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Annual Report 2014 MTC Annual Report 2014 Annual Report 2014 4 Vision, Purpose, Goals 56 Literary 6 2014 Achievements Literary Director’s Report 8 Board of Management 58 Cybec Electric 10 Chairman’s Report MTC is a department of the University of Melbourne 12 Artistic Director’s Report 60 Education 14 Executive Director’s Report Education Manager’s Report 16 Development Director’s Report 62 Education Production 18 Government Support Yellow Moon and Sponsors 64 Education Production 20 Leading and Supporting Donors Marlin 66 Education Workshops and MTC Headquarters 22 2014 Mainstage Season Participatory Events 252 Sturt St 24 Private Lives Southbank VIC 3006 26 Cock 68 NEON: Festival of 03 8688 0900 28 Neighbourhood Watch Independent Theatre 30 Ghosts 69 Little Ones Theatre Southbank Theatre 32 The Speechmaker 70 Angus Cerini / Doubletap 140 Southbank Blvd 34 Glengarry Glen Ross 71 Antechamber Productions Southbank VIC 3006 36 The Effect & Daniel Keene 03 8688 0800 38 The Sublime 72 Arthur 40 Once 73 Sans Hotel mtc.com.au 42 I’ll Eat You Last 74 NEON Up Late: MKA 44 Pennsylvania Avenue 75 NEON EXTRA Venues Throughout 2014 MTC performed its Melbourne season of plays at 46 Add-on Productions 78 Employment Southbank Theatre, The Sumner and The Lawler, Big Bad Wolf Actors and Artists 2014 and the Fairfax Studio and Playhouse at Arts Centre Melbourne. 48 Complexity of Belonging 80 MTC Staff 2014 Managing Editor Virginia Lovett 50 MTC on Tour 82 Financial Report Graphic Designer Helena Turinski 84 Key Performance Indicators Cover Image Jeff Busby 52 Awards and Nominations 87 Board of Management Declaration Production Photographers Jeff Busby, Heidrun Löhr 88 Audit Certificate 54 Open Door 90 Financial Statement Cover The Speechmaker: Kat Stewart, Nicholas Bell, Sheridan Harbridge, Brent Hill, Jane Harber, Erik Thomson 4 MTC Annual Report 2014 MTC Annual Report 2014 5 To enrich lives with understanding and empathy by the storytelling Vision power of the finest theatre imaginable To produce classic and contemporary Australian and international theatre with style, Purpose passion and excellence in order to entertain, challenge and enrich audiences Strategic goals 2013–2017 Establish new Develop new Create a national Deliver a new Deliver a multi- audiences – young artistic relationships presence with an look MTC (aesthetic faceted theatre people, families, and partnerships international profile style, new Artistic program centred on Melbourne’s theatre across the artistic team, stronger diverse experiences community community commitment to which is flexible Australian writing, and financially explore artistic sustainable boundaries) 6 MTC Annual Report 2014 MTC Annual Report 2014 Over 500 artists and industry professionals 2014 Achievements worked with MTC 12 directors involved in MTC’s Inaugural Women Directors Program 4 directors mentored through MTC’s Assistant Director Program 11 artists of diverse backgrounds involved in MTC Connect 12 playwrights under commission 17 secondments and interns 108 actors, 72 creative artists, 287 casual & fulltime staff Expanded NEON Festival of Independent Theatre 5 independent companies staging 48 performances 14 free events for independent theatre makers and the public 50% of NEON audience new to MTC 676 performances $12.3 million box office 11 mainstage productions $65,000 operating surplus 3 world premieres of new 42% of audience new to MTC Australian works 5% growth in regional visitors 2 MTC commissions 20,050 subscribers 4 new Australian plays developed 236,835 paid attendance through MTC’s Cybec Electric 55,959 single tickets to 2 Add-on productions – family production mainstage productions and first ever choreographic theatre co-production Regional, interstate and international tours Award-winning education program $21.9 million revenue Yellow Moon – first tour of regional 2 education productions – Yellow Moon and Marlin Victorian schools 9.8% government grants 2 Best Performance Awards at the Drama Victoria Awards (nett of government duties) Cock – tour to LaBoite in Brisbane 4,223 students at MTC mainstage productions 68.3% box office Rupert – Washington DC, first (including ticketing fees) international tour in 30 years 3,791 paid attendance at MTC education productions 1,429 students at MTC education activities plus 21 school groups visiting MTC HQ 8 MTC Annual Report 2014 MTC Annual Report 2014 9 Terry Moran AC (Chair) Ian Marshman Secretary of the Department of Prime Senior Vice-Principal, University of MTC Board of Minister and Cabinet to 2011; Chair of the Melbourne Chair of the Universitas 21 Barangaroo Delivery Authority; Special Managers Group; Director of Headspace Adviser on Public Sector Reform at the National Youth Mental Health Foundation; Management 2014 Boston Consulting Group; Chair Cranlana Chair, VTAC Committee of Management; BA Programme; National President of the (Honours), LLB. Board member since 1 Institute of Public Administration; January 2009. Governor of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia; BA (Hons). Board Martyn Myer AO member since January 2012. Chairman Chairman, Myer Family Company Holdings from 1 January 2014. Ltd; Member of the Council of the University of Melbourne; Chairman of Lyndsey Cattermole AM Cogstate Limited; B.Mech Eng, M.Eng. Company Director of Treasury Wine Estates Science, M. Sc in Management, FIEA. Board Ltd, Tatts Group Ltd, Melbourne Rebels member since 1 January 2011. Rugby Pty Ltd, JadeLynx Pty Ltd, Victorian Major Events Company Pty Ltd. B.Sc. Board Maureen Wheeler member since 3 June 2002. Founder of Lonely Planet Publications; Founder and Trustee of the Planet Wheeler Professor Barry Conyngham AM Foundation; Board member of Text Dean, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Publishing; previously principal patron of Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of the Melbourne Ring Cycle, and board Music, University of Melbourne; Emeritus member of Tourism Tasmania and the Professor University of Wollongong and Northern Territory Tourism Advisory Board. Southern Cross University; MA (Hons), Board Member since 3 July 2014 DMUS. Board member since October 2013. Brett Sheehy AO Glyn Davis AC Artistic Director of MTC; Board member Vice Chancellor, The University of since 1 January 2012. Melbourne; Professor of Political Science; past Chair, Universities Australia; B.A (Hons), Virginia Lovett PhD, D.Lit. AC, FASSA. Board member since Executive Director MTC; Board member 1 January 2005. since 1 January 2013. Jonathan Feder Adrian Collette AM (Observer) Partner at K & L Gates; Theatre Producer Vice-Principal (Engagement), University of (JAF Productions and Two Left Feet Melbourne; Board member of Australia Productions); B.Laws (Hons), B.Sc. Board Council for the Arts and Committee for member since 1 June 2010. Melbourne; Life Member of Live Performance Australia; previously Chief Gillian Franklin Executive Officer of Opera Australia. Founder and Managing Director of The Heat Group; Board member of Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association of Australia (CFTA), ACCORD, The Heat Group and Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Board member since 15 September 2006. 10 MTC Annual Report 2014 MTC Annual Report 2014 11 Chairman’s Report By any measure, attended year on record. Or 676, the programs such as our NEON Festival of However, we know that in replacing the Melbourne number of individual performances Independent Theatre, our new MTC loss from falling Government support, we Theatre Company presented by the Company over the year, Connect program, and our ongoing are merely rowing against an ebbing tide. had a very good in Melbourne, regional Victoria, Brisbane Women Directors Program we are For the Company to move forward in the year in 2014, our and the USA. creating strong and lasting networks coming years, the tide must turn. second under the within the local theatrical community. leadership of As well, the year was perhaps our Similarly, we are investing in the future of Should there be more government Artistic Director richest yet in artistic partnerships and Australian drama with our expanded play support? Undeniably. It is only with Brett Sheehy co-productions. In addition to the commissions program (thanks to the Joan adequate support from governments and Executive collaboration with GFO, we also collabo- and Peter Clemenger Trust) and Cybec that theatre can consistently tackle Director Virginia rated with the Kennedy Center in Electric play reading series (thanks to contemporary themes and concerns Lovett. The plan Washington DC (our international tour of Roger Riordan and the Cybec Foundation). while also exploring the swirling currents had been Rupert – our first in thirty years), Windmill While our more dynamic Education program, defining our shared lives as Australians. ambitious. Building on a successful 2013, Theatre (Big Bad Wolf) and Arena Theatre which produced two full productions in In the performing arts, it is really only we sought to maintain and surpass our Company (MTC Education’s Marlin), and 2014, touring one to regional Victoria, theatre and contemporary music which benchmarks of excellence in theatre Chunky Move and the Melbourne Festival brought exciting stories to new and tackle these roles. It is the reluctance of production, extend our impact on the (Complexity of Belonging). By drawing enthusiastic young audiences. As governments to nourish this important vibrant cultural life of this city, and widen on the theatrical expertise outside our with R&D in any sphere, the costs are part of a state theatre