Past Shows
Midsumma 2025: QRAVE
Jan 29 – Feb 8, 2025
QRAVE is a deeply personal and politically charged exhibition and performance piece by Jessi Ryan, a queer artist, journalist, and storyteller. Part research project, part...
Midsumma 2025: CODED
Jan 23 – Jan 25, 2025
Amelia Jean O’Leary’s latest dance creation, CODED, offers an intimate and powerful exploration of First Nations femme queer identities, exploring themes of personified queerness within...
Midsumma 2025: Medium
Jan 23 – Jan 25, 2025
In Medium, Ari Angkasa presents a provocative and visually stunning live film performance under the moonlight. Combining elements of performance lecture, sci-fi thriller, and musical...
Box Machine! at Abbotsford Convent for Summer 2025
Jan 4 – Dec 25, 2024
BOX MACHINE! is a fantastic new large-scale and interactive exhibition for children and their adults, designed and delivered by Mischa Long and Ross Koger.Giant heavy-duty...
Headwater
Oct 17 – Oct 19, 2024
Solo practice is exciting, but incredibly exposed. As a soloist and improviser, Helen Svoboda feels torn between the many options they have as a vocalist, bassist and...
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Oct 11 – Oct 12, 2024
Explore techno and rave culture, witness the destruction of 3 humans. Experience a 3-day rave condensed into an hour with this spectacle of pure endurance. From...
DisGraceland by The Huxleys at Abbotsford Convent
Oct 8 – Aug 19, 2023
DisGraceland sees The Huxleys on a wild road trip across rural Victoria for a lurid fever dream capturing the story of two queer alien Elvis’s...
ESCALATOR by Stephanie Lake Company at Abbotsford Convent
Aug 16 – Aug 19, 2023
The award-winning Stephanie Lake Company will premiere an exciting season of brand-new dance works by five of Melbourne/Naarm’s freshest choreographic talents for ESCALATOR, taking place...
Archiving The Ephemeral
Apr 14 – Apr 22, 2023
Archiving The Ephemeral, by performance artist Leisa Shelton, will, for the first time, bring together for the completed bodies of work spanning over 30 years...
Archiving The Ephemeral
Apr 14 – Apr 22, 2023
Archiving The Ephemeral, by performance artist Leisa Shelton, will, for the first time, bring together for the completed bodies of work spanning over 30 years...
Music in the Round
Sep 8
Discover fresh faces and new perspectives as the Abbotsford Convents historic spaces come to life at Music in the RoundThis years program delivers a fresh...
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