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A blonde woman in a red and white print dress and a white cardigan is standing with her head bent to one side and looking down.
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Theatre review: Milk and Blood, fortyfivedownstairs

Two separate monologues explore themes of violence.

A man is lounging in a bed, wrapped up in bedsheets. On the right, crouching is a figure dressed up in a fancy frock and headgear.
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Theatre review: The Importance of Being Earnest, fortyfivedownstairs

Cucumbers aplenty in a production of Oscar Wilde's classic work that also interweaves the playwright into the show.

Two Remain. Three women are singing. They are wearing blue and white concentration camp stripes underneath beige aprons and head scarves.
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Opera review: Two Remain, fortyfivedownstairs

This premiere Australian production features the true stories of two Holocaust survivors.

emerging artist award 2024 finalists' exhibition at fortyfivedownstaris, Melbourne. Paintings, sculptures and installations inside a spacious gallery with white walls and dark wooden floor.
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Exhibition review: Emerging Artist Award 2024, fortyfivedownstairs

Topical and engaging, the Emerging Artist Award showcases early-career talent regardless of age.

A man in shadow is crouched over in the centre of the room. Around him are four people, two standing on chairs. They are throwing bit of paper in the air. The lighting is awash in red and white spotlight. Elegies: A Song Cycle.
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Theatre review: Elegies: A Song Cycle, fortyfivedownstairs

A new production company makes its premiere with a slick and funnier than expected rendition of songs about losing loved…

Two young women are seated and looking at each other, hand in hand. The one on the left is fair, the one of the right is brunette. Behind them is shelving with a collection of glass containers.
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Theatre review: Recollection, fortyfivedownstairs

How do you capture and preserve the smell of someone once they are gone?

Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. Image is a female in long black clothes sweeping another woman in what appears to be pale blue bathers off her feet. They are on a bare stage in front of a curtain.
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Theatre review: Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, fortyfivedownstairs

A night of queer spectacle jam-packed with laughs and all things camp.

Orlando. Image is of four actors in red jackets back to back with each other and with arms raised in front of them.
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Musical review: Orlando, fortyfivedownstairs

This adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel, 'Orlando', is promising but patchy.

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Theatre review: Myra in Space, fortyfivedownstairs

An exploration of the experiences of older women lifted off to great heights.

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Theatre review: Julius Caesar, fortyfivedownstairs

An excellent production that once again reminds us of the power of oratory.

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