Melbourne Theatre Company
Theatre review: Golden Blood, Wharf Theatre
Sydney Theatre Company presents Merlynn Tong's acclaimed Griffin Theatre production.
MTC launches 2025 season with revivals, remounts and new Australian work
Brave programming and resonant stories are central to Anne-Louise Sarks’ third MTC season as Artistic Director.
Vale Ray Lawler: the playwright who changed the sound of Australian theatre
Julian Meyrick reflects on the death of playwright Ray Lawler and his landmark play, 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'.
Do 'pay what you can' schemes boost ticket sales?
In these economically tough times, is now the right moment for more arts companies to try new ticketing models to…
Theatre review: Seventeen, Southbank Theatre
The collision of age and youth is explored in this comedic start to MTC's 2024 program.
Theatre review: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol, Southbank Theatre
A repurposing of Dickens' classic tale with a gingerbread golem and a miser called Scroogavitz.
Theatre review: My Sister Jill, Southbank Theatre
The star pairing of writer Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee transforms this book to stage adaptation into something poignant…
Theatre review: Escaped Alone and What If If Only, Southbank Theatre
The MTC’s Caryl Churchill double bill is technically and dramatically sound, but doesn’t fully exploit the radical force of this…
Musical review: Bloom, Arts Centre Melbourne
A musical set in an aged care facility? Sounds like a difficult task, but Bloom comes up roses.
Theatre review: Bernhardt/Hamlet, Melbourne Theatre Company
Full of humour and pathos, this is a story ripe for our times, about one extraordinary woman, seizing her own…