Women directors program already paying dividends for MTC

Five of 11 mainstage productions in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2015 season are being directed by women.
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Image: Belinda McClory and Aaron Pedersen in The Waiting Room. Photo by Jo Duck.

Unveiling Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2015 season on Thursday night, Artistic Director Brett Sheehy said the program – which features four world premieres, including a spectacular adaptation of a classic Hitchcock thriller – builds on the many successes of the company’s 2013-14 seasons, and spans a tremendous range of themes and performance styles.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts