Tag: Melbourne Theatre Company

Sunday: Melbourne’s Myth, Legend and Muse

Melbourne Theatre Company premiered Sunday, a play inspired by the life of a Melbourne cultural icon: Sunday Reed. She occupies a place in the imagination as a mid-century pants wearing, cigarette smoking, larger-than-life woman with a keen eye for art….

Sunshine Supergirl Shines on Stage

Melbourne Theatre Company closes out their 2022 season with the feel-good show Sunshine Supergirl. It’s the story of Wiradjuri Australian sporting legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Her accomplishments are many. She was the first Indigenous Australian to win a singles grand…

Girls and Boys: Masterful Storytelling at Melbourne Theatre Company

Sometimes we see theatre for the glitz, showmanship, big dance numbers, and catchy songs. In other shows, it’s the stories and characters that leave an impression long after we’ve left the building. Melbourne Theatre Company’s production of Girls and Boys…

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Two Shades Of Woman in MTC’s electric premiere, Arbus And West

A clash of two worlds meets in a confined space in award-winning Australian Stephen Sewell’s premiere new play, Arbus And West. This work is a piece of wonder, a mournful chronicle of patriarchy, women, sexuality, and identity in our modern…

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MTC’s An Ideal Husband delights in its trip back to 1890s London

Book yourself a seat at clever Dean Bryant’s opulent period version of Oscar Wilde’s satirical expose of corruption and hidden secrets, An Ideal Husband. It’s so good to see late Victorian mores live on 21st century stages, finding that hypocrisy…