Melbourne Theatre Company acknowledges the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation, the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, create and gather. We pay our respects to all First Nations people, their Elders past and present, and their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. As a Company we remain committed to the invitation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and its call for voice, truth and treaty.

Melbourne Theatre Company is a department of the University of Melbourne

Login Donate

Backstage at Southbank Theatre. Photo: Tim Grey

Interactive

Melbourne Theatre Company's

Theatre Production Processes

Learn more about the MTC production life cycle in these interactive images.

By Nick Tranter

Through the lens of VCE Theatre Studies, explore the MTC production life cycle in these interactive images and discover what MTC staff and artists do at each stage of the production.

For the best experience, view each image in full screen on your desktop or laptop.

Planning

Planning includes introduction to the script, annotation, exploring and establishing initial concepts and aims for the production, undertaking dramaturgy, and evaluation of this stage of the production process.

Development

Development includes exploring, making, reflecting, trialing and refining to achieve production aims, and evaluation of this stage of the production process.

Presentation

Presentation includes bumping-in, technical/dress rehearsals, performances, bumping-out, and evaluation of this stage of the production process.

Made possible by Virtual School Victoria and the Victorian Department of Education and Training.

Graphic design by Helena Turinski.

Published on 4 December 2019