC by curators Irina Danilova and Hiram Levy, Project 59 introduces a collection of 59 videos, 59 seconds each by 59 international artists with the ultimate goal of being shown 59 times around the globe. Come and be part of a 59 seater audience and see a wide range of video works and artists - mini documentary, political satire, tragedy, comedy, metaphorical, narrative, experimental, edgy, controversial and thought provoking.

"If 30-second TV commercials can bear the burden of an entire economy, just think what you could do with 59 seconds..." Bill O'Driscoll, Pittsburgh City Paper

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Exhibition: 'Land, Love and Memory' by Nicholas Harder

06-Feb-2007 to 17-Feb-2007
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 Free
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This work is created within an ongoing preoccupation of land, love and memory. A favourite quote or sensation, the feeling of summer coming, hope, or the soft flecks in your grandmother's knitting. Tactile and delicate, quietly but intensely speaking of everyday experience.

Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12-4pm

image: 'Green like hope'. Mixed media on paper. 30 x 62 cm

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Exhibition: Brigitte Braun presents Claude Carter 'Doorloo, Jaman.ga' (Heart, Stomach)

20-Feb-2007 to 03-Mar-2007
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Claude Carter is related to Butcher. They share the same lanuage group. Butcher is very happy that finally another Goonyiandi man is painting. Both men have made a number of trips back to their country together. Claude feels the land and culture through his stomach and heart, and conveys them in his paintings. "Heart, Stomach" is Claude's very first exhibition.


The exhibition and artist CV can be seen on www.artspace.com.au


Image: Claude Carter, 'Boolga', 2006, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 90cm, $2200


Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 12pm to 4pm.


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Exhibition: Brigitte Braun presents Olga Cironis 'The Horizon of Your Eyes' 

20-Feb-2007 to 03-Mar-2007
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Feminist issues exploring women's work, its relevance and evolution in modern society underpin Olga Cironis' art practice. This enquiry has led Olga to investigate the relationship between traditional forms of women's work and industrial materials and processes prevalent in contemporary art and our day-to-day experiences.

The exhibition, artist CV and text by Paola Anselmi can be seen on www.artplace.com.au

Image: Olga Cironis, 'Embrace', 2007, strapping tape, 157 x 157cm, $6000

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 12pm to 4pm


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Exhibition: Brigitte Braun presents Janangoo Butcher Cherel 'Mirra Doorloo, Marla' (Head, Heart, Hands)

20-Feb-2007 to 03-Mar-2007
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In 2004, Janangoo Butcher Cherel was awarded a State Living Treasure in WA and in 2006 he was a finalist in the Clemenger Art Award.
In "Head, Heart, Hands" the forms will be familiar to those who know his painting, but there is a freedom, an expansion in the nature of the marks that he is now making. These paintings are ephemeral and light. They speak of the way Butcher works as his mind's eye moves in and around his country while his hands leave the marks of these journeys.

The exhibition, artist CV and text by Karen Dayman can be seen on www.artplace.com.au

Image: Janangoo Butcher Cherel, 'Tharloo', 2006, acrylic on paper, 52 x 75cm, $5900

Gallery hours:
Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 12pm to 4pm



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Work in development: Wasted Underground

21-Feb-2007 to 21-Feb-2007
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 $12
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In the dark times will there also be singing?

 

A chilling work in secondary development, this original performance piece intertwines Shoenberg?s Pierrot Lunaire with ?degenerate? cabaret pieces by Eisler, Antony and the Johnsons, The Tigerlillies and Weil.

Wasted Underground reveals how a society in crisis can ultimately fuel an artistic, musical, and literary rebellion strong enough to shout, ?Something ugly is brewing!?


Created and starring The Brothers Krum
Directed by Deborah Leiser-Moore

Pianist: Emma Lippa


Performance time: 7.30pm

Running time: 45 minutes



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Liberty Victoria Forum

22-Feb-2007 to 22-Feb-2007
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 Free admission
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This forum discusses the issue of the Federal government's proposed "Access Card". Participants include Julian Burnside QC, President of Liberty Victoria; Tim Warner, Liberal Party member; Tanya Plibersek, Federal Opposition Shadow Minister for Human Services.

time: doors open 5.30pm for 6.00pm start

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Exhibition: "Against the Weather" by Julie-anne Armstrong-Roper

06-Mar-2007 to 17-Mar-2007
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The paintings move from first light to the darkness of the starry night. Drawing inspiration from the great American Abstract Expressionists, these works are not true depictions taken from nature but abstractions, as internal depictions straight from the artist to the onlooker.

The exhibition and artist cv can be seen on www.armstrong-roper.com.au

Image: Julie-anne Armstrong-Roper, 'Arid 2', 2006, 20 x 60 x 3 cm, oil on canvas

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 11am - 5pm, Saturday 12pm - 4pm


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Performance: Impro-Lab: TRANSPARENCIES

08-Mar-2007 to 11-Mar-2007
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 $25 / $18
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Presented by De Quincey Co and Machine for Making Sense

Breaking open the moment when music, dance, poetry, video and voice meet.
Acclaimed dancers Yumi Umiumare, Tony Yap, Peter Fraser and Tess de Quincey join forces with leading experimental musicians Chris Abrahams, Jim Denley and poet/vocalist Amanda Stewart alongside renowned video artist Samuel James.

Developed in a series of 'labs' in Australia and Japan in 2006 and launched at the The Studio, Sydney Opera House in November. The performances grow out of a long history of collaboration between the artists. Weaving spatial and energetic compositions between them, split-second decisions ricochet as the perofrmance unfurls. It forms itself anew each night - instinctive, wayward, sensual, knowing.

Performance times:
Thursday - Saturday 8pm; Sunday 5pm

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Theatre: 'Ashes to Ashes' by Harold Pinter

15-Mar-2007 to 24-Mar-2007
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 $25 full / $20 conc.
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A man questions a woman in a sexual and psychological game of cat and mouse. In a play where nothing is as it seems, reality interweaves with fantasy, the domestic with the political, and brutality with reckless curiosity.
A recent work of Nobel laureate and master playwright Harold Pinter, Ashes to Ashes will be the first theatre production in our exciting new space at fortyfivedownstairs.
Director: Sam Strong
Cast: Sara Gleeson and Simon Stone
Set and Costume design: Melissa Page
Lighting design: Danny Pattingill

Dates: Thursday 15 - Sunday 18 March
Wednesday 21 - Saturday 24 March
Time: 7.30pm
Photography by Erin Slattery


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Exhibition: Nobby Seymour 'Cast by Shadows'

20-Mar-2007 to 07-Apr-2007
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 Free click for more details
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Exhibition may be viewed online at www.nobbyseymour.com.au

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Exhibition: Michael Coyne, Graham Pitts & Positive Women Victoria 'Body of Knowledge'

20-Mar-2007 to 24-Mar-2007
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A photographic exhibition taking you inside the world and emotions of women affected by HIV/AIDS.

For more information go to www.positivewomen.org.au

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Concert: Liminality

26-Mar-2007 to 26-Mar-2007
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 $15
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Music on the Celtic threshold - Cath Connelly on Celtic harp and Greg Hunt on violin & mandolin showcase their newest album 'Invocation'.

When: Monday 26th March at 7.30pm

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Exhibition: Wieder

27-Mar-2007 to 07-Apr-2007
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 Free
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new works by Natasha Bieniek, Hans Schiebold and Ron Rydz.

Natasha Bieniek consistently uses the figure as a subject, this time focusing on the mundane and common situations we experience in everyday life. Her aim is to make these moments appear provocative or intriguing to create an extraordinary contrast to life. Artificial surroundings and lighting effects create a theatrical quality within her work. There?s a sense of ambiguity that is seen in her figure?s gaze, a gaze that is often banal and uncertain, which creates a narrative with the viewer. An eerie seriousness in the figures sparks a sensation of mystery.

Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12pm-4pm (closed Good Friday)

image: The salon and the bourgeouis, 2006, oil on canvas, 86cm x 134cm

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Exhibition: Wieder

27-Mar-2007 to 07-Apr-2007
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 Free
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new works by Natasha Bieniek, Hans Schiebold and Ron Rydz.

Hans Schiebold?s subject revolves around Melbourne?s urban architectural environment. The odd hybrid building styles of inner Melbourne suburbs, displayed in the elaborate facades of private houses and public building were the result of migrants from all over the world who made Australia their home, building their dream, bringing with them parts of their heritage. Hans? paintings and installation work explores the past and the present, looking out at our inner city environment while reflecting the ?play? with architecture. He has constructed large scale versions of child like building blocks, with intricate details of ancient buildings as a metaphor of Melbourne?s diverse and somewhat integrated architectural landscapes.

Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12pm-4pm (closed Good Friday)

image: New Development, 2006, Blocks, Acrylic on board, various dimensions


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Exhibition: Wieder

27-Mar-2007 to 07-Apr-2007
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 Free
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new works by Natasha Bieniek, Hans Schiebold and Ron Rydz.

Ron Rydz takes a closer look, zooming in on a subject through the exoticism of the everyday, the understanding of the true self is somewhat a challenge; there is a public self and a private self and the two are quite different. He focuses on the individuals and their surroundings, whether strangers or friends, looking closely he can see more. Working from photographic material as a base, chance plays a large role in subject matter. All his images are highly modified, reflecting his own interpretation using colour, form and line to present what he sees.

Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12pm-4pm (closed Good Friday)

image: Turning back on past, 2006, oil on canvas, 150cm x 220cm


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Work in development: 'Rabbi without a Cause' by Ron Elisha

27-Mar-2007 to 27-Mar-2007
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 $15
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What happens when a Rabbi loses his faith?
This dilemma is explored in the play with actors Marg Downey, Francis Greenslade, Anastasia Malinoff, composer Madeleine Davey adn directed by Gary Down. Afterwards a public forum will discuss issues raised with guests Rabbi Jonathan Keren Black and Father James Grant. Presented by Shy Tiger Productions.

When: Tuesday 27th March at 7pm.

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Performance: 'Sense' An interactive dance experience in two parts

30-Mar-2007 to 31-Mar-2007
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 $12
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A Fernandez Weiss production. The public installation uses character based dance video in a street context, acting on the presence and movement of passers by. In Sense people appear to be virtual characters and vice versa, looking at us in a digital age with a sense of dependency, disorientation and humour. Artists: Emily Fernandez, Frieder Weiss, Bonnie Paskas, Tina McErvale and Adam Donovan.

When: Fri 30th & Sat 31st March, public audiovisual installation in close proximity to fortyfivedownstairs 7pm - 8pm and performance at fortyfivedownstairs starts at 8.30pm.

Check out "Moving to the algorhythm" article in The Age 13/03/07, discussing Frieder Weiss' performance technology.

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Comedy Festival: Standing There Productions presents Lorin Clarke's "For We are Young and Free"

04-Apr-2007 to 21-Apr-2007
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 Full $18, Conc $15, Group, Preview, Laugh Pack & Tightarse Tuesdays $12 click for more details
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Paris Hilton is worried about the humanitarian disaster in Sudan, the Flinders Street police are speaking to a young girl about the diplomatic repercussions of her school assignment and Australia is girt by Dancing with the Stars. Please remain calm. For We are Young and Free is a one act play.

?Dialogue which positively bounces along.? Sir Alan Ayckbourn

When: 4 ? 21 April, Tue ? Sat 7pm (55 mins)


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Comedy Festival: "Strangelove The Musical"

04-Apr-2007 to 28-Apr-2007
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 Full $20, Conc, Group, Laugh Pack & Tightarse Tuesdays $12, Easter Previews (4-6 April) $10 click for more details
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 9662 9966, Ticketmaster 1300 660 013, comedyfestival.com.au & at the door
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There?s singing, dancing and precious bodily fluids in Tristan Coelho, David Harmon and Mark Sutton?s hilarious take on Stanley Kubrick?s cult classic Dr Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb. Featuring 14 original songs. Come for the musical comedy, stay because the world is shrouded in nuclear fall-out.

When: 4 ? 28 April, Tue ? Sat 8.15pm (75 mins)


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Comedy Festival: Dave Bushell "Dirt, War...& Why I Don't Eat the Fishes"

05-Apr-2007 to 29-Apr-2007
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 Full $20, Conc, Group & Laugh Pack $18, Tightarse Tuesdays $15 click for more details
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Dave Bushell has family who were actually Nazis. He may have killed Princess Diana and helped pull down the Berlin Wall. Dave probably also has Mad Cow Disease. He was born two days before Return of the Jedi  was released. True! How does such a small man shoulder all that HISTORY? Best Newcomer nominee 2006.

 ?Charismatic, gasp-inducing, heart-in-mouth stuff.? The Age

When: 5 ? 29 April, Tue ? Sat 9.45pm, Sun 7.30pm (50 mins)


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Exhibition: Franciscus Henri -Antheunis "Urban Myths and Untold Fairytales"

10-Apr-2007 to 21-Apr-2007
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 Free click for more details
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?There is no image, that when combined with the others,
 Does not embody a mystery of the world.?
Ubert Echo ? Faucalt?s Pendulum.

I?m not sure what I?ve created.
What at first might appear to be entertaining,
amusing or even ?pretty?, will on closer examination
develop sinister undertones and implications.
It is perhaps the world we live in. Franciscus Henri

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Exhibition: 7 Contemporary Artists

10-Apr-2007 to 21-Apr-2007
price:
 Free