Galleries
Scroll through our gallery to see the cast and creative team of Seventeen prepare to bring this hilarious and moving story to the stage.
Feature
Learn more about how we create pathways for Australia's next directors from the 2022 and 2023 participants.
Education
Read about our 2023 Year 8 Drama partnership with Virtual School Victoria.
In Conversation
Playwrights Patricia Cornelius (My Sister Jill) and Declan Furber Gillick (Jacky) brought urgent new plays to the fore in 2023. They sat down to discuss their process, as well as the risk, relevance and inspiration for writing for theatre.
Video
Watch the video trailer for A Very Jewish Christmas Carol ahead of seeing the production live on stage.
Video
Hear from the cast and creatives bringing this familiar and laugh-out-loud production to the stage. Whether you love or hate festivities, this story is for you.
MTC Foundation
Donors and their guests gathered in the iconic AMCOR lounge to celebrate this incredible production with cast and creatives in an exclusive cocktail party.
Feature
Costume Designer Dann Barber reveals his inspiration for A Very Jewish Christmas Carol and his process for delving into the world of characters.
Programme
Learn why Lead Writer Elise Esther Hearst wrote this touching tale of life and family and meet the cast and creatives bringing it to the stage in our immersive digital programme.
Video
We challenged the cast of A Very Jewish Christmas Carol to a quiz while decorating gingerbread houses.
Video
Take a sneak peek into the rehearsal room of our joyous and laugh-out-loud production of A Very Jewish Christmas Carol.
MTC Foundation
Read how the Newsboys Foundation enabled a group of students with limited access to the arts to participate in this life-changing course.
Interview
Director Susie Dee and 2023 MinterEllison Future Director Kitan Petkovski take a moment to discuss their experience working together on My Sister Jill.
Video
Take a look at some of the lessons learnt by our 2023 MinterEllison Future Directors – Keegan Bragg, Joel Bray, Kuda Mapeza and Kitan Petkovski.
MTC Foundation
Donors and their guests had the opportunity to meet the cast and creative team behind this powerful and poignant new work at an exclusive post-show cocktail party.
MTC Foundation
On Monday 4 September our incredible Donors were the first to experience the reveal of Season 2024 in an exclusive preview at Metropolis Events.
MTC Foundation
Donors and their guests gathered for an exclusive post-show cocktail party with the cast and creatives of this world-first pairing of Caryl Churchill works.
Galleries
Here's your backstage pass to Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. Scroll through our image gallery for a glimpse of the pre-show prep.
Playlist
Listen to a playlist featuring the songs of Billie Holiday as featured in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill.
Programme
Gain insight into Billie Holiday's life and career and read a note from Director Mitchell Butel on Lady Day's powerful legacy in our immersive digital programme.
Video
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Kitan Petkovski – one of our 2023 MinterEllison Future Directors – explains why assistant directing on My Sister Jill has been a dream job, and the insights he's gained working with director Susie Dee.
Video
Hear writer Joanna Murray-Smith discuss her fascination with Australia's first female prime minister, and why she thinks Julia will hit home with Melbourne audiences.
Videos
Discover how Sheridan Harbridge connected with her character and why the script by Zinnie Harris captures everything she loves about theatre.
Video
Director of English Tasnim Hossain tells us why she loves the humour and warmth in this Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy.
Feature
Learn how our talented team prepared an original FX Holden from 1953 for the stage.
Video
Hear writer Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee discuss their enduring artistic partnership, and learn what drew cast members Ian Bliss, Maude Davey, Lucy Goleby and Angourie Rice to this universal tale of the Australian spirit.
Programme
Discover more about the enduring artistic partnership between the writer and director of this new Australian work and meet the talented cast and crew in our immersive digital programme.
Video
Fiona Choi and Richard Piper discuss playing teenagers, and why their characters are more complex than meets the eye.
Video
Ngali Shaw on his eagerness to take part in the stunning new work penned by Nathan Maynard.
Video
Taking on the roles of a mother and daughter, Nadine Garner and Max McKenna chat to us about the familial bond in The Almighty Sometimes, and why the story will resonate with audiences.
Feature
Learn more about the key moments and circumstances the characters in My Sister Jill were living through in post-World War II Australia.
MTC Foundation
The cast and creatives of Bloom joined our Donors post-show to personally thank them for their generous support of the Company.
Feature
Take a walk down memory lane with our interactive timeline as we look back at key moments in our rich and vibrant history.
Feature
In a career spanning six decades, Caryl Churchill has completely transformed the art of playwriting – and she continues to reinvent the genre with each new creation.
Feature
Composer Katie Weston gives us the low-down on writing the music for Bloom and why she connected so strongly to this unique, Australian story.
Video
Vidya Makan and Dean Bryant discuss their script notes for the musical comedy Bloom - book and lyrics by Tom Gleisner and music by Katie Weston.
Video
Oz Malik and Eleanor Barkla discuss their script notes for I Wanna Be Yours by Zia Ahmed.
Video
Director Anne-Louise Sarks and the cast of Escaped Alone and What If If Only take a break during rehearsals to talk about bringing these two dazzling plays to life.
Programme
Meet the casts and creative team working on these two remarkable Caryl Churchill works and discover why Churchill has completely transformed the art of playwriting over her six-decade career in our immersive digital programme.
Video
Hear what audiences are saying about Bloom, our funny and heartwarming new musical with book and lyrics by Tom Gleisner and music by Katie Weston.
Video
Get to know the eclectic bunch of characters that occupy Pine Grove aged care home in our new musical Bloom.
Video
We challenge the Bloom team to sum up this big-hearted new musical dripping with Australian satire and humour in just three words.
Video
Step into the Bloom rehearsal room and hear from the co-creators, director and cast about bringing this big-hearted, one-of-a-kind new Australian musical to life.
Video
Enjoy a first listen of the music of Bloom as the cast sing a snippet of the moving song 'Grow A Little Older'.
Melbourne Theatre Company's Education & Families production of I Wanna Be Yours, by Zia Ahmed, toured to four regional venues in 2023.
Video
Take a sneak peek into the Escaped Alone and What If If Only rehearsal room.
Feature
Learn about the inspiration behind Bloom and the process of creating this heartwarming new Australian musical from co-creator Tom Gleisner.
Programme
Read notes from the writer and director, meet the extraordinary team and discover what it takes to bring a new Australian musical to the stage in Bloom's digital programme.
Feature
Multidisciplinary artist Jesse daCosta shares her experience of Is God Is and how it moved, confronted and spoke to her personally.
Q&A
Cessalee Stovall discusses her character in Is God Is and why she is fascinated by the show’s exploration between the binaries of good and evil.
Q&A
Kevin Copeland discusses his approach to playing a complex and morally ambiguous character in Is God Is and why he believes the show, though dark, is ultimately hopeful and encourages empathy.
Q&A
Grant Young discusses playing Riley in Is God Is and why the show’s exploration of being an outsider and searching for belonging resonates with him.
Q&A
Clare Chihambakwe chats to us about her character in Is God Is, how the play explores nature and nurture and takes risks to bring us something we rarely see on stage.
Q&A
Darius Williams talks with us about his poetically aggressive character Scotch in Is God Is and how he is interpreting the shapes in Aleshea Harris’s text.
Q&A
Patrick Williams chats to us about his role in Is God Is and how the play balances lightness and darkness to take us on a wild ride.
Q&A
As one of the leads in the explosive Is God Is, Masego Pitso talks to us about what drives her character and how she is relishing finding the beauty of rage in her performance.
Feature
For writer, actor and artist Effie Nkrumah, Is God Is transforms a historically white space into a catalyst for cleansing and coming together.
Video
Watch the video trailer for Is God Is ahead of seeing the production live on stage.
Q&A
Henrietta Enyonam Amevor chats to us about leaving nothing on the table to play Anaia, one of the leads in Is God Is, and why this high-octane story resonates with her like no other.
Q&A
Lighting Designer Rachel Lee discusses transitions, fixtures and mood in her lighting for I Wanna Be Yours.
Video
Joel Bray – one of our 2023 MinterEllison Future Directors – shares why he's passionate to create theatre that breaks down the barriers between audiences and performers and what he's learning as Assistant Director on Jacky.
Galleries
Scroll through this gallery to see photos of I Wanna Be Yours onstage.
Q&A
Composer and Sound Designer Mufeez Al Haq discusses his work on I Wanna Be Yours.
Education
After you’ve seen I Wanna Be Yours by Zia Ahmed and directed by Tasnim Hossain, deepen your understanding of the theatre technologies used in the production.
Feature
Dr Todd Fernando reflects on the themes of queer and Indigenous identities in Declan Furber Gillick's groundbreaking new play Jacky.
Video
Step inside the Jacky rehearsal room as we talk to the cast and creatives bringing this bold, world premiere from Aboriginal playwright Declan Furber Gillick to the stage.
Feature
Eugyeene Teh was captivated by the boundless possibilities of theatre from a young age. Read on to discover how he turned this passion into a career and how he tackled the set and costume design for one of the greatest plays ever written, Happy Days.
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Co-directors Zindzi Okenyo and Shari Sebbens introduce the brash and darkly comic Is God Is.
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Guy Simon and Ngali Shaw discuss their script notes for the opening scene of Jacky by Declan Furber Gillick.
70 Years On
Championing, supporting and collaborating with Australian artists is at the heart of the Company. Hear from five of the talented artists involved in our 2023 season about their journey with us.
Video
Head into the Happy Days rehearsal room and discover how the cast and creative team are preparing to bring Beckett's masterpiece to the stage.
70 Years On
Actor Jack Green talks to us about the experience and the impact our digital education resources can have for students in regional areas.
70 Years On
Meet Phillip Kavanagh and Elise Esther Hearst – writers of our final show of the year, A Very Jewish Christmas Carol – and discover how their idea for a new play formed almost by accident and was further developed through NEXT STAGE.
Video
Director Tasnim Hossain and actors Eleanor Barkla and Oz Malik introduce the world of I Wanna Be Yours by London writer Zia Ahmed.
70 Years On
Learn more about how philanthropic support can help stage the stories of our time.
Feature
For author Claire Thomas, Samuel Beckett’s image of a trapped woman in his absurdist masterpiece Happy Days is as potent as ever.
Programme
Meet the cast and creative team bringing this absurdist masterpiece to life, and read an award-winning author’s take on the striking image of trapped woman in our immersive, digital programme.
Video
Kate Mulvany discusses her script notes for the opening scene of Bernhardt/Hamlet by Theresa Rebeck.
Video
Take a sneak peek into the rehearsal room with Judith Lucy and the Happy Days team.
MTC Foundation
Read how Melbourne Theatre Company Education amplified the impact of the theatre-going experience for young people in 2022
Programme
Learn more about our three new exciting playwrights and their works in our Cybec Electric 2023 programme.
MTC Foundation
We were excited to welcome the cast of Bernhardt/Hamlet and the Director Anne-Louise Sarks, Artistic Director & Co-CEO, to a celebratory cocktail party and chat after the show with our Donors.
Galleries
See more of Bernhardt/Hamlet onstage in this gallery of photos by Pia Johnson.
Education
Deepen your understanding of the theatre technologies used in Bernhardt/Hamlet.
Education
Our Education team talked with award-winning designer Marg Horwell during tech rehearsals for Bernhardt/Hamlet to provide students with insight into her set and costume designs.
MTC Foundation
We spoke to long-time supporter Libby McMeekin about her passion for Melbourne Theatre Company and why this motivated her legacy gift to our future.
Education
A resource pack for teachers and students to learn more about Bernhardt/Hamlet through the lens of VCE Theatre Studies.
Interview
We asked our brilliant Bernhardt/Hamlet cast to share their insights into finding their characters and why Sarah Bernhardt’s story is still so pertinent for audiences today.
Feature
Join us and celebrate some of our community of trailblazing women – onstage and off, and from yesterday, now and tomorrow.
Q&A
Director Anne-Louise Sarks discusses her approach to bringing Bernhardt/Hamlet to life onstage.
Programme
Anne-Louise Sarks chose to direct Bernhardt/Hamlet because it is sharp, witty, fast and light. But there's also another reason why this play resonates with her so deeply. Find out and learn more about this incredible production in our programme.
Feature
Award-winning author and educator Victoria Duckett has devoted 30 years to studying the great Sarah Bernhardt. Read on to discover why and how histories that include an eccentric maverick like Bernhardt prompt endless questions.
Video
Take a sneak peek in the rehearsal room with the Bernhardt/Hamlet team.
Video
Enter the brilliant world of Sarah Bernhardt as we introduce the cast and characters of Bernhardt/Hamlet, directed by Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks.
Galleries
Scroll through this gallery to see the cast and creative team of Bernhardt/Hamlet prepare to bring this large-scale comedy to the stage.
Education
Prepare to see Bernhardt/Hamlet by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, with these VCE Theatre Studies insights and activities.
News
MTC Foundation
We are thrilled to have Donor Events back in 2023. Following an electric performance of Sunday, our Donors joined us for a cocktail party to celebrate with the cast and creatives from the show.
Programme
Learn more about how this powerful play came to be with insights from the playwright Suzie Miller and Director Lee Lewis in our immersive digital programme.
Q&A
Discover how costume designer Harriet Oxley uses colour and texture to design Sunday's fantastical realist costumes.
Feature
Award-winning author Bri Lee reflects on Prima Facie’s indictment of our legal system that consistently fails women and how Suzie Miller got it (unfortunately) right.
Video
Follow us into the Sunday rehearsal room and meet our cast, director and costume designer.
Feature
Discover more about the real people and events behind Anthony Weigh’s Sunday.
Video
Take a sneak peek behind the scenes of the Sunday team in rehearsals.
Programme
Learn more about the cast and creative team behind Sunday – a world premiere production by award-winning playwright Anthony Weigh inspired by the stories and myths that surround Heide Museum of Modern Art founder Sunday Reed.