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The Dressing Room

Actors spend a LOT of time at a theatre; so much so it can become like a second home. And with jobs that require them to change clothes, shower and sometimes sleep at work, they need a space in which to do these things. Enter, the dressing rooms…

MTC History

John Sumner & Ray Lawler

The story of MTC couldn't be told with the stories of John Hackman Sumner and Raymond Evenor Lawler, the men whose names now adorn Southbank Theatre's two performance spaces.

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Makeshift Chef

For many people, preparing food is a way to relax, the end result of which – hopefully! – is a delicious and nutritious meal. For stage managers, it’s something else altogether. We take a look behind the MTC pantry door…

Q&A

Happily Ever After?

Susie Youssef and Peter Paltos want Laura Wade to write a Home, I'm Darling sequel, so we can find out what happens to their characters, Fran and Marcus.

Q&A

A Man in Love

Toby Truslove talks about the difference between acting on stage and on screen, the joy of playing a man in love, and eating cake eight times a week.

Interviews

Kath & Sylvia

Best known as Kath Day-Knight from Kath & Kim, Jane Turner returns to the stage, taking on a very different maternal role.

Interviews

From student to stage

Actor Izabella Yena’s MTC journey began in high school. This year she makes her MTC mainstage debut in Home, I’m Darling, and she will return to the stage a few months later for Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes.

Interviews

A Brilliant Career

We chat with Nadine Garner about Emerald City, making art and her brilliant career.

Interviews

The intimate details

You may know actor Michala Banas from her onscreen roles in Upper Middle Bogan or McLeod’s Daughters, but her new role is her most personal yet.

Interviews

Her name is Aurora

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.

Interviews

Creating the universes of the Spider Woman

Award-winning set and costume designer Alicia Clements discusses the ‘marathon’ journey of bringing Kiss of the Spider Woman to life through costume.

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Kiss of History

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.