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Women theatremakers are MTC’s focus in 2016

Having achieved gender parity with directors, the company now seeks to expand its Women Directors Program to other aspects of theatrical production.

7 Sep 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Directed by Leticia Caeceres, Deborah Bruce’s The Distance will be presented by MTC in March 2016. Photo by John Laurie.

On Tuesday 1 September, Brett Sheehy, the Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) hinted at what was to come in the company’s 2016 season by tweeting: ‘Took 3 years, but 14 productions @MelbTheatreCo in 2016 – 7 directed by women & 7 by men. At last.’

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts