Arts House - North Melbourne Town Hall

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    521 Queensberry Street
    North Melbourne, VIC 3051
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Arts House is committed to the development of new arts practices, works and audiences, and celebrates the transformative power of art that expands our horizons and challenges cultural boundaries for both audiences and artists alike. It is with great enthusiasm we continue an unflinching commitment to contemporary arts practices which question our values and preconceptions.


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Past events

Undone

11th May

As part of the 2013 Season One program, Arts House will present Undone and open the doors to all venues for audiences, artists, producers and presenters...

Free

Song

12th April

Ranters aim has always been to pursue its own innovative style and form – in each of our shows we try to push our ideas a bit further, to examine and...

$20

More or Less Concrete - Dance Massive 2013

20th March

Bodies morph between human, animal, monster, machine and the unknown in Tim Darbyshire’s synaesthetic exploration of cyclical and audible movement, More...

$20

Action/Response - Dance Massive 2013

22nd March

Over two nights, Action/ Response transforms North Melbourne’s Errol Street precinct into a site of exploration, conversation and encounter. Featuring new...

Free

Physical Fractals - Dance Massive 2013

12th March

Hypnotic movement, whirring microphones, blinking lights, intimate encounters: Physical Fractals is an up-close, sensory experience – a dance work that...

$20

P.O.V - Dance Massive 2013

12th March

P.O.V.’s premise is to place the audience squarely within the performance environment, inviting them to cross over from spectator to participant in...

$20

20 Big Ones - Chapter's 20th Birthday

17th November

The courier just dropped off boxes and boxes of 20 Big Ones, Chapter's 20th birthday compilation. This gorgeous, 20 song, limited edition, double vinyl...

TBA

Impasse - Melbourne Festival 2012

19th October

Denis Beaubois, William McClure and Jeff Stein were members of Sydney’s Gravity Feed Ensemble – an architectural performance-theatre group that employed...

Free

Tegan Higginbotham in Million Dollar Tegan - Melbourne Fringe

9th October

Young girls like to prove themselves in a myriad of different ways, like earning a respectable degree or becoming super models. Tegan went a different...

$15

Sex Poetry Booth - Melbourne Fringe

10th October

The Sex Poetry Booth is open for service! Operated by private-eyed poet Dosh Luckwell, the Sex Poetry Booth offers casual, no-strings-attached sex poetry....

Free

Ellipsis - Melbourne Fringe

9th October

Performed inside a delicately shifting web of filament, Ellipsis evokes visceral responses across the senses. An engaging new dance work inhabiting the...

$15

Pride Hard - Melbourne Fringe

9th October

This Melbourne Fringe Festival, Rob Lloyd (Who, Me, A Study in Scarlet (A Study of...), Channel 31's Live on Bowen) and Kelsey Gade attempt the ultimate...

$15

Heroic Faun No. One - Melbourne Fringe

9th October

Gregory Cooper was HF No. 1 in the Hollywood blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. He was the most important...

$18

Inter / Nality - Melbourne Fringe

9th October

Through a fierce union of dance, stage combat and theatre, inter/nality manifests the often violent struggle for inner control that no one sees. It...

$15

Pinky Beecroft: Mainstream Freak - Melbourne Fringe

9th October

Beecroft rants, raves, cusses and croons his way through the outer reaches of his own mind. Part autobiography, part cry for help, the show examines...

$18

Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine - Melbourne Fringe

9th October

Intelligent, provocative work, 4 stars' - Time Out Sydney Not-Nick makes money from people who are genuinely in love with him. In a conversation with Tim...

$15

Shut Up and Dance! - Melbourne Fringe

12th October

The Town Bikes present their annual Dance Party of Superlative Proportions. Behold the breathtaking plethora of performances. Learn a bevy of super moves....

Free

Now and Then – 1982 vs. 2012 - Melbourne Fringe

11th October

Two nights, two house bands, Victoria’s hottest singers from then and now singing some of the great tracks from now and then.

Free

Political Asylum - Melbourne Fringe

10th October

Enjoy an evening of topical laughs with Australia's best political comedians. The masters of crafting satirical swipes; splitting sides on both the Left...

Free

Let’s Sketch Physical - Melbourne Fringe

9th October

Girls Uninterrupted and friends get physical as they unleash a night of hilarious sketch comedy that will work your core and leave you aching with...

Free

Sunday - Games Day: Late Night Letters and Numbers - Melbourne Fringe

7th October

Do you miss Letters & Numbers? We do too... But there's hope! Late Night Letter and Numbers! It's everything Letters & Numbers was, but with added...

Free

Sunday Games Day - Spy Catcher - Melbourne Fringe

7th October

We're all spies here - but double agents are murdering our top assets. Your mentor stands accused. Are they guilty? Can you find out before it's too late?...

Free

Pride Hard - Melbourne Fringe

2nd October

This Melbourne Fringe Festival, Rob Lloyd (Who, Me, A Study in Scarlet (A Study of...), Channel 31's Live on Bowen) and Kelsey Gade attempt the ultimate...

$15

Ellipsis - Melbourne Fringe

6th October

Performed inside a delicately shifting web of filament, Ellipsis evokes visceral responses across the senses. An engaging new dance work inhabiting the...

$15

Inter / Nality - Melbourne Fringe

6th October

Through a fierce union of dance, stage combat and theatre, inter/nality manifests the often violent struggle for inner control that no one sees. It...

$15

Heroic Faun No. One - Melbourne Fringe

2nd October

Gregory Cooper was HF No. 1 in the Hollywood blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. He was the most important...

$18

Tegan Higginbotham in Million Dollar Tegan - Melbourne Fringe

2nd October

Young girls like to prove themselves in a myriad of different ways, like earning a respectable degree or becoming super models. Tegan went a different...

$15

Pinky Beecroft: Mainstream Freak - Melbourne Fringe

6th October

Beecroft rants, raves, cusses and croons his way through the outer reaches of his own mind. Part autobiography, part cry for help, the show examines...

$18

Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine - Melbourne Fringe

2nd October

Intelligent, provocative work, 4 stars' - Time Out Sydney Not-Nick makes money from people who are genuinely in love with him. In a conversation with Tim...

$15

Sex Poetry Booth - Melbourne Fringe

3rd October

The Sex Poetry Booth is open for service! Operated by private-eyed poet Dosh Luckwell, the Sex Poetry Booth offers casual, no-strings-attached sex poetry....

Free

Die Roten Punkte's Battle Royale! - Melbourne Fringe

6th October

Berlin's Prince and Princess of indie rock and Europop, Otto and Astrid Rot present a night of Rock 'n' Roll rivalry as they pitch the funniest physical...

Free

Sepia - Melbourne Fringe

2nd October

Whyalla, South Australia, where the outback meets the sea. The cuttlefish are missing, the desal plant has been approved and Neil is refusing to take off...

$10

Mama's Bag of Feathers - Melbourne Fringe

2nd October

The battle of the sexes is on... Brought to you by the twin brothers McGurgan – Shannon (Circus Trick Tease) and Mark (musician extraordinaire), Mama’s...

$14

Now and Then – 1982 vs. 2012 - Melbourne Fringe

4th October

Two nights, two house bands, Victoria’s hottest singers from then and now singing some of the great tracks from now and then.

Free

Heroic Faun No. One - Melbourne Fringe

28th September

Gregory Cooper was HF No. 1 in the Hollywood blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. He was the most important...

$18

Sepia - Melbourne Fringe

28th September

Whyalla, South Australia, where the outback meets the sea. The cuttlefish are missing, the desal plant has been approved and Neil is refusing to take off...

$10

Pride Hard - Melbourne Fringe

28th September

This Melbourne Fringe Festival, Rob Lloyd (Who, Me, A Study in Scarlet (A Study of...), Channel 31's Live on Bowen) and Kelsey Gade attempt the ultimate...

$15

Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine - Melbourne Fringe

28th September

Intelligent, provocative work, 4 stars' - Time Out Sydney Not-Nick makes money from people who are genuinely in love with him. In a conversation with Tim...

$15

Mama's Bag of Feathers - Melbourne Fringe

28th September

The battle of the sexes is on... Brought to you by the twin brothers McGurgan – Shannon (Circus Trick Tease) and Mark (musician extraordinaire), Mama’s...

$14

Podcast Away - Melbourne Fringe

30th September

Podcasts – so hot right now. Some of Melbourne’s most acclaimed podcasters come together and grace the stage for one night only with guests, stories and a...

Free

Ball! - Melbourne Fringe

29th September

Geraldine Hickey, Anne Edmonds and Kate McLennan return as ‘The Downlow’ for a special live Grand Final Day presentation. Featuring all your favourite...

Free

Sex Poetry Booth - Melbourne Fringe

28th September

The Sex Poetry Booth is open for service! Operated by private-eyed poet Dosh Luckwell, the Sex Poetry Booth offers casual, no-strings-attached sex poetry....

Free

Tegan Higginbotham in Million Dollar Tegan - Melbourne Fringe

28th September

Young girls like to prove themselves in a myriad of different ways, like earning a respectable degree or becoming super models. Tegan went a different...

$15

Strictly Bitching - Melbourne Fringe

29th September

There is a bitch inside of each one us struggling to get out, and that bitch is hot, real hot. Bring out your inner bitch at Strictly Bitching. The Real...

Free

Opening Night - Melbourne Fringe

28th September

Kicking off another Fringe Club season with a bang, Opening Night brings a bevy of artists to the stage. Sample some of this year’s shows, then dance up a...

Free

The Other Film Festival 2012

19th September

The North Melbourne Town Hall will debut as a venue for cinema, as Arts House and The Other Film Festival partner to present an inclusive and accessible...

$12

Star******s

6th September

Primary school teacher Laura Caesar and Sydney-based artist Malcolm Whittaker raise their own relationship to celebrity status in Star******s by reading...

$25

RRAMP

5th September

RRAMP – the Collector, the Archivist & the Electrocrat features the mesmerising vocals of Christine Johnston as the Collector; the intense precision of...

$25

Arts House Presents Star******s

6th September

Primary school teacher Laura Caesar and artist Malcolm Whittaker raise their own relationship to celebrity status in Star******s by reading from their...

$25

Doku Rai

29th August

Melbourne’s acclaimed Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm embarks on an utterly unique collaboration with East Timorese companies Liurai Fo’er and Galaxy,...

$25

The Democratic Set

7th August

As part of a 10-week Australian national tour for Mobile States, award-winning theatre company Back to Back Theatre brings their community residency...

Free

Hell House - Provocation, Belief & Morality

3rd August

Using a staged performance of the live theatre show Hell House as a catalyst for discussion, Geelong's world-renowned Back to Back Theatre together with...

$25

Metapraxis

19th July

Presenting 20th and 21st Century string compositions, METAPRAXIS is a rare and unexpected array of new-music talent led by iconic composer, violinist and...

$20

Solstice 2012

23rd June

Solstice is theatre on the run towards new horizons – a party, a risk, a chance to laugh, cry, make promises and leap into new beginnings. Join some of...

$15

“So You Think You Can Dance” - fully accessible dance workshop

16th June

Wild@heART Community Arts, presents two exciting dance events in June at the North Melbourne Town Hall. Where you can learn almost every dance under the...

$5

The Exchange Program 2 2012

24th May

The River Eats by Justin Shoulder (Aus) & Grave by Dewy Dell (Italy) The Exchange is a reciprocal process of development, presentation and exchange...

$30

Impossible Plays

19th May

What if our dreams really did come true?Impossible Plays is a performance based on the fantasies of four strangers.Megan is a quietly spoken vet in Alice...

$23

The Exchange Program 1 2012

19th May

The Exchange is a reciprocal process of development, presentation and exchange between two young and exciting theatre companies: Italy’s Dewey Dell and...

$30

One Show Only 2012

9th May

A brand new work from director/choreographer Byron Perry, One Show Only explores how complex systems and patterns can emerge from a multiplicity of...

$25

AMPERS&ND et al 2012

23rd April

Mobile performance laboratory AMPERS &ND et al brings together leading innovators in music, dance and physical theatre from Australia, Korea and Europe,...

More or Less Concrete 2012

18th April

Choreographer/performer Tim Darbyshire premieres a resonant and visceral new work, revealing the links between human movement and (found) sounds as...

$25

Warehouse Salon 2012

17th April

A special, international Warehouse Salon to kick off proceedings… a chance to ‘meet and feast’ with Berlin-based Reality-Trend Theatre Specialists, Rimini...

$5

Clouds Above Berlin

7th March

A catalytic double bill by choreographer/performers Antony Hamilton and Melanie Lane, in which the symbiotic elements of body, light, objects and sound...

$25

And the Birds Fell from the Sky

29th February

Anarchic, dreamy and dangerous, And the Birds Fell from the Sky is a work of subtlety, provocation, political resonance and technical ingenuity – a...

$15

Tower Suites 2012

22nd February

A choreography between dance, voice, cello and film, Tower Suites delves into the hierarchies of our relationships and our lives. Ros Warby’s new...

$30

Aviary

19th October

Phillip Adams’ BalletLab presents the world premiere of AVIARY at the Melbourne Festival this October. A fusion of feathers, flight and fantasy, AVIARY...

$48

Downtown

16th August

Evolving over five consecutive nights, Arts House presents Downtown, a cumulative performance and reflection on experiences of community, connectedness...

$10

I left my shoes on warm concrete and stood in the rain

11th August

Arts House and Mobile States presentGabrielle NankivellI LEFT MY SHOES ON WARM CONCRETE AND STOOD IN THE RAINArts House, North Melbourne Town Hall11 ‐ 13...

$30

Thrashing Without Looking

3rd August

Arts House in association with Aphids presentTHRASHING WITHOUT LOOKING“It provoked all sorts of thoughts about the modes of disembodied communication we...

$25

Vivaria

3rd August

Arts House hosts Samuel James’ mesmerising installation Vivaria screening parallel with Thrashing Without Looking and Who’s the Best from Wednesday 3 to...

Free

Expectation

9th November

Arts House presents the world premiere of Expectation, a new work from acclaimed Melbourne dancer and choreographer Carlee Mellow that challenges the way...

$25

En Masse - Melbourne International Arts Festival 2010

19th October

Audiences are invited into the heart of a spherical space where dream-like images are projected all around. A musician plays live, her solo set against...

$18

The Folding Wife

26th May

“A lovingly realized and beautifully performed work.” Sydney Morning Herald “Like painters playing with liquid light, colour and form, they create the...

$25