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Features
Kelly's Girl
Award-winning British playwright Dennis Kelly may be best known to audiences for his adaptations of Matilda and Pinocchio, but Girls & Boys is very different kind of family story. He talks to us about fatherhood, relationships and believing women.
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Back to the Void
Touching the Void dramatises the true story of climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, and their treacherous descent down a glacial Andean mountain. Ahead of its Australian premiere at MTC, the real Yates spoke to us about the beauty and humour of climbing.
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A Parting Gift
Outgoing MTC Artistic Director Brett Sheehy offers some insight into the plays of Season 2022 – from personal reactions to programming reflections.
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Melbourne Makers: Xani Kolac
Cyrano is not a musical but it is a show filled with music. The play’s musical director and composer, Xani Kolac, explains the difference – and tells us why this non-musical is also magical.
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Choral stories
Cyrano’s chorus is a key part of the play’s interrogation of old storytelling tropes. The three chorus members help analyse why we continue to tell old stories, and how we can tell new stories; stories for everybody.
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Interviews
A Nose by Any Other Name
Actor and playwright Virginia Gay discusses writing a Cyrano not just for the 21st century but for Melbourne in the aftermath of 2020.
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Doll People
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll playwright and former MTC Artistic Director Ray Lawler turned 100 on 23 May 2021. To celebrate, theatre and arts journalist John Bailey reflects on Lawler’s legacy.
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On the nature of truth, and the history of fact checking
The Lifespan of a Fact offers audiences a playful, theatrical debate about the value of verifiable facts vs the power of poetic license. It's an age-old debate ... or is it? The history of fact checking may surprise you.
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The lifespan of The Lifespan
The story of The Lifespan of a Fact began almost 20 years ago. The play is a fictionalised version of non-fiction people and events. The real Jim Fingal spoke with MTC to reflect on the lifespan of The Lifespan of a Fact.
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From our stage to your screen
For the first time in the Company’s history, select MTC shows will be filmed and made available for a digital season you can enjoy on-demand from the comfort of your own couch.
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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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Hidden in Plain Sight
A ‘slightly overbearing’ oil painting – a sea-scape with dramatic rain clouds in an ornate frame – is a focal point in Christina Smith’s set design for Berlin. Read on to discover the story behind it, and the play’s big twist. Spoilers follow!