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Footscray Community Arts is an arts precinct dedicated to sharing stories. Our vision is that all communities are valued as makers of culture.

Out internal venues are wheelchair accessible. If you have any access needs, we have a range of audio assistance available. Please call or email us if we can help plan your journey. Phone: 03 9362 8888�Email: [email protected]

24/05/2026

Tickets are going fast! 🎟️🔥

To celebrate the opening week of The Supposed to Be, we’re offering 20% off limited remaining general admission tickets across the season.

Use code FLASH20 at checkout before 12:30pm Monday 26 May to unlock the offer!

14/05/2026

Commencing 28 May - weekly for 2026 as part of Footscray Community Arts and Victoria University partnership, VU will be providing a free WEEKLY pop-up play space at Footscray Community Arts front lawns where VU Early-childhood education students are on hand to facilitate play by providing a variety of items for children to explore, create and engage with.

Early-childhood education students are on hand to facilitate play by providing a variety of items (loose parts) for children to explore, create and engage with.

Each of the sites has a mentor who is trained in the ideas and practice of Playwork, has up-to-date First Aid, Working With Children Check and CPR training, and is there to support the students.

Visit https://hubs.li/Q04gpm2G0 for more information about the sessions.

12/05/2026

The Australian Government is developing a new National Cultural Policy to shape the future direction of the creative and cultural sector. You can make a submission now! Join us in calling for increased recognition of and support for Community Arts and Cultural Development. For more info, visit https://hubs.li/Q04gbGgB0

Image description:
The visuals expand on Community Arts and Cultural Development (CACD) and its role in delivering the REVIVE vision - “a place for every story, a story for every place.”

CACD is described as relational infrastructure that supports vibrant cultures, equitable and safe communities, stronger democracy, sustainable environments, and resilient local economies through long-term, place-based creative practice.

Despite its impact, CACD remains under-recognised and under-resourced, receiving only 5–6% of national arts investment through Creative Australia.

The images call for:
- formal recognition of CACD in the new Cultural Policy
- a national CACD entity within Creative Australia
- increased investment in community-based arts and culture
- better support for practitioners and future generations
- long-term funding models instead of short-term project funding
- integration of CACD across health, education, justice, climate and regional development
- stronger research and evaluation
- equitable access to resources and participation

Submissions to close 11:59pm, 24 May 2026.

08/05/2026

Discover the membership features of Footscray Creative Studios:
- Reserved desk, flexible booking options on a month-to-month basis
- Fast, dedicated NBN wifi and free printing
- Meeting room time included
- Unlimited post-production studio access
- Discounts on rehearsal and creative spaces
- Kitchenette, coffee, lockable storage & secure bike parking
- Onsite staff support and mail service
- Close to public transport
- Accessible facilities

Opening Offer:
Book a desk for two months by 31 May and get your first month for free.
Make a booking through https://hubs.li/Q04fppJs0

// Images - Footscray Creative Studios, Co-working Space
// Photo - .vy

07/05/2026

Introducing Sarah Fitzgerald and Michelle Perera, cast for The Supposed To Be Presented by Footscray Community Arts, Jewel Box Performances and Rising

Sarah Fitzgerald is an actor, maker and activist of Anglo Indian descent, based in Naarm (Melbourne). After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2018, they have worked across theatre and screen. Their credits include SLAP. BANG. KISS. (Melbourne Theatre Company), Emilia (Arts Centre Melbourne), The Great Australian Play (Montague’s Basement) and Oh No! Satan Stole My Pineal Gland! (Melbourne Fringe). On screen, they feature in House of Whoreship (dir. Holly Bates), Alma (dir. Marina Slomp Albertini) and the feature film Ice Road 2: Vengeance (dir. Jonathan Hensleigh). Most recently, Sarah co-created and toured Hell On Earth (Thruples Therapy) and performed in and was movement director for Theys at the Hayes (Hayes Theatre Company). Sarah is a member of the MEAA and is also involved in animal and human rights activism.

Michelle Perera is a Green Room Award nominated Sri Lankan Australian actor, broadcaster, voice artist and arts advocate with over 30 years of theatre experience. Her recent credits include This is Living (Malthouse Theatre), In the Club (Theatreworks) and Julius Caesar (Melbourne Shakespeare Company).

Dates: 27, 28, 29 & 30 May — 4, 5 & 6 June 2026
Time: 6.30pm doors, 7pm performance
Location: Footscray Community Arts, Performance Space

Book your tickets today via https://hubs.li/Q04fLMY_0

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05/05/2026

A prolific photographer, illustrator, and origami-maker, Ibby Ibrahim uses well-known superheroes to tell stories which reflect his perspectives on social movements. Working across paper craft, digital illustration and collage, Ibby has exhibited work in group shows at Footscray Community Arts, such as How About a Rainbow (2017), The Connected Vision Collection (2018) and Heart (2019), as well as VISABILITY (2019) at Wyndham Art Gallery.

Ibby‘s first solo exhibition, IBBYMAN (2015) at Footscray Community Arts was about being deaf and Sudanese living in Australia. His most recent work is about Black Lives Matter.

27/04/2026

Introducing Chenturan Aran, the playwright for The Supposed To Be, presented by Footscray Community Arts, Jewel Box Performances and Rising

Chenturan Aran is a Sri Lankan Tamil Australian playwright, journalist, and screenwriter. His work has been described as “terrifically sharp,” “incisively witty,” and “timely and timeless.”

His play Cut Chilli (2024) had a sold-out run at the Old Fitz Theatre, garnered five stars from The Sydney Morning Herald, and earned three NSW Premier’s Literary Awards nominations.

Known for his sharp, irreverent voice, Chenturan’s work blends dark comedy with meta-commentary to explore memory, storytelling, modern psychology, and spiritual longing.

Chenturan is an alumnus of MTC’s Cybec Electric, Malthouse Theatre’s Writers Group, and APT’s Pathways Program. He is a regular contributor to SBS Spice, and in 2023 his memoir piece “Truffled Feathers” was published in Emergence: The 30 Best New Voices with Must-Read Stories.

Dates: 27, 28, 29 & 30 May — 4, 5 & 6 June 2026
Time: 6.30pm doors, 7pm performance
Location: Footscray Community Arts, Performance Space

Book your tickets today via https://hubs.li/Q04dsVPB0

16/04/2026

Megan Hunter () is a Melbourne Installation and visual artist based in Western Melbourne. Through her large installation works and textured acrylic painting style, she predominantly explores the themes of environmental activism and the everyday human perspective of the world.

Megan’s work is grounded in environmental activism, often referencing the ocean, waterways and their creatures. The bold lines, vibrant colours and textured paint featured in her works are used to explore her connection with the climate crisis and Australian wildlife. She is constantly experimenting with different materials, including the surfaces she paints upon, and developing new processes to create abstract images is fundamental to Megan’s process.

Her work has been featured in group exhibitions, including ‘Sometimes I Just Miss Hearing their Voice’ for Due West Arts Festival (2019), ‘Heart’ (2019), and BRIGHT (2023) at Footscray Community Arts. Megan’s sound art practice has led to tours through China and Hong Kong with the ensemble The Amplified Elephants. She has been involved in several public art projects and exhibitions with Jolt Arts and Footscray Community Arts. Megan has recently presented her first solo exhibition ‘Hidden Creatures’ at Woods Street Art Space (2024).

//Image 1 - Megan Hunter, taken by Jeevika Rajagopal ()
//Image 2 - Emily Floyd, Penguins for Megan, 2023, wood and synthetic polymer paint, taken by Jeevika Rajagopal
//Image 3 - Artist Statement by Emily Floyd () on Penguins for Megan, 2023
//Image 4 - Megan Hunter, Hammerhead, 2023, inflatable sculpture
//Image 5 - Artist Statement by Megan Hunter, Hammerhead, 2023
//Image 6 - Megan Hunter, Hidden Creatures, 2023 (Part of BRIGHT, 2023)
//Image 7 - Artwork by Megan Hunter, taken by Simon Aubor ()
//Image 8 - Artwork by Megan Hunter, taken by Simon Aubor

14/04/2026

Kaye is a Sri Lankan Tamil actor/OnlyFans star who discovers she’s not just adopted — she’s a clone. She’s been created to live out the dreams of her corporate executive original, Kavitha. But how is a clone supposed to succeed in an era where authentic identity is the hottest commodity in the arts?

When Kaye and Kavitha face off, it’s the cloned child of nowhere versus a body embalmed in migrant duty. When the spectre of their mother gets involved, reality’s boundaries collapse.

From Chenturan Aran, the three-time NSW Literary Prize-nominated writer of Cut Chilli, The Supposed To Be is a Griffin Award-nominated fever dream. A tale of generational ghosts, migrant compromises, and the dangerous chase to become who we think we are supposed to be.

Dates: 27, 28, 29 & 30 May — 4, 5 & 6 June 2026
Time: 6:30pm doors, 7pm performance
Location: Footscray Community Arts; Performance Space

CAST & CREATIVES
Written and Directed by Gideon D. Wilonja
Performed by Ras Samuel, Gideon D. Wilonja, Ben Chisholm, Sasha Hennequin, Atinuke Abraham
Stage Manager: Chiara Henger
Lighting Design: Tom Vulcan
Sound Design: Ethan Hunter
Set Design: Jacqueline Tran
Costume Design: Milly Wright
Intimacy Director: Kiana Daniele
Produced by Aamer Ahmed & Wani Toaishara

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The Supposed To Be is presented by Footscray Community Arts, Jewel Box Performances and Rising

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07/04/2026

Welcoming Rosie Kalina to our Indigenous Advisory Group!

A proud Wemba Wemba and Gundjitmara woman, Rosie is a creative producer and arts worker based on Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung Country. She has a long-standing connection with Footscray Community Arts, including co-curating Blak to the Future for Wominjeka Festival, and has worked as a producer with YIRRAMBOI Festival since 2019, co-designing works by and for community.

Guided by her mother and mentor, Aunty Paola Balla, her practice is grounded in Blak matriarchy, care, and community. As a neurodivergent artist and Access Advisor with YIRRAMBOI and Moondani Balluk, she advocates for disability justice, working alongside d/Deaf and Disabled First Nations creatives to embed accessibility and create safer spaces.

→ Swipe to learn more about Rosie and her practice.

//Image 1 - Rosie Kalina, taken by Peta Duncan (Torres Strait Islander)
//Image 2 - Blak 2 the Future, Wominjeka Festival, 2019, co-curated by Rosie Kalina and Savanna Kruger (Wotjobaluk and South Sea Islander) (), taken by Jody Haines ()
//Image 3 - Images of Rosie Kalina's Makeup Portfolio
//Image 4 - Blak 2 the Future, Wominjeka Festival (2019)
//Image 5 - Rosie Kalina and Katen Balla, Wominjeka Festival (2019), taken by Gianna Teresa Rizzo ()
//Image 6 - Blak 2 the Future, Wominjeka Festival (2019)
//Image 7 - Blak 2 the Future, Wominjeka Festival (2019)
//Image 8 - Blak to the Future 5, Artwork by Tahnee Edwards (Yorta Yorta/Taungurung) ()
//Image 9 - White Australia Has A Blak Future, co-curated by Rosie Kalina and Hannah Morphy Walsh

Address

45 Moreland Street
Footscray, VIC
3011

Opening Hours

Wednesday	9:30am - 5pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5pm
Friday	9:30am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Website

http://www.footscrayarts.com/, https://footscrayarts.com/event/community-first-creativity-always/

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