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A View from the Woods

You may have seen Lachlan Woods onstage but his offstage work as a photographer is an equally notable part of his MTC oeuvre. He talks to us about taking pictures, making theatre, voice acting, artificial intelligence and more.

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How to make an Elizabethan ruff

The artisans who work behind the scenes on MTC shows may be out of sight but their impressive skills and talent are vital in creating the magic of theatre. Costume maker John Van Gastel gives us a glimpse of what’s involved.

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Welcome to NEXT STAGE 2020

While COVID has certainly put a spoke in the wheel of 2020, MTC’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program has been continuing apace behind the scenes.

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Pandora's Secrets

Talking tech thrillers, Zoom theatre and the benefits of working in an office with playwright Kylie Trounson…

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Dogs of MTC

Melbourne Theatre Company is a dog-friendly workplace. Let’s meet the very good four-legged friends of MTC...

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Melbourne’s masked millinery moment

In the midst of the fashion capital of Australia’s mask mandate, MTC’s milliner is making some very stylish statement masks.

MTC NOW

A family tradition

In April 2020, the family of long-time MTC subscribers Arthur & Viola Charlwood donated to the Company their signed first edition copy of Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. Their daughter, Dianne White, shares their story.

MTC Audio Lab

A whisper in your ear…

The second series of MTC Audio Lab takes us on an eerie literary journey with a dramatic reading of Henry James’s classic ghost story, The Turn of the Screw. Director Sarah Goodes shares her vision for an act of collective imagination.

MTC Audio Lab

American Gothic: From James to Jackson

On the continuing legacy of Henry James’s gothic thriller The Turn of the Screw, one of contemporary literature’s most enduring and inspiring classics.

MTC Audio Lab

Speak Up

We kick off our new series of audio dramas, MTC Audio Lab, with Great Australian Speeches, curated and directed by MTC Associate Director Petra Kalive. She tells us how she sought to highlight something we’re very much in need of right now: hope.

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Behind the glittering lights of Opening Night

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.