Interview
Kerry Saxby, MTC’s Technical Manager of Lighting and Sound, tells us about the scope and complexity of working backstage at Southbank Theatre.
Interview
John Molloy walked in the MTC door for a job interview in 1974. Forty-six years later, the renowned tailor and costume maker is packing up his needle and thread for good.
Interview
Home, I’m Darling playwright Laura Wade delves back in time to discover some truths about the present.
News
Get the latest casting news for Season 2020.
MTC Foundation
Reflect on our 2019 Women in Theatre program and celebrate the artistic achievements of program alumnae.
Coffee in the Lounge
Actors Ainsley Melham and Adam-Jon Fiorentino require an immense amount of trust to play the roles of Molina and Valentin in Kander and Ebb’s darkest musical. It’s a trust that came easily to the former Aladdin colleagues.
Interview
Caroline O’Connor has played many leading ladies throughout her illustrious career, so the role of Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman – the embodiment of a multitude of leading lady archetypes – seems tailor made for her.
Interactive
Learn more about the MTC production life cycle in these interactive images.
MTC Foundation
See inside our Kiss of the Spider Woman Donor post-show cocktail party.
Feature
Kiss of the Spider Woman is set in an unnamed South American jail cell, seemingly sometime in the 20th century, but the political and social reality that inspired its setting is stark: Argentina’s Dirty War.
Interview
Award-winning set and costume designer Alicia Clements discusses the ‘marathon’ journey of bringing Kiss of the Spider Woman to life through costume.
Feature
Kiss of the Spider Woman has had at least four different lives over its four-decade history. We take a look back at its often groundbreaking journey from page to stage to silver screen and Broadway.
MTC Foundation
See inside our Photograph 51 Donor post-show cocktail party.
Feature
Through the story of one pioneering woman in science, Photograph 51 tells a story familiar to all women in science.
Programme
Learn more about Kander & Ebb's provocative tale of love and imagination in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
Education
Work experience student Jennifer Roache reflects on her week in the rehearsal room for Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Coffee in the Lounge
Actors Miranda Tapsell and Tuuli Narkle discuss Aboriginality, representation and sisterly bonds in Black is the New White.
Programme
Learn more about Anna Ziegler's moving West End hit in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
MTC Foundation
Victorian students, who would not otherwise have access to extra-curricular drama programs, recently had the chance to take part in an intensive week-long drama workshop at MTC.
MTC Foundation
See inside our Black is the New White Donor post-show cocktail party.
Anna Ziegler discusses her play’s explosion on the West End, and how her admiration for scientist Rosalind Franklin inspired her to tell this largely untold story.
For choreographer Andrew Hallsworth, creating dance and movement sequences is his passion. Collaborating with artists who happen to be great friends is an added bonus.
Interview
Nakkiah Lui discusses what inspired her hit play, Black is the New White, and how much of her own life is in it.
10 Years in Southbank
Set & Costume Designer Anna Cordingley reflects on her interwoven history with MTC.
Education
See how costumes are 'broken down’ to make them just right for the world on stage.
Programme
Learn more about Nakkiah Lui's smash hit comedy in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
Feature
Actor Gabrielle Chan’s role in Golden Shield is informed by a wealth of personal experiences; not all of which are easy to relive.
Feature
The powerhouse playwright discusses how a conversation with her cousin became the catalyst for writing her most successful play to date.
Education
Since being a Youth Ambassador in 2016, Lily Everest has been busy exploring career pathways in the creative industries.
Feature
Costume and set designers Esther Marie and Rebecca Hayes have conceptualised an imposing, yet intimate physical space for Golden Shield.
MTC Foundation
Peak inside our Season 2020 Preview Event for MTC Donors at The Langham, Melbourne on Wednesday 21 August.
MTC Foundation
On Wednesday 7 August, Melbourne Theatre Company announced 10 new writers who will make up the Year 3 cohort of the NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program.
Coffee in the Lounge
Claire van der Boom and Michael Wahr take on the lead roles of William Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps in Shakespeare in Love.
MTC Foundation
Dr Geraldine Lazarus, Greig Gailey and Ursula Whiteside were presented with the Lifetime Patron Award in recognition of their remarkable contributions to MTC.
Q&A
Yuchen Wang plays The Translator in Golden Shield, which is a role he carries around in his regular life as a bilingual artist living in an English-speaking country.
10 Years in Southbank
Associate Artistic Director Sarah Goodes draws upon what she loves about MTC and the precinct it sits in.
10 Years in Southbank
Stage Managers Whitney McNamara and Julia Smith reflect on the past decade working in the wings of the Sumner stage.
MTC Foundation
Discover how philanthropy is impacting the career development of our MTC Women in Theatre Program participants and helping to redress gender imbalance that exists in the theatre industry.
Interactive
Learn more about the set design for Shakespeare in Love by exploring this interactive image.
Programme
Learn more about Anchuli Felicia King’s stunning new legal drama in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
MTC Foundation
See inside the Shakespeare in Love Donor post-show cocktail party.
Galleries
Across a five-week rehearsal period at MTC HQ, the Golden Shield team prepared to bring this world premiere to the stage.
Education
Work experience student Jazelle Lin reflects on her week with the Golden Shield team.
MTC Foundation
This report demonstrates how every donation to MTC helps transform lives through theatre.
Galleries
Behind the 80 plus costumes that grace the Playhouse stage in Shakespeare in Love, an enormous amount of work has gone on behind the scenes at MTC HQ.
10 Years in Southbank
Former MTC Artistic Director Simon Phillips reflects on the development of Southbank Theatre, and shares a couple of his favourite memories over the last 10 years.
Programme
Learn more about this boisterous romantic comedy in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
Education
Work experience student Katherine spent a week laughing and learning while observing rehearsals for Shakespeare in Love.
MTC Foundation
Thank you for your help in continuing MTC's story.
10 Years in Southbank
Looking back at the last decade of work at Southbank Theatre, we celebrate some of our favourite Australian stories on the Sumner and Lawler stages.
MTC Foundation
On Wednesday 16 May 2019, MTC’s annual Women in Theatre Fundraising Lunch was held at Southbank Theatre in support of the MTC Women in Theatre Program.
Video
Watch how the team at Dead Puppet Society designed and built the puppets in MTC's production of Storm Boy.
Video
Ellen Bailey, Emily Burton and Drew Wilson are the puppeteers who give life to the Coorong’s penguins, snakes, fish and, of course, pelicans.
Feature
We speak to the puppetry team who are giving life to a menagerie of creatures in Storm Boy.
Video
Watch a video of the Storm Boy trailer and see moments from the production on stage.
Q&A
Meet MTC’s Storm Boy, Conor Lowe, who makes his professional debut playing the title character in Tom Holloway’s stage adaptation of Colin Thiele’s much-loved novel.
News
Q&A
Composer and Sound Designer Darrin Verhagen tells us about the sonic world of Storm Boy.
Interview
Projection designer Justin Harrison explains how the stunning images of the Coorong were captured and manipulated to evoke the wild beauty of coastal South Australia in Storm Boy.
Meet the Cast
Director Simon Phillips has assembled a cast of 14 talented actors to bring Shakespeare in Love to life. Meet the team below.
Feature
Director Tom Healey discusses the power of transformation, both on and off the stage.
Feature
Director Tom Healey explores how the possibility to transform exists in us all, and looks at how this concept evolves in Heisenberg.
MTC Foundation
See inside the Heisenberg Donor post-show cocktail party.
MTC Talks
Playwright Louis Nowra tells Fiona Gruber about the events and people who changed his life, and how they came to form the inspiration behind his iconic play Così.
Q&A
Lighting designer Niklas Pajanti discusses lighting effects as an expression of the characters in Così.
Education
Lead Designer and Art Director Emma Wagstaff tells us how the marketing and graphic design team at MTC conceptualise and execute the artwork for a typical play like Così.
Feature
Capturing the essence of the Australian landscape on stage is a challenge award-winning designer Anna Cordingley relishes.
MTC Foundation
For a decade, the Youth Ambassadors program has challenged and inspired the next generation of theatre makers thanks to the support of our MTC Youth Ambassadors Giving Circle.
Education
See production photos from The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You.
Interview
Glenn Hazeldine discusses how his character Henry evolves over the course of the play to become an admirable character of strength and loyalty to his fellow stage players.
Interview
In Così, Katherine Tonkin plays Ruth, an obsessive personality who often frustrates her peers with her meticulous behaviour. She shares her thoughts on the rehearsal process and her journey to finding Ruth.
Interview
Bessie Holland tells us about the arc of her character and how she embodies Cherry.
Video
Actor Kat Stewart discusses her role in the upcoming Australian premiere of Heisenberg.
Video
As we prepare for the revival of Louis Nowra’s heartwarming comedy, Così, we ask the cast what they love about this Australian classic.
Interview
Sean Keenan delves into the complexity of his character Lewis.
Programme
Learn more about Louis Nowra's darkly funny and deeply moving ensemble piece in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
10 Years in Southbank
Actor Christie Whelan Browne tells how she came to be part of the MTC family
10 Years in Southbank
MTC Technical & Production Director Adam Howe tells about the magic that happens behind the scenes
MTC Foundation
Education program participants Jyden Brailey & Imogen Prictor reflect on their experiences with the Company and their future in the arts
Feature
How did designer Alicia Clements — with a dedicated team of contracted and permanent MTC staff — build two life-size vans for the stage?
Feature
One of the greatest dramatists of 20th century theatre, Arthur Miller’s writing continues to speak volumes with its timeless and universal themes.
10 Years in Southbank
Brett Sheehy reflects on 10 years of courageous and compelling storytelling at Southbank Theatre.
MTC Foundation
See inside the Arbus & West Donor post-show dinner.
Gallery
Get a glimpse into the process of bringing Arthur Miller's classic to the stage.
Programme
Learn more about Arthur Miller's modern masterpiece in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
Feature
Author and journalist Jenny Valentish reflects on the relationship between Diane Arbus and Mae West, and two vastly different views of the women's liberation movement.
Gallery
Get a closer look at the world premiere production of Arbus & West.
MTC Foundation
Since 2014, MTC’s Women in Theatre Program has given over 50 participants the opportunity to engage with the inner workings of a major state theatre company, over the course of a 12 month professional and personal development program.
Feature
Mae West and Diane Arbus both had an enormous impact throughout the 20th century. However, their ideologies clashed drastically. Their meeting in 1964 inspired the creation of Stephen Sewell’s new play, Arbus & West.
MTC Foundation
See inside The Lady in the Van Donor post-show cocktail party.
Programme
Learn more about Stephen Sewell's intriguing new work, Arbus & West in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
Education
Year 11 student Blake Pavey reflects on his work experience week in the rehearsal room for A View from the Bridge.
MTC Foundation
MTC's 2019 Education Program has launched and to celebrate, we reflect on the impact of our 2018 Program thanks to the generosity of our community of donors.
Education
Jaimee Doyle reflects on her year as a Youth Ambassador.
News
We're delighted to announce that Sarah Goodes has been appointed MTC Associate Artistic Director.
Feature
When Mary Shepherd commandeered Alan Bennett’s Camden driveway, an unlikely 15-year friendship ensued.
Programme
Learn more about Alan Bennett's bittersweet comedy, The Lady in the Van in our production programme, which can be purchased at the theatre for $2 or downloaded for free online.
Education
MTC’s First Peoples Young Artists Program inspires the next generation of theatre makers.
News
MTC Lifetime Patron and supporter of the Company's Cybec Electric play reading series, Dr Roger Riordan AM passed away on Wednesday 2 January 2019.
Education
Kyle Robinson tells us about his week in the rehearsal room.