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Click here to view the details for Benn Bennett and Chas Forrest’s House Music
Benn Bennett and Chas Forrest’s House Music
20 Feb, 2009
8pm fortyfivedownstairs
Join Melbourne based duo Benn Bennett and Chas Forrest for an evening of Dark Cabaret, Folk and Electro music. Special guests for the evening include Forty Forty Home and a Dutch side show act by performance artist Mzzz Erin Tasmania.

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Click here to view the details for Footsteps of a Nobody
Footsteps of a Nobody
20 Feb, 2010
8pm Doncaster Playhouse
Footsteps of a Nobody is a powerful one woman rock-musical from Donna Williams, author of the international best seller, 'Nobody Nowhere; Autobiography of an Autistic Girl'.

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Click here to view the details for Propaganda
Propaganda
27 Mar - 3 Apr, 2010
7.30pm; 4pm Sat, Sun

Arts House, Meat Market
Bookings:
03 9322 3713
After years of touring their avant-garde circus company around the world these knuckle-dragging acrobats reckon they know right from wrong.



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Want to know what's on when? Click on highlighted dates below to find out what shows are playing.
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May | Jun | Jul
    2nd Feb 2010
    The Pyramid
    Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Dispatch
    fortyfivedownstairs
    3rd Feb 2010
    Nex·us
    Gasworks Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    Short & Physical: Drake, Switch, Bird
    Studio Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    The Pyramid
    Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Dispatch
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    4th Feb 2010
    Nex·us
    Gasworks Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    Short & Physical: Drake, Switch, Bird
    Studio Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    The Choir
    The Brightspace Gallery
    The Pyramid
    Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Dispatch
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    The Billing Method, with special guests Slit
    Studio Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    5th Feb 2010
    Nex·us
    Gasworks Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    Short & Physical: Drake, Switch, Bird
    Studio Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    The Choir
    The Brightspace Gallery
    The Pyramid
    Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Dispatch
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    6th Feb 2010
    Nex·us
    Gasworks Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    Short & Physical: Drake, Switch, Bird
    Studio Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    The Choir
    The Brightspace Gallery
    The Pyramid
    Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Dispatch
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    7th Feb 2010
    The Choir
    The Brightspace Gallery
    The Pyramid
    Studio 1, Northcote Town Hall
    Dispatch
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    9th Feb 2010
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    10th Feb 2010
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    11th Feb 2010
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    Summerlogues 2010
    Gasworks Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    12th Feb 2010
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    Sylvia Plath - The Girl Who Wanted to Be GOD
    Gallery 314
    Summerlogues 2010
    Gasworks Theatre, Gasworks Arts Park
    13th Feb 2010
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    Sylvia Plath - The Girl Who Wanted to Be GOD
    Gallery 314
    14th Feb 2010
    A Narrow Time for Angles ... the musical
    Studio 2, Northcote Town Hall
    Lloyd Beckmann, Beekeeper
    La Mama Theatre
    16th Feb 2010
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    17th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Intimate Apparel
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    Sylvia Plath - The Girl Who Wanted to Be GOD
    Gallery 314
    18th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Black Bag and Waiting for Isabella
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    Sylvia Plath - The Girl Who Wanted to Be GOD
    Gallery 314
    19th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Directors Cut
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    Sylvia Plath - The Girl Who Wanted to Be GOD
    Gallery 314
    20th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Footsteps of a Nobody
    Doncaster Playhouse
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    Benn Bennett and Chas Forrest’s House Music
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Sylvia Plath - The Girl Who Wanted to Be GOD
    Gallery 314
    21st Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Cordelia, Mein Kind
    fortyfivedownstairs
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Meant to be Spoken: A Champagne Celebration of Australian Playwriting
    fortyfivedownstairs
    The Impro Cave Summer Club
    The Dog Theatre
    23rd Feb 2010
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    24th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    25th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    26th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    27th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    Nil, Cat and Buried
    The Dog Theatre
    28th Feb 2010
    The Seagull King
    Chapel off Chapel
    Now With Feeling - Part III
    La Mama
    The Impro Cave Summer Club
    The Dog Theatre