MTC Quiz
For this week’s MTC Quiz, we revisit the last ten Abercrombie & Kent Opening Nights before lockdown. Do you recognise the cast and creatives in these opening night photos?
Feature
As we dream of re-opening the theatre, we take a backstage look at our opening nights through the eyes of actors, creatives and MTC staff.
Feature
Performers, like athletes, have unique physical health requirements to ensure they stay at the top of their game – even the costumes they wear can have physical consequences! That’s where expert physiotherapists come in.
Interview
Since 2013, MTC’s Women in Theatre Program has provided invaluable mentoring and career development for women in our industry. COVID-19 restrictions have changed some aspects of the program but the 2020 cohort won’t let it stand in their way.
Backstage Banter
Join actors Fiona Choi, Nadine Garner, Louise Siversen, Michael Wahr and Izabella Yena as they discuss their career highlights, memorable auditions and theatrical superstitions.
MTC Quiz
For this week’s MTC Quiz, we revisit some of the on-stage appearances of our Backstage Banter panel. Do you remember which shows featured these actors?
MTC Recommendations
For our final instalment of MTC Recommendations, Programs Producer Karin Farrell extols the virtues of hygge, cups of tea and the little things that make life worthwhile, in or out of lockdown.
Interactive
Hear from a variety of directors, actors and designers in these interactives that explore the various Production Roles in VCE Theatre Studies.
MTC Quiz
As the home of MTC, Southbank Theatre has hosted twelve seasons of productions to date. Take this week’s MTC Quiz and try naming each of these plays seen on the Sumner stage.
MTC NOW
Explore backstage at Southbank Theatre in this virtual tour and discover how magic is created on stage in an MTC production.
Feature
Explore the busy backstage schedule of a Stage Manager before, during and after a Friday night performance at Southbank Theatre.
Feature
Fly Supervisor James Tucker tells us the secrets of Southbank Theatre’s Power Fly System, and how lighting and scenery is flown into the 20-metre void above the Sumner stage.
Feature
The green room is a common feature in theatres and show spaces (so much so it’s even lent its name to Melbourne’s Green Room Awards). This room for artists to relax in when not performing dates back centuries. But often they’re not even green…
Feature
Lighting Supervisor Richard Gorr explains how the various lighting positions and equipment at Southbank Theatre are used to create magic on stage.
Feature
In the days before performances begin, it’s a flurry of activity backstage at Southbank Theatre. Learn more about who is doing what during the bump in, and once the show has closed, the bump out.