Interviews

Reconciling with the past

After a year offstage, Michael Wahr is thrilled to return to MTC, and to all the joys and challenges of being a working actor.

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Balance of Power

MTC’s Associate Director reflects on the assumed and invisible lines that are crossed because of privilege, entitlement, celebrity and structural authority, and the subtle and sometimes invisible thresholds of power.

Interviews

In Hindsight: 2020 Vision

Writer and director Dean Bryant discusses slowing down, lockdown life as an arts worker, and taking 2020 to the stage with a group of friends.

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Dreaming of Mary Street

From her home in Los Angeles, playwright Lally Katz speaks with MTC about travelling – through time and place – via her dreams.

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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.

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Active Voice

Just as performers have unique physical requirements to ensure their bodies stay healthy and show-ready, they also need to take extra special care of their voices. To help, MTC has an on-call professional speech pathologist, and her tips can help you too.

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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.