The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...

, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb ...

, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia. The company's Southbank Theatre houses the 500-seat Sumner and the 150-seat Lawler, and the company also performs in the

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's Fairfax Studio and Playhouse, all located in Melbourne's Arts Precinct in Southbank. Considered Victoria's state theatre company, it formally comes under the auspices of the University of Melbourne. As of 2013 it offered a Mainstage Season of ten to twelve plays each year, as well as education, family and creative development activities, and reported having a subscriber base of approximately 20,000 people and played to a around quarter of a million people annually.

History

The Melbourne Theatre Company was founded in 1953 by John Sumner as the Union Theatre Repertory Company, based at the Union Theatre of the

Student Union A students' union, also known by many other names, is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social ...

building. Sumner's original idea was to present a season of plays over those months when the Union Theatre was not being used by student drama societies. It was Australia's first professional repertory theatre, presenting a new play every two weeks during the season. Later, that became three weekly repertory. The first play, Jean Anouilh's '' Colombe'', opened on 31 August 1953, starring Zoe Caldwell (who was later to have considerable success on Broadway), George Fairfax and Alex Scott. Over the years, Melbourne Theatre Company has championed Australian writing, introducing the works of writers such as Alan Seymour, Vance Palmer,

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, Alan Hopgood, Alexander Buzo,

David Williamson David Keith Williamson AO (born 24 February 1942) is an Australian dramatist and playwright. He has also written screenplays and teleplays. Early life David Williamson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 24 February 1942, and was brought ...

, John Romeril,

Jim McNeil James Thomas McNeil (23 January 1935 – 16 May 1982) was an Australian award-winning playwright. While serving a 17-year sentence in Parramatta Correctional Centre for armed robbery and shooting a police officer, McNeil began writing plays. W ...

, Alma De Groen, John Powers,

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, Ron Elisha, Justin Fleming, Janis Bolodis, Hannie Rayson, Louis Nowra, Michael Gurr, Jack Davis, Michael Gow and Joanna Murray-Smith (to mention only a few) to mainstream Melbourne audiences. The first Australian play produced by the company, '' Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' by Ray Lawler, in 1955 was quickly recognised as an Australian classic. Lawler had by that time succeeded Sumner as Director of the company, taking it through the 1955 and 1956 seasons. When Lawler left to perform ''The Doll'' in London, he handed the directorship to

Wal Cherry Walter John Cherry ( 10 May 1932 – 7 March 1986) was an Australian academic, drama scholar and theatre director, producer and manager Biography Cherry was born in Ballarat, Victoria to Victorian parents Walter Joseph Cherry, a commercial arti ...

, who oversaw the company from 1956 until 1959. Cherry's experimental and daring approach to theatre did much to broaden the tastes of Melbourne theatre-goers, though the company suffered at the box-office. In 1959, John Sumner returned and subsequently steered the company through twenty-eight years of growth, watching it become, by the time he retired in 1987, the largest theatre company in Australia. Since then the company has had three artistic directors:

Roger Hodgman Roger Hodgman (born 1 December 1943) is an Australian stage and television director. He was educated at the Hutchins School and the University of Tasmania, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science in 1966, a ...

(1987–1999), who steered MTC through the financially troublesome period of the late 1980s and 1990s; Simon Phillips, who was Artistic Director from 2000-2011; and

Brett Sheehy Brett Joseph Sheehy AO (born 23 November 1958) is an Australian artistic director, producer and curator. He is currently Artistic Director and CEO of the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), and is the only person to be appointed to direct three ...

from 2012. Robyn Nevin, Pamela Rabe, and

Aidan Fennessy Aidan Fennessy (died 13 September 2020) was an Australian playwright, stage director and actor, known for his work with the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), where he was at one time aAssociate director. __NOTOC__ Fennessy's career began in the 1 ...

managed the 2012 season in the interim between Phillips and Sheehy. Fennessy was Associate Director for some time. The Melbourne Theatre Company has performed in many Melbourne venues in its history, including the

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, the

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, St Martins Theatre, the Merlyn and Beckett Theatres at the Malthouse, the Playhouse and Fairfax Studio of the

, the Comedy Theatre and the Princess Theatre.

Artistic Directors

*1953-1955 John Sumner *1955-1956 Ray Lawler *1956-1959

*1959-1987 John Sumner *1959-1987 John Sumner *1987-1999

*2000-2011 Simon Phillips *2012 Robyn Nevin, Pamela Rabe, Aidan Fennessy *2013-2022

*2023-

Anne-Louise Sarks Anne-Louise Sarks is an Australian theatre director, writer and actor. She has been the Artistic Director of the Melbourne Theatre Company since October 2021. Her partner is journalist Sean Kelly. Career Studies and early work Sarks studied ...

Awards and nominations

Helpmann Awards

The

Helpmann Awards The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001. The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical th ...

is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group ''Live Performance Australia'' since 2001. Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

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Life After George ''Life After George'' is a play by Australian playwright Hannie Rayson. The play concerns the current and two former wives of Peter George, a charismatic professor, who dies in a plane crash. It explores progressive Australian intellectual and pol ...

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Helpmann Award for Best Play The Helpmann Award for Best Play is a theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. The award is for a production of a play, which may be a new work or a revival of an existing work. This ...

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Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play The Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play is a theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the no ...

, , - , Caroline O’Conner – '' Piaf'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play , , - , John Gaden – ''

The Unexpected Man ''The Unexpected Man'' () is a play written in 1995 by Yasmina Reza. The play is set in a train from Paris to Frankfurt, with two people sharing a compartment. One is a famous author, and the other is a woman who admires his work. Plot A man an ...

'' (Company B Belvoir and Melbourne Theatre Company) ,

Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play The Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) (the trade name for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body ...

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Helpmann Award for Best Musical The Helpmann Award for Best Musical is a musical theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. The award is for a production in Australia, and is open to both new musicals and revivals. Thi ...

, , - , Dale Ferguson – ''Trelawny of the 'Wells (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Helpmann Award for Best Costume Design , , - , rowspan="3",

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

, '' The Tempest'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Play , , rowspan="3", , - , Caroline O'Connor - '' Bombshells'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , - , Dale Ferguson – ''The Seagull'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Scenic Design , , - , rowspan="4",

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

, Simon Phillips – '' The Blue Room'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , rowspan="2", Best Direction of a Play , , rowspan="4", , - , Simon Phillips – ''Great Expectations'' , , - ,

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- '' Proof'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , - ,

Christopher Gabardi Christopher Gabardi (born 25 July 1969) is an Australian actor. He attended Wesley College, Melbourne (was School Captain in 1987) prior to graduating from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts ...

– '' Cloud Nine'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , rowspan="6",

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

, '' Inheritance'' , rowspan="2", Best Play , , rowspan="6", , - , '' Frozen'' , , - , Julian Meyrick – ''Frozen'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Direction of a Play , , - , Helen Morse – ''Frozen'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , - , Frank Gallacher – ''Frozen'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Play , , - , Belinda McClory – ''Frozen ''(Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , rowspan="5",

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...

, '' The Sapphires'' , Best Play , , rowspan="5", , - , Pamela Rabe – ''

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'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , - , Richard Piper – ''The Daylight Atheist'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Play , , - , '' Urinetown, the Musical'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) ,

, , - , Ros Horin – ''Through the Wire'' (Performing Lines in association with Melbourne Theatre Company) , Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work , , - , rowspan="3",

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

, Simon Phillips – ''King Lear'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Direction in a PLay , , rowspan="3", , - , Hamish Michael – ''Two Brothers'' (Melbourne Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , '' The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Musical , , - , rowspan="3",

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...

, Jefferson Mays – ''I Am My Own Wife'' (Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company and Hothouse Theatre) , Best Male Actor in a Play , , rowspan="3", , - , Matthew Newton – '' The History Boys'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , Dan Wyllie – '' The Pillowman'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , rowspan="3",

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

, Genevieve Picot – ''

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'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , rowspan="3", , - , Alison Whyte – '' Don's Party'' (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , Travis McMahon – ''Don's Party'' (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , rowspan="2",

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

, Peter Evans – '' Blackbird'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Direction of a Play , , rowspan="2", , - ,

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– ''Realism'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , rowspan="5",

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, '' Richard III'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , rowspan="2", Best Play , , rowspan="5", , - , '' August: Osage County'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , , - , Jane Menelaus – ''August: Osage County'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , rowspan="2", Best Female in a Play , , - , Robyn Nevin – ''August: Osage County'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , , - , '' The Drowsy Chaperone'' , Best Musical , , - , rowspan="5",

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

, ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Play , , rowspan="5", , - , Simon Phillips – '' Songs for Nobodies'' (Melbourne Theatre Company in association with Duet) , Best Direction of a Play , , - , Colin Friels – '' Red'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Play , , - ,

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– ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , rowspan="2", Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - ,

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– ''

Clybourne Park ''Clybourne Park'' is a 2010 play by Bruce Norris written as a spin-off to Lorraine Hansberry's play '' A Raisin in the Sun'' (1959). It portrays fictional events set during and after the Hansberry play, and is loosely based on historical event ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

, Alison Bell – '' Constellations'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , rowspan="2", , - , Valerie Bader – ''Australia Day'' (Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , rowspan="2",

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

Zahra Newman Zahra Newman is a Jamaican-born Australian actress. Newman was born in Port Antonio Jamaica and spent her formative years in Kingston before migrating to Australia at the age of 14 with her mother. Her interest in the performing arts was nurt ...

– ''The Mountaintop'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , rowspan="2", , - ,

Tom Budge Thomas Budge (born 15 March 1982) is an Australian actor. Budge was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Early in his acting career, Budge appeared in a number of Australian television shows, including ''Neighbours'', ''Round the Twist'', and ''Shock Jo ...

– ''The Beast (Melbourne'' Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , rowspan="3",

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

, Clare Watson – ''What Rhymes with Cars and Girls'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Direction of a Play , , rowspan="3", , - ,

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– '' Endgame'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , Damien Millar – ''Marlin'' (Arena Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best New Australian Work , , - , rowspan="3",

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

North by Northwest ''North by Northwest'' is a 1959 American spy thriller film, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. The screenplay was by Ernest Lehman, who wanted to write "the Hitchcock picture ...

(Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions) , Best Play , , rowspan="3", , - ,

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– ''Birdland'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Play , , - , Katrina Milosevic – ''The Distance'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , rowspan="2",

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

, '' Jasper Jones'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Play , , rowspan="2", , - , Helen Morse – ''John'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , - , rowspan="7",

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

, '' The Children'' – (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company) , Best Play , , rowspan="7", , - , Sarah Goodes - ''The Children'' – (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company) , Best Direction , , - , Pamela Rabe – ''The Children'' – (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company) , rowspan="2", Best Female Actor in a Play , , - ,

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– ''The Children'' – (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company) , , - , John Bell – ''The Father'' (Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Male Actor in a Play , , - , Jane Montgomery-Griffiths – ''Macbeth'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , Bunny Christie – '' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'' (National Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Arts Centre Melbourne) , Best Scenic Design , , - , rowspan="3",

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, Melita Jurisic – ''Arbus & West'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Play , , rowspan="3", , - , Zoe Terakes – ''

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'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) , Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play , , - , Kate Miller-Heidke &

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– ''

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'' (Melbourne Theatre Company) ,

Helpmann Award for Best Original Score The Helpmann Award for Best Original Score is a musical award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001. In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the nominees ...

References

Bibliography

* Geoffrey Hutton (1975). "It won't last a week!": the first twenty years of the Melbourne Theatre Company. Melbourne: Macmillan. . * Julian Meyrick, ed. (2004). The Drama Continues: MTC the first fifty years 1953–2003. Southbank: Melbourne Theatre Company. .

External links

* {{authority control 1953 establishments in Australia Theatre companies in Australia Landmarks in Melbourne Theatre in Melbourne Organisations based in Melbourne