Melbourne Theatre Company

🏆 Congratulations to our 2024 Robert McDonald Award recipient Claire Le Blond!⁠ ⁠ Named after our inaugural Education Manager, the Robert McDonald Award is given to an emerging theatre maker who has shown promise, commitment and outstanding involvement in student theatre at Melbourne University. She'll receive a Subscription package, meetings with our Artistic team and observation on our 2025 production, The Robot Dog.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Learn more about the Robert McDonald Award and Claire's connection with theatre at https://lnkd.in/gzBvRwwc ⁠ 📷️ Matto Lucas

✨ Season 2025 tickets are now on sale! Every show. All performances. ✨    🎭 Get ready to experience 13 unmissable productions, including a blockbuster return, Tony Award-winners, thrilling international debuts, and brand-new works created right here at home.    So hit up the group chat, call your bestie, shout it from the rooftops - and mark your calendars. The best seats won't stick around for long!    🎟 Book now at mtc.com.au.

Passionate about set design? Keen to learn more about lighting? Our Future Creatives program provides paid placements for early career designers from historically underrepresented cultural backgrounds to work with senior theatre designers. Take a listen to our 2024 Future Creatives — Todd J. Bennett, Giovanna Yate Gonzalez, Bianca Pardo, Savanna Wegman — and their mentors. Applications for 2025 close in less than 2 weeks. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gyJUDtuj 🎥 Sapphic Flicks, Eva Otsing

Join us for two rich discussions, presented in collaboration with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, this weekend and next! Both events are free, but booking is recommended. 🔗 Reserve your spot at https://lnkd.in/gZu7_AQN   IN CONVERSATION: HEALING AND STORY Join ILBIJERRI Theatre Company Artistic Director Rachael Maza, playwright, director and actor Glenn Shea, actor and playwright Maurial Spearim (A Wake – A Woke Mob), and playwright Isobel Morphy-Walsh (Gunawarra Re-Creation) for a yarn about the storytelling, connection and healing.   📅 Sat 30 Nov, 4.30pm—5.15pm 📍 Level 1 Foyer, Southbank Theatre   IN CONVERSATION: SOVEREIGNTY AND PROCESS Join artist, curator, and academic Tiriki Onus, writer, director and Blak in the Room creator Amy Sole, playwright Isobel Morphy-Walsh (Gunawarra Re-Creation) and actor and writer Phoebe Grainer (Emu in the Sun) for a yarn about playwriting and First Nations sovereignty in the creative process.   📅 Sat 7 Dec, 4.30pm—5.15pm 📍 Level 1 Foyer, Southbank Theatre   Illustration by Natasha Carter, Murrupuk Art

Applications are now open for our 2025 Future Creatives. Future Creatives is an exciting new program that creates career pathways for aspiring theatre designers from historically underrepresented cultural backgrounds. We have four positions available in 2025, with participants embarking on a two-year program. Learn more on our website and apply by Monday 16 December 2024 Find detailed application info at https://lnkd.in/gzARk65

Our annual Youth Scholarship Course is an intensive week of drama workshops for Victorian students with limited access to the arts. Last month, 23 students from across Victoria joined us for the 2024 course and worked with teaching artists to create an original piece of theatre. ‘It has been amazing and I learnt heaps about acting, theatre and about myself.’ – 2024 participant This course is made possible by the Newsboys Foundation, with accommodation for families from regional Victoria provided by Quest Southbank. Check out the impact report to read more about this life-changing program: https://lnkd.in/gDt5mGAf

🎤 Due to overwhelming demand, four new performances (19–21 Dec) have just been added for My Brilliant Career! Grab your diaries, text your friends, and get in quick to experience this spectacular production front and centre. The best seats will sell fast and these are the only new dates that will be released – book now at https://lnkd.in/gc4kxF9d ★★★★★ The Age ★★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★★ Time Out ★★★★★ Australian Book Review ★★★★★ Lilithia ★★★★★ Theatre Matters ⁠ 📷 Pia Johnson

Presented in collaboration with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, the next generation of Blak storytellers are taking over Southbank Theatre next week, with three bold new productions and a vibrant line-up of free events! From live music to rich conversation, this is your chance to gather and celebrate First People’s stories, voices and culture.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Head to https://lnkd.in/gG2y6fZU for further details. All events are free, with bookings recommended for in-conversation events. ⁠ ⁠ Illustration by Natasha Carter, Murrupuk Art⁠ ⁠ The Future of Blak Theatre presented in collaboration with MPavilion

Applications for the 2025 MinterEllison Future Directors Initiative close in ONE week! Discover what our 2024 participants – Alistair Baldwin, Jennifer Sarah Dean, Afsaneh Torabi and Kamarra Bell-Wykes – are up to now and find out what they got out of the program. 🔗 We have four Assistant Director positions available in 2025. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gYpxjKGG and apply by Friday 15 November 2024. 📰 Delve even further into the program and our current cohort with our Backstage article. Read the full piece at https://lnkd.in/gEQ6uVst 🎥 Sapphic Flicks, Eva Otsing, SIRAP

🎭 We're holding General Auditions this December! While not auditioning for a specific role or production, this is an opportunity for Melbourne Theatre Company to meet actors who are passionate about theatre for future consideration. Applications close Friday 22 November at 5pm. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/dvcT5PK9