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Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia. [ 1 ] The company's Southbank Theatre houses the 500-seat Sumner and the 150-seat Lawler, and the company also performs in the Arts Centre Melbourne 's Fairfax Studio and ...
My Brilliant Career is an Australian musical based on the novel of the same name by Miles Franklin, with book by Sheridan Harbridge and Dean Bryant, music by Mathew Frank and lyrics by Dean Bryant.
It was originally produced by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Arts Centre Melbourne Playhouse, from 18 July to 26 August 2023. The cast included Anne Edmonds , Frankie J. Holden , Evelyn Krape , Vidya Makan, Maria Mercedes , Eddie Muliaumaseali’i, John O’May , Christina O’Neill, Jackie Rees and Slone Sudiro.
Southbank Theatre is a performing arts venue located in the Southbank region of Melbourne, Victoria.It is the principal home of the Melbourne Theatre Company. [1] The theatre was designed by ARM Architecture (Ashton Raggatt McDougall), and opened in January 2009 with a production of Poor Boy starring Guy Pearce. [2]
Shimada is a 1987 Australian play by Jill Shearer. [1] Melbourne Theatre Company debuted the play at the Russell Street Theatre in 1987. [2]It was a rare Australian play to be performed on Broadway, featuring a cast that included Ben Gazzara.
Part of the Theatres Building of the Arts Centre Melbourne [21] The Sumner, Southbank Theatre: 140 Southbank Boulevard: 2009: 550: theatre: Home of the Melbourne Theatre Company [22] Tower Theatre, Coopers Malthouse: 113 Sturt Street: 2005: 99: theatre: Converted from a brewery built in 1892 [10] Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and ...
John Hackman Sumner, CBE, AO (27 May 1924 – 24 May 2013) was an English-born director and producer and theatre impresario, who was the founder and artistic director of Melbourne Theatre Company in Australia, gathering a group of later internationally famous stars including Ray Lawler, Zoe Caldwell, Barry Humphries and Fred Parslow.
Simon Phillips (born 1958) is a New Zealand-Australian director of theatre, musicals and opera. [1] [2] He is a former Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company. [3] [4] Phillips graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting. [5]