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
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
The Late Max and the Late Jill Schultz

$50,000+
The Late Margaret Anne Brien  
Tony and Janine Burgess 
The Late Geoffrey Cohen AM
Martin and Loreto Hosking 
The Late Valerie Gwendolyn King 
John Higgins AO and Jodie Maunder 
The Late Biddy Ponsford 
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson 
The John and Myriam Wylie Foundation

$20,000+
Robert A. Dunster  
Prudence and Neil Morrison 
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch 

$10,000+
Jennifer Darbyshire and David Walker 
Charles Gilles and Penny Allen 
Ian Hicks AO 
Tony and Nathalie Johnson 
Jane Kunstler 
Helen Lynch AM and Helen Bauer 
Craig Semple

$5,000+
Bowness Family Foundation 
John and Lorraine Bates 
Prof Glyn Davis AC and Prof Margaret Gardner AC 
Karen Inge and Dr George Janko 
Geoffrey Smith & Gary Singer 
Rebecca Wilkinson 
Anonymous (1)

$2,500+
Paul and Robyn Brasher 
Nigel and Sheena Broughton  
Rosemary Forbes and Ian Hocking  
Charles and Cornelia Goode Foundation
Roger and Ruth Parker 
Anne-Louise Sarks

$1,000+
Nan Brown
Rob and Sal Bruce
 
Chernov Family
Pam Caldwell 
Clare Carlson 
Assoc Prof Lyn Clearihan AM and Dr Anthony Palmer 
Pam Durrant
Gaye & John Gaylard
Gill Family Foundation 
M D Harper 
Dr Alice Hill and Mark Nicholson 
Emeritus Prof Andrea Hull AO 
Neil and Jane Jens 
Lording Family Foundation
Emeritus Prof Peter McPhee AM 
Fiona Menzies 
Ann Miller AM 
Sarah Nguyen 
Sally Noonan 
John and Veronica Rickard
Jenny Russo 
Jan Simon 
Charles Tegner
Pinky Watson 
Robert and Diana Wilson 
Anonymous (3)

Playwrights Giving Circle

Supporting the NEXT STAGE Writers' Program.

Fitzpatrick Sykes Family Foundation, The Glenholme Foundation, Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO, Larry Kamener and Petra Kamener, Malcolm Robertson Foundation, Susanna Mason, Helen Nicolay, Pimlico Foundation, Tania Seary and Chris Lynch, Craig Semple, Dr Richard Simmie, Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson, Derek and Caroline Young

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37 Giving Circle

Leading Gift
Fitzpatrick Sykes Family Foundation

$10,000+
Diane John
Angie & Colin Carter
Larry & Petra Kamener

$5,000+
Craig Semple
Patricia Faulkner AO

$2,000+
Marcia Langton AO

 

Never Have I Ever Giving Circle

Deborah Beale AM & Chris Jackson
Andrew Penn AO & Kallie Blauhorn
Miffany & James Blythe
Sally Capp AO & Andrew Sutherland
Sophie & Simon Crowe
Jennifer Darbyshire & David Walker
Charles Gillies
Tania Seary & Chris Lynch

Trusts and Foundations

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Benefactors Circle

$50,000+
The Late Margaret Anne Brien 
Tony and Janine Burgess 
Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM
Peter Clemenger AO 
Fitzpatrick Sykes Family Foundation 
Greig Gaily and Dr Geraldine Lazarus 
Jane Hansen AO and Paul Little AO 
John Higgins AO and Jodie Maunder 
Martin and Loreto Hosking 
The Late Valerie Gwendolyn King 
The Late Max Schultz and The Late Jill Schultz 
Tania Seary and Chris Lynch 
Maureen Wheeler AO and Tony Wheeler AO
John & Myriam Wylie Foundation

$20,000+
Linda Herd 
Petra and Larry Kamener 
Prudence and Neil Morrison 
Craig Semple 
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson 
The John & Myriam Wylie Foundation 
Anonymous (1)

$10,000+
APS Foundation  
Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation 
Joanna Baevski 
John and Lorraine Bates 
Jay Bethell and Peter Smart 

Michael Buxton AM and Janet Buxton 
Angie and Colin Carter 
The Cattermole Family 
Jennifer Darbyshire and David Walker 
The Dowd Foundation
Charles Gilles and Penny Allen 
Charles And Cornelia Goode Foundation 
Ian Hicks AO 
Diane John 
Tony and Nathalie Johnson 
Daryl Kendrick and Leong Lai Peng (Betty) 

Helen Lynch AM and Helen Bauer 
Susanna Mason 
Ian and Margaret McKellar

Helen Nicolay 
Pimlico Foundation 
Catherine Quealy 
Janet Reid OAM and Allan Reid 
Lisa Ring 
Anne and Mark Robertson OAM 
Dr Richard Simmie 
Rob Stewart and Lisa Dowd 
Tintagel Bay P/L 
Ralph Ward-Ambler AM and Barbara Ward-Ambler 
Matt Williams – Artem Group 
Anonymous (2) 

$5,000+
Bagôt Gjergja Foundation 
James Best and Doris Young 
Dr Andrew Buchanan and Peter Darcy 
Bill Burdett AM and Sandra Burdett 
Pat Burke and Jan Nolan 
Diana Burleigh 
Dr Douglas Brown and Treena Brown 
Bowness Family Foundation 
Alison and John Cameron 
Ann Cutts 
Prof Glyn Davis AC and Prof Margaret Gardner AC 
Marian Evans 
Christine Gilbertson 
Lesley Griffin 
Roger and Jan Goldsmith 
David and Lilly Harris 
Jane Hemstritch AO 
Tony Hillery and Warwick Eddington 
Karen Inge and Dr George Janko 
Amy and Paul Jasper 
Josephine and Graham Kraehe AO 
Jane Kunstler 
Martin and Melissa McIntosh 
George and Rosa Morstyn 
The Myer Foundation 
Tom and Ruth O’Dea 
Leigh O'Neill 
Dr Kia Pajouhesh (Smile Solutions) 
Lynne Sherwood 
Geoffrey Smith & Gary Singer 
Trawalla Foundation Trust 
Janet Whiting AM and Phil Lukies 
Rebecca Wilkinson 
Anonymous (4)

Advocates Circle

$2,500+ 
Nan Brown  
Ian and Jillian Buchanan  
Lynne and Rob Burgess 
Megan Davis and Antony Isaacson 
Rodney Dux 
Anna & John Field 
Nigel and Cathy Garrard 
Diana and Murray Gerstman 
Heather and Bob Glindemann OAM 
Jane Grover 
Halina Lewenberg Charitable Foundation Pty Ltd 
Peter and Halina Jacobsen 
Libby McMeekin 
Sandra Murdoch 
Jane and Andrew Murray 
Nelson Bros Funeral Services 
Jeremy Ruskin and Roz Zalewski  
Dr John Sime  
Brian Snape AM and Christina Martin 
Geoff Steinicke 
James and Anne Syme 
David and Angela Taft 
Liz Tromans 
The Veith Foundation 
Kaye and John de Wijn 
Price and Christine Williams 
The Ray and Margaret Wilson Foundation 
Gillian and Tony Wood 
Anonymous (2)

Loyalty Circle

$1,000+
Prof Noel Alpins AM and Sylvia Alpins  
Margaret Astbury  
Ian Baker and Cheryl Saunders 
Prof Robin Batterham  
Judy Bourke 
Jenny and Lucinda Brash 
Bernadette Broberg 
Beth Brown and The Late Tom Bruce AM 
Jannie Brown 
Julie Burke 
Katie Burke 
John and Jan Campbell 
Jessica Canning 
Jenny and Stephen Charles AO 
Susan Cohen 
Sandy and Yvonne Constantine 
Karen Cusack 
Sue and John Denmead 
Mark Duckworth PSM and Lauren Mosso 
Dr Sally Duguid and Dr David Tingay 
Pam Durrant 
Bev and Geoff Edwards 
Karen and David Elias 
Nita Eng 
Dr Alastair Fearn 
Paul and Mary Fildes 
Bruce Freeman 
Gaye and John Gaylard 
Fiona Griffiths and Tony Osmond 
Ian and Wendy Haines 
Luke Heagerty 
Lorraine Hendrata 
Brett and Kerri Hereward 
Howard and Glennys Hocking 
Emeritus Prof Andrea Hull AO 
Nanette Hunter 
Sally and Rod Johnstone 
Lesley and Ian Jones 
Leah Kaplan and Barry Levy 
Irene Kearsey and Michael Ridley 
Malcolm Kemp 
Fiona Kirwan-Hamilton and Brett Parkin 
Doris and Steve Klein 
Marianne and Arthur Klepfisz 
Dr Emma Jane Ladakis 
S Lansbury and D Di Fabio 
Verona Lea 
Alison Leslie and Jim Leslie 
Glenda and Greg Lewin AM 
Peter and Judy Loney 
Lord Family
Kerryn Lowe and Raphael Arndt 
Ken and Jan Mackinnon 
Karin MacNab 
Natasha and Laurence Mandie 
Chris Maple 
Ian and Judi Marshman 
Colin and Helen Masters 
Penelope McEniry 
Paula McKinnon and Troy Sussman 
Garry McLean 
Robert and Helena Mestrovic 
Barbara and David Mushin 
Sarah Nguyen 
Nick Nichola and Ingrid Moyle 
Michele Nielsen 
Dr Paul Nisselle AM and Sue Nisselle 
Dr Rosemary Nixon AM 
Susan Selwyn and Barry Novy 
Dr Jane and Alan Oppenheim 
In loving memory of Richard Park 
Bruce Parncutt AO 
Dr Annamarie Perlesz 
Dare and Andrea Power 
D Probert 
Phil and Gayle Raftery 
David Reckenberg and Dale Bradbury 
Sally Redlich 
Victoria Redwood 
John and Veronica Rickard 
B and J Rollason 
Nick and Rowena Rudge 
Edwina Sahhar 
Margaret Sahhar AM 
FE Scott
Sally and Tim Scott 
Jacky and Rupert Sherwood 
Diane Silk 
Pauline and Tony Simioni 
Jan Simon
Jane Simon and Peter Cox
Tim and Angela Smith 
Annette Smorgon 
Dr Ross and Helen Stillwell 
Rosemary Stipanov 
Shannon Super 
Irene and John Sutton 
Rodney and Aviva Taft 
Frank Tisher OAM and Dr Miriam Tisher 
John and Anna van Weel 
Kevin and Elizabeth Walsh 
Mandy and Edward Yencken 
Anonymous (22)

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 
Mark and Tamara Boldiston 
Bernadette Broberg 
Adam and Donna Cusack-Muller 
Anne Evans and Graham Evans AO 
Bruce Freeman 
Edith Gordon 
Fiona Griffiths 
Linda Herd 
Tony Hillery and Warwick Eddington 
Jane Kunstler 
Irene Kearsey 
Robyn and Maurice Lichter 
Dr Andrew McAliece and Dr Richard Simmie 
Libby McMeekin 
Peter Philpott and Robert Ratcliffe 
Marcus Pettinato 
Jillian Smith 
Diane Tweeddale 
Francis Vergona
Anonymous (16)

Education Giving Circle

Alan and Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation 
Joanna Baevski
Judy Bourke 
Deborah Conyngham 
Geoff Cosgriff 
Ann Darby
Greig Gaily and Dr Geraldine Lazarus 
Linda Herd
The Ian Potter Foundation 
Larry Kornhauser OAM and Natalya Gill 
Heather and Simon McKeon 
The Myer Foundation 
Tom and Ruth O’Dea 
Christopher Reed 
Anne and Mark Robertson OAM 
Ken and Gail Roche 
Roslyn and Richard Rogers Family 
Andrew Sisson AO and Tracey Sisson
Rob Stewart and Lisa Dowd 
The Stirling Family 
Ronella Stuart 
Ann and Alan Wilkinson 
The John & Myriam Wylie Foundation 
Anonymous (8) 

Supporters Circle

$100 - $999           
Salwa Abdel-Aziz 
Ann and Robin Ahin 
Jane Allan & Mark Redmond 
James Angus AO and Helen Angus 
Lorraine Baker and Peter Hunkin 
H & B Bamford 
Lawrence Bartak 
Jenny Blencowe 
Fay Bock 
Janet Brasch  
Marianne & Robert Broadbent 
Robyn Burke and Graham Burke AO 
Anthony and Jan Burn 
Elaine Chia & Ettore Altomare 
Pamela Chin  
Min Li Chong 
Mr Peter R Clements 
C.N. Luth Esq. 
Jutta Cowen 
John Crocker 
Kate Culbertson 
Rosie Cunningham 
Ruth D 
David and Patricia Davidson 
Beverley Davis OAM JP and Dr John Davis 
Jenny and Nicholas Dawes 
Mary Dyer 
Isabel and Graeme Edgoose 
Anne Evans and Graham Evans AO 
Edith Gordon 
Geoffrey Grinton OAM and Margaret Grinton 
Liz Guthrie 
Katherine Horwood 
Erin Ilsley 
Rachel and Peter Irons 
Ben Johnson and Mark McNamara 
Daniel Kilby 
Sarah Kimball 
Leonard and Kay Levy 
Julie Lidgett 
Tabitha Lovett 
Mary Lyon 
The Mar Family 
Joy Manners 
Edwina and Rob McLachlan 
Ann McLaren 
John G Millard and Andrew Cason 
Glenn and Maureen Monckton 
Ruth Muir 
Margaret Newton 
Denis O'Hara and Annette Clarey 
Tony Oliver 
Jane Palomountain and John Browne 
Dr Hannah Piterman 
Ian Renard 
Rock Posters 
Andrew Scott 
Julie Shelton 
P and P Siostrom 
Drs Anne and Don Stewart 
Anthony Steward 
Diane Tweeddale 
Fiona Viney 
Graham Wademan and Michael Bowden 
Sally Wallis 
Dianne and Chris White 
Richard Zimmermann 
Anonymous (218)

 

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 January 2025.