Tag: Melbourne Theatre Company
★★★★½ The hilarious new comedy Losing Face has opened at Melbourne Theatre Company, delivering a night of uncontrollable laughter from start to finish. If you are anything like me, a nearly 50-year-old woman navigating the joys (and frustrations) of perimenopause, you will probably feel a real connection to this new play by Australian Writers’ Guild […]
Melbourne Theatre Company’s Australian premiere of Retrograde delivers a tightly wound, high-stakes drama that revisits a pivotal and often overlooked moment in Hollywood history, the early career crossroads of legendary actor Sidney Poitier. Written by Olivier Award-nominated playwright Ryan Calais Cameron and directed by Bert LaBonté, this 90-minute production transforms a single meeting into a […]
For the first time in more than twenty years, Melbourne Theatre Company returns to one of the most influential works of modern theatre with a powerful revival of The Glass Menagerie. Directed by Mark Wilson, this new production revisits Tennessee Williams’ celebrated memory play with sensitivity, emotional clarity and moments of unexpected humour. Presented at […]
Melbourne Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Dying: A Memoir, a powerful new stage adaptation by Australian writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law. Based on Cory Taylor’s critically acclaimed 2016 memoir (Dying: A Memoir), this one-woman production explores life, death, and the space in between with honesty, humour, and warmth. Starring the renowned Genevieve Morris […]
Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) presents a new adaptation of Rebecca, adapted and directed by Artistic Director Anne-Louise Sarks. This stunning reimagining of Daphne du Maurier’s timeless gothic tale is now showing at Southbank Theatre until 5 November 2025 Advertisement RELATED: Game Worlds Exhibition: Celebrates 50+ Years of Video Games and Play Image: Nikki Shiels, Pamela […]
Melbourne Theatre Company’s world premiere of Destiny is a powerful and intimate drama set against the turbulent backdrop of South Africa in January 1976. Written by and starring award-winning South African-born playwright Kirsty Marillier, and directed by Zindzi Okenyo (Is God Is), the production skilfully balances personal and political turmoil, capturing a generation on the edge […]