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In memory of Aidan Fennessy, we look back on his impressive collection of work with Melbourne Theatre Company.
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The Heartbreak Choir's Musical Director, Vicky Jacobs, talks to us about how music and singing work within the play and how choirs have the power to bring us together.
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William McKenna is making his MTC debut in Admissions. We talk to him about his journey so far and how he prepared for his role in this explosive and provocative play.
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Kat Stewart is back at MTC in the biting, satirical comedy Admissions. She tells us why it’s a play she couldn’t ignore and why she’s drawn to complex, flawed characters.
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Today and every day, we are thrilled to champion women in their pursuit of careers in the creative industries. This International Women’s Day join us as we celebrate the achievements of women in our 2022 season who are alumni of MTC programs.
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Director Gary Abrahams unpacks the provocations, issues and topics at play in Joshua Harmon's scorching satire Admissions.
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Sydney-based performer Emily Havea has tallied an impressive list of credits to her name – including being Australia’s first female person of colour to play Curly McClain in Oklahoma! She talks to us about her career to date and her MTC debut in Fun Home.
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Journalist Maggie Zhou discovers how Fun Home will put you right in the centre of a loving, complex, heartwarming and raw family story – one that everyone can find themselves in.
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The cast of Touching the Void tell us how they embody their characters for each performance.
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We talk to Lucy Maunder and Ursula Searle, who both star in Fun Home as lead character Alison, but in different stages of her life.
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How do you create a mountain without actually building a mountain? Set designer Andrew Bailey tells us how he faced this challenge for Touching the Void – an epic tale of survival, endurance and adventure in the Peruvian Andes.
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MTC Associate Director Petra Kalive reflects on the past two years, the importance of maintaining hope and the irreplaceable experience of live performance.
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Discover the motivations, philosophies and personalities of the characters that inhabit Shakespeare's topsy-turvy world from the people that know them best – the cast of As You Like It.
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After more than two years, Shakespeare’s As You Like It finally takes to the MTC stage. Associate Costume Designer and costume maker John Van Gastel takes us behind the scenes, and seams, of this epic journey.
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Following Eurovision, world tours, major musicals, TV shows and an acclaimed fifth studio album, Keir Nuttall and Kate Miller-Heidke return to the world of Shakespeare this year to compose for MTC’s season of Shakespeare’s musical comedy, As You Like It.