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
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
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.