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Actor smoking the tail end of a cigarette, his hand to his brow, the air full of smoke.
8 – 13 Jul

Smokescreen

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  • Entertainment

Compelling, unnerving and piercingly relevant, Smokescreen is a psychologically charged battle of wits that reveals how the climate crisis we face today was shaped by the invisible hands of Ad men.

Searing performances by Damon Baudin and Christopher Samuel Carroll collide in a pressure cooker of manipulation, morality and earth-shattering choices about controlling the narrative while the planet burns.

Hours

Date Times
Tue 8 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wed 9 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thu 10 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fri 11 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sat 12 Jul
  • 7.30pm - 9pm 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Sun 13 Jul
  • 5pm - 7.30pm 5:00pm - 7:30pm

Location

fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Ln
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

Adult / general $45
Senior $35
Student / concession $35
Children $35
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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9662 9966
  • email address: info@fortyfivedownstairs.com
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