Melbourne Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the ongoing support of our community of Donors. 

Lifetime Patrons

Acknowledging a lifetime of extraordinary support.

Rowland Ball OAM and The Late Monica Maughan
Pat Burke
Peter Clemenger AO and The Late Joan Clemenger AO
Greig Gailey and Dr Geraldine Lazarus
Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO
Allan Myers AC KC and Maria Myers AC
The Late Biddy Ponsford
The Late Dr Roger Riordan AM
Maureen Wheeler AO and Tony Wheeler AO
The Late Ursula Whiteside
Caroline Young and Derek Young AM

Endowment Fund Donors

Supporting Melbourne Theatre Company's long term sustainability and creative future.

Leading Gifts
Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO

$10,000+
Charles Gilles and Penny Allen

$1,000+
Judy Dunster

Playwrights Giving Circle

Supporting the NEXT STAGE Writers' Program.

$100,000+
Hansen Little Foundation

$50,000+
Fitzpatrick Sykes Family Foundation
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson

$20,000+
Tony and Janine Burgess
Larry and Petra Kamener
Prudence and Neil Morrison
Orcadia Foundation
Craig Semple
Dr Richard Simmie

$10,000+
Susanna Mason
Helen Nicolay
Pimlico Foundation

       

Production Patrons

The Glass Menagerie Giving Circle
Karen Cusack
Charles Gillies and Penny Allen
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson

 

Uncle Vanya Giving Circle
Jennifer Darbyshire and David Walker
Michael Kingston
Heather and Simon McKeon
Peter and Ruth McMullin
Dr Chris Moss & Andrea John Moss
Craig Semple
Terry Wu
Anonymous (1)

 

 

Eliza Giving Circle
Malcolm Allen
Martin and Loreto Hosking
Jasper Foundation
Adam and Susie Lewis
Andrew & Sonya Nash 
Patrick O'Brien and Susan Weller
The John & Myriam Wylie Foundation
Anonymous (1)

 

 

My Brilliant Career Audio Recording
The audio recording of My Brilliant Career was made possible with the support of the following donors

Karen Cusack
Jennifer Darbyshire and David Walker
Martin and Loreto Hosking
Craig Semple
Anonymous (1)

 

Rebecca Giving Circle
Karen Cusack
Andy Dinan and Mario Lo Guidice
Martin and Loreto Hosking
Deanne Bevan and Guy Russo
SALT Catalyst
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch
Craig Semple

 

Much Ado About Nothing Giving Circle
Jenny Barbour
Paul and Wendy Bonnici and Family
Christine Christian
Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO
The Louise and Martyn Myer Foundation
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch
Craig Semple
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Anonymous (1)

 

Trusts and Foundations

Benefactors Circle

$100,000+
Peter Clemenger AO
Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO 
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Maureen Wheeler AO and Tony Wheeler AO

$50,000+
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM
Fitzpatrick Sykes Family Foundation
The Helen Fraser Gift Fund
Martin and Loreto Hosking
Craig Semple

$25,000+
Tony and Janine Burgess
Gailey Lazarus Foundation
Petra and Larry Kamener
Suzanne Kirkham
The Helens Gift
Prudence and Neil Morrison
Newsboys Foundation
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch
Vizard Foundation
Orcadia Foundation LTD

$10,000+
Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation
John and Lorraine Bates
Pat Burke and Jan Nolan
Michael Buxton AM and Janet Buxton
The Cattermole Family
Karen Cusack
Jennifer Darbyshire and David Walker
The Dowd Foundation
Christine Gilbertson
Charles Gillies and Penny Allen
Lesley Griffin
David and Lilly Harris
Linda Herd
Ian And Titania Henderson Foundation
Diane John
Tony and Nathalie Johnson
Daryl Kendrick and Leong Lai Peng (Betty)
Susanna Mason
McKellar Outram Foundation
Dr Chris Moss & Andrea John Moss
Andrew J. Nash
Helen Nicolay
Pimlico Foundation
The Reid Malley Foundation
Lisa Ring
Dr Richard Simmie
Rob Stewart and Lisa Dowd
Ralph Ward-Ambler AM and Barbara Ward-Ambler
Anonymous (2)

Advocates Circle

$5,000+
Dr Katie Allen and Malcolm Allen
BagĂ´t Gjergja Foundation
James Best and Doris Young
Jay Bethell and Peter Smart
Bowness Family Foundation
Dr Douglas Brown and Treena Brown
Nan Brown
Dr Andrew Buchanan and Peter Darcy
Ian and Jillian Buchanan
Diana Burleigh
Alison and John Cameron
Ann Cutts
Prof Glyn Davis AC and Prof Margaret Gardner AC
Kaye and John de Wijn
Marian Evans
Diana and Murray Gerstman
Roger and Jan Goldsmith
Tony Hillery and Warwick Eddington
Amy and Paul Jasper
Michael Kingston
Jane Kunstler
Alex Lewenberg
Adam and Susie Lewis
Heather and Simon McKeon
George and Rosa Morstyn
The Louise and Martyn Myer Foundation
Tom and Ruth O'Dea
Leigh O'Neill
Dr Kia Pajouhesh (Smile Solutions)
Roger and Ruth Parker
Planning Partners Pty Ltd
Catherine Quealy
Christopher Reed
Renzella Foundation
Lynne Sherwood
Geoff Steinicke
Janet Whiting AM and Phil Lukies
Price and Christine Williams
Anonymous (12)

$2,500+
Ian Baker and Cheryl Saunders
Bernadette Broberg
Bill Burdett AM and Sandra Burdett
Geoff Cosgriff
Susanne Dahn
Ann Darby
Megan Davis
Sue and John Denmead
Pam Durrant
Rosemary Forbes and Ian Hocking
Nigel and Cathy Garrard
Lording Family Foundation
Don and Sue Matthews
Libby McMeekin
Kim and Peter Monk
Nelson Bros Funeral Services
Dr Paul Nisselle AM and Sue Nisselle
John and Veronica Rickard
S and S Rogerson
Jeremy Ruskin and Roz Zalewski
Margaret Sahhar AM
Dr John Sime
James and Anne Syme
Liz Tromans
The Ray and Margaret Wilson Foundation
Anonymous (6)

Loyalty Circle

$1,000+
E Abbott and B McComb
Julie Andrews
Prof Robin Batterham
Sandra Beanham
Elizabeth Beischer
G J Bibby
Tara Bishop
Judy Bourke
Nigel and Sheena Broughton
Beth Brown and The Late Tom Bruce AM
Jannie Brown
Lynne and Rob Burgess
Julie Burke
Katie Burke
Geoffrey Bush-Coote and Michael Riordan
Pam Caldwell
John and Jan Campbell
Jessica Canning
Clare Carlson
Chernov Family
C Christian
Assoc Prof Lyn Clearihan and Dr Anthony Palmer
Christine Clough
Judge Susan Cohen
Sandy and Yvonne Constantine
Deborah Conyngham
Jutta Cowen
Dr Sally Duguid and Dr David Tingay
J Dunster
Bev and Geoff Edwards
Karen and David Elias
Nita Eng
Anne Evans and Graham Evans AO
Dr Alastair Fearn
Anna and John Field
Grant Fisher and Helen Bird
Elizabeth Foster
Bruce Freeman
John R Fullerton
Kerry Gardner AM and Andrew Myer AM
Gaye and John Gaylard
Gill Family Foundation
Jane and Stephen Grover
Fiona Griffiths and Tony Osmond
Ian and Wendy Haines
M D Harper
Luke Heagerty
Lorraine Hendrata
Brett and Kerri Hereward
Dr Alice Hill and Mark Nicholson
A G Hocking
Amelia Holland
Emeritus Prof Andrea Hull AO
Nanette Hunter
Tony Hyams AM
Neil Jens
Ben Johnson and Mark McNamara
Sally and Rod Johnstone
K and B Jones
Michael Kantor
Benny Katz
Leah Kaplan and Barry Levy
Irene Kearsey and M J Ridley
Daniel Kilby
Fiona Kirwan-Hamilton and Brett Parkin
Doris and Steve Klein
Marianne and Arthur Klepfisz
Larry Kornhauser OAM and Natalya Gill
S Lansbury and D Di Fabio
Peter and Judy Loney
Kerryn Lowe and Raphael Arndt
K. Mackinnon
Karin MacNab
Natasha and Laurence Mandie
Chris Maple
Ian and Judi Marshman
Colin and Helen Masters
Paula McKinnon and Troy Sussman
Garry McLean
Peter McPhee AM
Fiona Menzies
Robert and Helena Mestrovic
MK Hope
Jennifer Murray
Barbara and David Mushin
Sarah Nguyen

In loving memory of Richard Park
Bruce Parncutt AO
Dr Annamarie Perlesz
Jac Phillips
Peter Philpott and Robert Ratcliffe
Nathan and Susan Pinskier
Victoria Ponsford
F Raffin
Phil and Gayle Raftery
David Reckenberg and Dale Bradbury
Sally Redlich
Victoria Redwood
Rogers Family
B and J Rollason
Nick and Rowena Rudge
Edwina Sahhar
Sandi Foundation dedicated to Alec
Fiona Scott
Sally and Tim Scott
Jacky and Rupert Sherwood
Diane Silk
Pauline and Tony Simioni
Jan Simon
Rachel Slade
Angela Smith
Annette Smorgon
Anthony Steward
Dr Ross and Helen Stillwell
Rosemary Stipanov
Shannon Super
Celia & Richard Sutterby
Irene and John Sutton
David and Angela Taft
Rodney and Aviva Taft
C Tegner
Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher
The Veith Foundation
John and Anna van Weel
Kevin and Elizabeth Walsh
Pinky Watson
Ann and Alan Wilkinson
R Wilkinson
Robert and Diana Wilson
L Withers
Mandy and Edward Yencken
Anonymous (26)

Education Giving Circle

Alan & Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation
G J Bibby
Judy Bourke
Geoff Cosgriff
Ann Darby
Larry Kornhauser OAM and Natalya Gill
Christopher Reed
Rogers Family
Jane Simon and Peter Cox
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Rob Stewart and Lisa Dowd
The Stirling Family
The John & Myriam Wylie Foundation
Anonymous (2)

First Nations Giving Circle

John and Lorraine Bates

Linda Herd

Daniel Kilby

Jane Kunstler

Nathan and Susan Pinskier

Christopher Reed

Craig Semple

Legacy Circle

Acknowledging supporters who have made the visionary gesture of including a gift to Melbourne Theatre Company in their will.

John and Lorraine Bates
Tamara and Mark Boldiston
Bernadette Broberg
Roger Chao
Adam and Donna Cusack-Muller
James Dipnall
Anne Evans and Graham Evans AO
Bruce Freeman
Peter and Betty Game
Edith Gordon
Fiona Griffiths
Linda Herd
Tony Hillery and Warwick Eddington
Irene Kearsey
Jane Kunstler
Robyn and Maurice Lichter
Dr Andrew McAliece
Libby McMeekin
Peter Philpott and Robert Ratcliffe
Marcus Pettinato
Hamish Redd SC
Dr Richard Simmie
Jillian Smith
Diane Tweeddale
Francis Vergona
Anonymous (15)

Supporters Circle

$100 - $999
Salwa Abdel-Aziz
David and Vivienne Abell
Simon Abrahams
Ann and Robin Ahin
Cathy Aird
Jane Allan and Mark Redmond
James Angus AO and Helen Angus
Heather Bell
Andrea and Chris Blake
Jane Bland
Jenny Blencowe
Julia Blunden
Fay Bock
Marianne and Robert Broadbent
Dr Christopher and Jill Buckley
Robyn Burke and Graham Burke AO
Pamela Carder
Min Li Chong
Mr Peter R Clements
Mr J and Mrs S Crockett
Kate Culbertson
Sue and David Cummings
Rosie Cunningham
M. Dalziel
David and Patricia Davidson
Beverley Davis OAM JP and Dr John Davis
Noni Doyle and Prof Lex Doyle
Mary Dyer
Isabel and Graeme Edgoose
Keith and Heather Fagg
Patricia Feast
Tina and Domenica Forestiere
Jason Garufi
Vicki and Stefano Giorgini
Edith Gordon
Geoffrey Grinton OAM and Margaret Grinton
Sally Gudgeon
Dr Rosemary Holmes
Katherine Horowood
Inarc Architects
Will and Jennie Irving
Sue Jaffer and Nick Morris
Lesley and Ian Jones
Dr Emma Jane Ladakis
Bridget Laird
Alison Leslie and Jim Leslie
Julie Lidgett
C. N. Luth Esq.
Joy Manners
The Mar Family
Penelope McEniry
Francis and Marilyn McKeown
Pamela McLure
Ross and Judy Milne-Pott
Glenn and Maureen Monckton
Margaret Newton
Michele Nielsen
Dr Rosemary Nixon AM
Denis O'Hara and Annette Clarey
Tony Oliver
Rosemary Pitt
Rob and Ingeborg Pratt
Diana Primavera
D Probert
Dr Amanda Reich
Ian Renard AM
Peter Ross
Julie Shelton
Pamela and Paul Siostrom
Ros Smith and Reverend Trevor Smith
Drs Anne and Don Stewart
Helene Strawbridge
Ronella Stuart
EJ and TL Talbot
Dianne Temby
EJ and TL Talbot
Nick Toll and Julie Nield
Linnett Turner
Diane Tweeddale
Catherine Wallis
Nicholas Waxman
Margaret Westlake
Dianne White
Nick and Helen Withers
Anonymous (253)

Legacy Gifts

Remembering and honouring those who have generously supported the Company through a bequest.

The Late Margaret Anne Brien
The Christine Brown Bequest
David Gonzalez
Macgeorge Bequest
The Late Max and Jill Schultz
The Kitty and Leslie Sandy Bequest
The Estate of Prudence Ann Tutton
The Estate of Freda E White
Suzanne Webster

Current as of July 2026.