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.

Women in Theatre in 2020

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.

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The Green Room

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…

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The Foyer and Front of House

Mark Wheeler is Theatre Operations Director at Southbank Theatre. He introduces us to the front-of-house staff you see in the foyer, who keep the theatre running and who make the audience’s visit one to remember.

Interviews

Behind the Scenes: Virtual Tour

In 2019, MTC Education produced a virtual tour of the Company’s Sturt Street HQ building, allowing anyone to remotely visit the spaces where plays are rehearsed, sets are built and costumes and wigs are created. Next up: the Southbank Theatre virtual tour

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The Dressing Room

Actors can spend a LOT of time at the 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 without the stories of John Hackman Sumner and Raymond Evenor Lawler, the theatre makers 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.