The final week of the Midsumma Identity exhibition and following the huge success of the Midsumma theatre events, February kicks off with the Melbourne premiere of Skin Tight by Gary Henderson.
Gallery : Identity
Midsumma
Until Saturday 5 February
It’s the last few days of the excellent group show Identity, part of the Midsumma Festival visual arts component.
Seven visual artists explore universal themes of love, identity and the factors that influence the way we live, using a wide range of different mediums.
It’s also the last chance to contribute to Rainbow Love, Catherine Johnston’s installation with focuses on love, the universal emotion. Read the beautiful messages already tied onto the sculpture, and write one yourself. Or bid for one of the enchanting toy bears created by many artists and designers for Toy to The World, which is raising funds and awareness for the Victorian AIDS Council.
Opening this week, Skin Tight, a stunning contemporary play from New Zealand.
Theatre: Skin Tight
SaySIX Theatre
New Zealand theatre company SaySIX Theatre presents the Melbourne premiere of Gary Henderson’s fierce and powerful love story, set against the dramatic landscape of the South Island.
This intensely physical, adults only production, which has been performed to international acclaim not only in New Zealand, but in 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.
Skin Tight is performed by Holly Shanahan (seen here last year as the brilliant lawyer in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot) and Michael Whalley (Matariki, Legend of the Seeker).
Dates: Friday 4 - Sat 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.
Coming up at fortyfivedownstairs
Large Gallery : Andrea Jenkins
Comings and Goings
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 19 February
We all know that the hidden lanes are some of the most intriguing spaces in Melbourne, Andrea Jenkins takes us even further off the familiar streets, down into the mystery of the subterranean world of escalators and stairwells of the Flinders Street and Parliament stations. A journey that will be familiar to many, but seen from a fascinating new perspective.
Small Gallery : Hilary Senhanli
Crowds
Tuesday 8 - Saturday 19 February
Hilary Senhanli has achieved the extraordinary feat of inventing a new drawing medium. With a curious drawing implement she has designed, she drizzles a liquid black line, rendering complex masses of humanity with a black, honey-like substance which sets immediately. These works are crowded with life, waves of people washed together, little pockets of intimacy, children with a parent, groups of families or gangs of mates.
Theatre: Café Scheherazade
A fortyfivedownstairs production
Café Scheherazade tells a spellbinding series of tales of resourcefulness and courage, tales that have been replicated over many years and in many nations.
Last chance for early bird bookings for Café Scheherazade, with prices increasing from Saturday 5 February.
Earlybird prices are available for limited performances (9 -24 March) Full/ Senior $40, Concession $35.
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.
Bookings for all fortyfivedownstairs shows: www.fortyfivedownstairs.com tel 9662 9966
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Image credits (from top to
bottom);IDENTITY, Necrosis by Matto Lucus; SKIN TIGHT, promotional image (photo by Tom Champman); SKIN TIGHT, promotional image (photo by Tom Champman); COMINGS AND GOINGS, Comings and Goings #12; CROWDS,Spectator; CAFE SCHEHERAZADE, promotional image (photo by Jeff Busby) |
