fortyfivedownstairs Offers Last Chance To See Skin Tight

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.

It's your last chance to see Skin Tight a powerful work by New Zealand playwright Gary Henderson, which has received great reviews, and a very positive audience response.

Theatre: Skin Tight
SaySIX Theatre and The Groundswell Division

"astonishing physical performances by ....Michael Whalley and Holly Shanahan"

Helen Razer The Age four stars - see full review here.

"Particularly arresting is its depiction of the fine line between passion and danger"

Penelope Broadbent Australian Stage - see full review here.

Directed by Justin Martin, and choreographed by Tom Hodgson, Holly Shanahan and Michael Whalley produce one of the most intensely emotional productions we have seen at fortyfivedownstairs.

Skin Tight has been performed to acclaim in New Zealand, Great Britain, South Africa, Europe, Canada and the USA. In 2003 it won Production of the Year for the Perth Theatre Company (WA) , and has been nominated this year for four Cincinnati Acclaim awards for Know Theatre in the USA.

Dates: Friday 4 - Sun 20 February
Times: Wed -Sat 8pm, Sunday 6pm
Tickets: Full $30, Conc $26, Group (8+) $25

Bookings: book online here or call 03 9662 9966.

Large Gallery : Andrea Jenkins
Comings and Goings
Until Saturday 19 February

Everyone loves Melbourne's lanes, none more than Andrea Jenkins. Jenkins takes us to some of the most intriguing spaces in Melbourne, not just the hidden lanes, but also the subterranean world of escalators, stairwells and passages leading to our underground stations. Her protagonist is a solitary traveller through these spaces.

Small Gallery : Hilary Senhanli
Crowds
Until Saturday 19 February

In contrast, in the small gallery Hilary Senhanli takes us into a vibrant world of Crowds using her own invention, a curious drawing implement which she uses to drizzle a liquid black line. The dancing line creates an immediacy, and vibrancy, crowding the drawings with life, waves of people washed together, little pockets of community, and companionship.

Coming up in the gallery and theatre in February and March

Large Gallery: Sun Lin
Verses Between Heavenly Beings
Tuesday 22 February - Saturday 5 March

Chinese artist Sun Lin brings a lyrical exhibition to fortyfivedownstairs with Verses Between Heavenly Beings using the Tang Dynasty as an historical background.

Sun Lin graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1963 and has lived in New York since 1987. Verses Between Heavenly Beings explores the astounding cultural heritage of Dunhuang, in Western China, which is the site of the Mogao shrine. Settled by Buddhist monks around the third century AD, the shrine contains over 45000 square metres of paintings, and thousands of Buddha sculptures.

Verses Between Heavenly Beings is thefirst in a series of exhibitions of contemporary art from China presented in association with MEOU Art.

Small Gallery : Shirley Cass
Calibrations
Tuesday 22 February - Saturday 5 March

Shirley Cass's life experience as a writer, mother, editor and anthropology student come together in her exhibition Calibrations, a reflection on the swings and reversals of life experience. The exhibition includes a series of miniature drawings, Surrogate Memories, which she made long after reading a diary kept by a young girl in a Dutch ghetto.
Music: Breaking New Buildings
Quiver New Music Ensemble
Saturday 26 February 8pm

New music! Industrial-rock undertones! Extraordinary vocals!
Quiver New Music Ensemble will present a daring project using junk metal, reconfigured instruments and electronics. Carolyn Connors is a special guest and regulars at fortyfivedownstairs may have been fortunate enough to see and hear her in Gotharama (2005), Material Mouth (2007)and Carnival of Mysteries (2010)
This is an exciting project by a dynamic new music ensemble.

Date: Saturday 26 February
Time: 8pm doors open 7:30pm
Tickets: Full $12, Conc $10, tickets from the door

Theatre: Café Scheherazade
A fortyfivedownstairs production

Tickets are selling fast for Café Scheherazade. Based on Arnold Zable's best selling novel of the same name, Therese Radic's play takes us into the lives of the indomitable characters who congregated at the legendary Café Scheherazade in Acland Street, and tells the story of love and survival behind the café's founders, Masha and Avram Zeleznikow.

Performances sold out on March 8, 9 and 20.

For those who prefer a matinee, we have a special 2pm performance on Thursday March 10.

Dates: Tue 8 March- Sun 3 April*
Times: Tue -Sat 8pm, Sunday 5pm
Tickets: Full $45, Seniors $40, Conc $37.50, Group(10+) $40
*No performance on Friday 11 March

Book online here or call 03 9662 9966.

In celebration of Café Scheherazade we would like to hear your stories and memories of the iconic Acland St Café.

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