fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival 2025: A Gwen Harwood Cycle

Duo Eclettico – Justin Kenealy (saxophone) and Coady Green (piano) are joined by the one the Australia’s leading actors, Helen Morse, for the world premiere of Linda Kouvaras’ complete A Gwen Harwood Cycle. Written as a one-woman stage vehicle for Helen Morse and Duo Eclettico, A Gwen Harwood Cycle explores the life and work of this powerfully honest artist, arguably one of Australia’s finest poets. The piece explores the inequalities implicit in gender stereotyping of the time, some of which continue today, and highlights the inventive ways that Harwood and other women artists attempted to transcend or subvert the limitations of patriarchy. This new work was commissioned and produced with the generous support of City of Melbourne, and Creative Victoria.

Sunday 18 May – 5:00pm

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