Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT

-- MTC HQ Sturt St Southbank VIC CONTENTS Southbank Theatre Southbank Blvd Southbank VIC mtc.com.au Venues Throughout , MTC performed its Melbourne season of plays at Southbank Theatre in The Sumner and The Lawler, and at the Fairfax Studio and Playhouse at Arts Centre Melbourne.

INTRODUCTION MTC INITIATIVES AND ACTIVITIES The Year in Numbers ...... Commissions ...... Chair’s Report ...... First Stage ...... Foundation Chair’s Report ...... Secondments ...... Artistic Director & CEO’s Report ...... MTC at MPavilion ...... Executive Director & Co-CEO’s Report ...... CAAP Directors Initiative ...... Longhouse: Melbourne...... Blackwrights Showcase ...... THE PLAYS The Lady in the Van ...... AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS Arbus & West ...... A View From the Bridge ...... Awards and Nominations ...... Così ...... The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You ...... Heisenberg ...... THE COMPANY Storm Boy ...... Shakespeare in Love ...... MTC Board ...... Golden Shield ...... MTC Foundation Board ...... Black is the New White ...... MTC Staﬀ ...... Photograph ...... Circles of Giving ...... Kiss of the Spider Woman ...... Corporate Partners ......

Managing Editor Virginia Lovett Editor Rosie Shepherdson-Cullen FINANCIAL REPORT Graphic Designer Emma Wagstaﬀ SIGNATURE PROGRAMS F inancial Report ...... NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program ...... Melbourne Theatre Company MTC Education...... acknowledges the Yalukit Willam Sharing the Light ...... Peoples of the Boon Wurrung, the Cybec Electric ...... First Peoples of Country on which Women in Theatre ...... Southbank Theatre and MTC HQ stand, and we pay our respects to all of Melbourne’s First Peoples, to their ancestors and Elders, and to YEARS OF SOUTHBANK THEATRE our shared future. Southbank Theatre Anniversary ......

MTC is a department of the University of Melbourne

-- THE YEAR IN NUMBERS st

commission produced

. . MILLION MILLION total box oﬃce total revenue writers commissioned or in residence income as part of MTC’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program

% actors, creatives of season , and industry performances AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIBERS professionals PLAYS employed

, YEARS total paid attendance of Southbank Theatre

, , paid attendees saw an MTC production or discounted tickets for students to attend co-production outside of Melbourne MTC mainstage productions

-- -- CHAIR’s REPORT TERRY MORAN

people to enjoy a night at the theatre, making up a and dance companies that produces an exciting set large proportion of the audience for each show and of cross currents contributing to all Melbourne has introducing a new generation to the excitement to offer. To have Southbank Theatre positioned in of theatre. the heart of this precinct is a wonderful thing as MTC continues to be a place of gathering, connection, As ever, the fine balance of commercial viability and entertainment and technological innovation, and will artistic risk to keep a company like MTC thriving looms for many more decades to come. large. In , our artistic successes corresponded with excellent results across earned and contributed Likewise, with the University of Melbourne’s Southbank income, but we again saw no movement in campus now in full operation, it was a fantastic year government funding. of collaboration and deepening of our relationship with the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music and colleagues That government funding remains stagnant is a great across the campus. shame and one of national concern for the state of the arts in Australia. With no indexation on funding, this As I reflect on my time with MTC, I am reminded of subsidy continues to diminish in real terms year-on- countless exceptional productions, the thriving hum of year, while ongoing costs continue to rise along with activity that is ever-present at HQ and, of course, the public expectations of the Company to deliver bigger endlessly talented people on staff and visiting artists and better productions and programs annually. This and creatives. was yet another example of the As Victoria’s state theatre company, MTC is a major puts ever more significance on support we receive dedication and skill of all those who work at MTC, so I source of new Australian works via the NEXT STAGE from the private sector, without which MTC would be extend my thanks and congratulations for all that was Writers’ Program; a thriving place of employment for a vastly different organisation. achieved. Under the leadership of Artistic Director & the arts sector, developing the talent of hundreds of CEO Brett Sheehy and Executive Director & Co-CEO industry professionals each year both on stage and Our Corporate Partners and Donors have long played Virginia Lovett, the Company is in very good hands. behind the scenes; and a purveyor of great joy and a vital role in MTC’s success and was no different. inspiration for our audiences. It was the first year of our new three-year partnership Of course I must also thank and acknowledge with ANZ as the exclusive partner of our ever-popular my fellow Board Members whose expertise and It is an immense pleasure to serve as Chair of such forum nights. We also welcomed a number of new commitment has been an inspiration and a pleasure a valued and iconic arts institution and with partners to the Company including BCG, Broadsheet, to work alongside. I’d like to make special mention of marking the final year of my tenure, I am pleased oOh!media and Brothers Brewery. Our passionate two who came to the end of their tenure after years to report on another strong months across Donors must also be praised for their essential on the Board – Ian Marshman and Martyn Myer, both of the Company. contributions and leadership in the arts community. whom made exceptional contributions to the Company The work of the Foundation Board, led by Jane Hansen, as active Board Members, donors and dedicated Artistically, it was a vibrant and exciting year. Shows continued to deliver excellent results stewarding advocates for MTC. including The Lady in the Van, Storm Boy, Kiss of the donations and raising much needed funds for the Spider Woman, Black is the New White and Golden Company and our signature programs. It is with great pride that I have spent the past seven Shield attracted high percentages of new audiences, years on the MTC Board, and the last six as Chair. It contributing to an overall increase in first-time theatre Another milestone of significance in was the - has been an honour. As I hand over to the next Chair, goers across the season. year anniversary of Southbank Theatre. Both the home Jane Hansen, it is without question that MTC is very of Melbourne Theatre Company and an important fortunate to have her lead the Company into a new, Our winter highlights, Shakespeare in Love and Golden cultural asset in Melbourne’s unique arts precinct, exciting chapter. Shield, were another two triumphs of the season – Southbank Theatre has firmly established itself as a the former a display of illustrious theatre-making, vital part of the landscape. costumes and craftsmanship, and the latter a proud moment for the Company as the first NEXT STAGE The Melbourne Arts Precinct is unlike any other in commission to be produced. Golden Shield was an Australia and is one of few in the world with such a astonishing piece of writing from young playwright high density of important cultural organisations in Anchuli Felicia King and a production that thrilled close proximity. The result is an interplay between audiences with its innovative, complex staging. a major education institution – the University of Both these productions enticed a great many young Melbourne – and leading visual arts, theatre, music

-- -- FOUNDATION CHAIR’s REPORT JANE HANSEN

The investment in the Company’s long-term future program. It also made possible the regional tour of our that the endowment fund represents was one of wonderful Education Production, The Violent Outburst the key goals that I set for the MTC Foundation when That Drew Me to You. we began in . The combination of philanthropic support, company contributions and conservative In regional Victoria, students and teachers were investment has meant that since its launch in , given access to unique workshops and teaching the GEF is very much on track to fulfil its purpose as resources free of charge thanks to the support of a lasting source of recurrent income. I am delighted the Gailey/Lazarus Charitable Foundation. Through to report that by year end the fund had reached this foundation, Geraldine Lazarus has been one nearly $ million, a significant step toward ensuring of our most loyal and long-standing donors to MTC a stable, sustainable and artistically vibrant future Education; she is a true champion of arts education. In for our Company. celebration of her vision and support that has enriched young lives across Victoria for many years, we were On stage, it was an exciting year for our NEXT STAGE honoured to award Geraldine as an MTC Lifetime Writers’ Program, with Golden Shield by Anchuli Patron in . Felicia King making its mid-year debut at Southbank Theatre. An intelligent and ambitious production, this The MTC Foundation has had an exceptional year in commission also displayed MTC’s exceptional technical as demonstrated by the extent of philanthropic ability and innovation. It was a proud moment for the activity mentioned throughout this report. I I am often asked how important donations are to MTC Donors and Foundations of our Playwrights Giving acknowledge and commend my fellow MTC Foundation and the answer is simple. Without them, much of what Circle, and for the Company as a whole, to see our first Board Members, along with Artistic Director & CEO we do would not be possible and MTC would not be the NEXT STAGE production come to fruition. Brett Sheehy, Executive Director & Co-CEO Virginia company we all know and love. Lovett, and all of the Development Department As NEXT STAGE entered its third year, three new for their hard work during the year. Theatre is a Donations allow us to maintain our extremely high writers-in-residence joined the program and seven collaboration offstage as much as it is onstage, and production values and present shows of scale such as new commissions were awarded, bringing the total to I feel very fortunate to have worked alongside a Shakespeare in Love, one of the highlights of our writers commissioned or in residence. In addition, wonderful team of dedicated people at both the Board Season. But importantly they also mean that we are workshops were held to further the development and executive level. able to deliver many of our off-stage initiatives, such as of NEXT STAGE work, with actors and creatives our Education Program, Regional Enrichment Program, employed in these workshops across the year. The was my final year as inaugural Chair of the Cybec Electric, Women in Theatre and NEXT STAGE benefits of investing in new Australian works are MTC Foundation and I reflect on my tenure with Writers’ Programs. plenty, including nurturing new and more established affection and pride when reviewing all that we have talent among our artistic community. accomplished since we began five short years ago. Private giving has played a major role in helping to As I move on to become Chair of MTC, I am thrilled shape our state theatre company, and I thank every As ever, our Education Department was a flurry of to be handing over this responsibility to fellow Board one of our Donors for their generous and passionate activity in , reaching all corners of the state Member and great contributor, Janette Kendall. I have support. And in we achieved a great deal with our award-wining Education Program. The Betty no doubt she will build on our successes and lead together. Amsden Youth Scholarship course, made possible by the MTC Foundation into its next exciting phase of Across the year, we welcomed new Donors to our the Betty Amsden Foundation, once again welcomed supporting the Company’s important work. Loyalty Circle, and saw an % increase in general students to MTC for a transformative, week-long drama program. Throughout my time as MTC Foundation Chair I donations « that is those not tied to particular have also had the pleasure of getting to know our projects, but which enable us to turn the lights on each Our Sharing the Light initiative, supported by the community of Donors. They are our biggest advocates day. These statistics demonstrate a significant vote of Crown Resorts Foundation & Packer Family Foundation, and most passionate audiences, and it is due to them confidence in the Company from our community allowed , families and students to attend MTC that we are able to achieve all that we do. So, I would and show that MTC remains a vital part of our productions at heavily subsidised ticket prices; made like to express my warmest appreciation for their audiences’ lives. it easier for schools in regional areas get to the theatre commitment and dedication. Thank you. It was also a year of growth for our General with the help of our travel subsidy; and enabled Endowment Fund (GEF), which was again a focus for our First Peoples Young Artists Program to continue the Foundation Board and Development Department. with four more participants completing this unique

-- -- ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CEO’s REPORT BRETT SHEEHY

century classics and fresh productions of West End companies, regional arts venues and small-to-medium chief amongst them our NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program and Broadway smash-hits. In his last year as Associate arts organisations is a vital part of maintaining a – has been inspirational and vital to MTC’s success. Director, Dean Bryant directed the legendary Miriam strong network across the arts ecology. We are As we now embark on a new era, I am thrilled to see Margolyes in The Lady in the Van and musical theatre stronger together. Jane Hansen assume the role of Chair, as someone icon Caroline O’Connor in the first major Australian who has shown equal enthusiasm for, and has already production of Kander & Ebb’s Kiss of the Spider Woman. In these partnerships included MPavilion, with helped shape, the Company’s ambitious vision for whom we have presented free events for the past three and beyond. Our Australian premiere of Shakespeare in Love, years; Contemporary Asian Australian Performance, a spectacular new production directed by Simon for our CAAP Director’s Initiative and Longhouse: Phillips, was an extraordinary feast for theatre-lovers Melbourne; and the Emerging Writers Festival, for and delighted audiences far and wide. Iain Sinclair’s First Stage. There were also seven regional arts critically acclaimed and award-winning A View From venues we worked with around the state on our tour the Bridge was another sell-out success and a thrilling of The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You; a new night of theatre. relationship established with the Canberra Theatre Centre; and co-productions with Sydney Theatre We are ever grateful for the enthusiasm and passion Company and Queensland Theatre. with which our audiences embrace the art on our stages. In , fervent audience demand led to Our Women in Theatre Program continued to flourish season extensions for four shows – The Lady in the as it expanded again to create opportunities in specific Making theatre relevant to st century Australia is the Van, Heisenberg, Shakespeare in Love and Black is the technical fields, our annual Cybec Electric play reading lifeblood of MTC and in we presented a season New White – and we were delighted to see an increase series brought eight new plays into our orbit and NEXT of challenging, brilliant and entertaining works that in new audiences attending across the year. In total STAGE entered its third year with writers now part of spoke to our times with great urgency and in ways only we had over , subscribers – more than any the program. possible through the craft of theatre. This was in no other theatre company in the country for the third small part due to the creativity and expertise of the year running – and nearly a quarter of a million And if that wasn’t enough for one year, we also actors, designers, directors, technicians, writers and paid attendances. celebrated a decade of Southbank Theatre’s artisans we are so fortunate to work with. existence and contribution as a place of gathering It was another extremely successful season at the and storytelling. Thanks to the vision of our MTC With % of our program written by Australian box office, ending the year at ´. million. Box office predecessors, Southbank Theatre was built for MTC playwrights, it was a year where local talent shone revenue, coupled with the generous and vital support to have a permanent home. In its first ten years, the brightly. The suite of terrific Australian works in we receive from our Donors and Corporate Partners, venue has seen some extraordinary theatre. In our season included the first commission from our is essential for keeping MTC in good health. Our heavy there was another sweep of wonderful theatre and landmark NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program, Golden Shield reliance on these revenue streams remains unchanged it’s without question that there will be many more by Anchuli Felicia King, directed by our Associate as government subsidy continues to sit drastically low spectacular productions to grace its stages. Artistic Director Sarah Goodes. Its debut was a proud and disproportionate to MTC’s cultural and economic moment for the Company and, in addition to everyone contribution. So while our box office results are Reading through this report you’ll notice the sheer who worked on the show, we must thank the Donors pleasing, it must be noted how crucial they are and amount of activity throughout the year – more than and Foundations who backed NEXT STAGE from the indeed how fortunate we are to have the audience and could possibly be covered in detail here. A huge beginning and shared our vision of a program that gave private sector support that we do. amount was achieved and I’d like to thank the MTC writers and their work the investment they deserve. Board and MTC Foundation Board for their unwavering Golden Shield was an exemplary production for our Our new partnership with ANZ was in full swing in support. My thanks, appreciation and admiration must first NEXT STAGE Original – a gripping, global story and our ANZ Forum Nights proved popular evenings also go to our Executive Director & Co-CEO Virginia that was ambitious, intelligent and thought-provoking. on MTC’s performance calendar. I’d like to thank all Lovett, the entire MTC staff and our artistic community An added accolade was the alacrity with which this our Major Partners, Production Partners and Media for their indefatigable work ethic and ingenuity. new Australian play, developed by MTC, has now Partners for their continued support of our work. Melbourne, Victoria and Australia’s cultural life is all been programmed for production by the prestigious the richer for the work you create. Young Vic Theatre Company in London and Manhattan As equally important as the work on stage is that I thank our departing Chair Terry Moran especially, Theatre Club in New York. which goes on behind the scenes. was year of collaborations as we co-produced shows and for his leadership over the past six years. In particular, Alongside the Australian works in was a collection partnered to present workshops, special events and his championing of a company vision that included of the very best new international plays, beloved th our touring productions. Working with colleague significant risks and unprecedented artistic initiatives –

-- -- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & COCEO’s REPORT VIRGINIA LOVETT

the architectural triumphs that are Southbank Theatre, to deliver an impressive array of free programs Similarly, Jane Hansen came to the end of her tenure the Ian Potter Southbank Centre and The Stables at that enrich the cultural landscape and provide as Chair of the MTC Foundation as she steps into the the University’s Southbank Campus, the discussion opportunities for students and industry professionals. role of Chair of MTC. As the inaugural Chair of the MTC was a wonderful insight into the design practice as I thank all our Donors and Partners for their ongoing Foundation, Jane made a considerable impact and well as the significance and potential of areas like the support in . worked tirelessly with the Foundation Board, putting Melbourne Arts Precinct and the buildings within it. it on a path for success. Under Jane’s leadership, the It was a fantastic and lively day at Southbank Theatre Profuse in its output and impact, our Education Foundation also established a General Endowment with over , people visiting and sharing with us Department is underwritten by our Education Giving Fund in with the largest single gift in MTC’s history their passion for MTC. Circle with a number of key programs supported by from the Hansen Little Foundation. This fund has targeted donations such as the Betty Amsden Youth since grown significantly, reaching nearly ´ million in From the comfort of a theatre seat, MTC immersed Scholarship Course, our Regional Enrichment Program, , and is building a permanent corpus to provide audiences in theatrical magic in , taking them into $ student and family tickets and our First Peoples recurring funding for MTC into the future. I thank stories from our own cultural heritage as well as to Young Artists Program. Again in , these programs Jane for her passionate commitment to MTC and the the four corners of the world. MTC was also physically were sought-after and highly valued. On behalf of the arts, and look forward to working with her in her new on the road, touring to Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane many thousands of students who benefit from these capacity as MTC Chair. and Launceston, and throughout regional Victoria. It programs and have the pleasure of engaging with the is always a pleasure to see our productions on stages creative arts as a result, I again thank our wonderful There’s a huge amount of work that goes on behind- outside of Melbourne and to work with our colleagues and generous Donors for their support and vision. the-scenes to get shows on stage and important across Victoria and interstate. programs happening. Our Artistic Director Brett It was another successful year at Melbourne Theatre In , our fantastic partnership with Virtual School Sheehy and I are extremely fortunate to work with such Company. A season of astonishing productions Across the year, we produced performances Victoria continued to thrive and we again worked with amazing colleagues; it is a team enviable to many and that ranged from intimate dramas to spectacular and employed actors, creatives and industry them to deliver a Year Drama course. It was also we really could not do it without them. It was a big, musicals, thrilling new Australian writing to big- professionals. MTC is one of the State’s largest announced that we would extend our collaboration rewarding year for the Company but not without its hearted comedies and a canine guest-star. On top of a employers of creative talent, be it through our over the coming years to co-deliver the first ever online challenges. As we look back on Season , I’d like busy performance schedule, we once again delivered wonderful acting community, directors and writers to VCE Drama and Theatre Studies courses. Through to acknowledge and congratulate everyone at MTC our award-winning Education Program to thousands our skilled staff behind-the-scenes – the costumiers, MTC Education, we are working hard to break down for what has been achieved, and for the ingenuity, of Victorian students and continued to invest in our scenic artists, carpenters, production staff, company socio-economic and geographical barriers for easy, dedication and passion they bring to work with artists and our industry through revered MTC initiatives managers, stage managers, props makers, welders, informative and quality access to arts education. them every day. like the Women in Theatre Program and NEXT STAGE lighting and sound technicians, and a wealth of talent Our ongoing partnership with Virtual School Victoria, Writers’ Program. in many other departments – all necessary for a and the expansion of its scope to now include VCE thriving theatre company. subjects, means that many more young people have Throughout the year we also celebrated the opportunity to access the magical world of the the th anniversary of our home venue, Southbank We performed to a total paid attendance of ,, performing arts thanks to the creation of innovative Theatre, and the role it’s played in enlivening resulting in a box office of ´. million. Overall, we digital teaching and learning assets. Melbourne’s Arts Precinct. will report ´. million in total revenue and a small consolidated surplus of ´,. In we farewelled Terry Moran, our Chair of six As part of the celebrations, we released , ´ years. During his term, Terry steered MTC through tickets to Golden Shield – they sold out in minutes It was a steady year for the Company financially but a period of considerable growth and vibrancy while – opening our doors to new theatre goers. For one ongoing cost pressures proved as challenging as ever, maintaining financial stability of the Company. special day, as part of Open House Melbourne, and cost mitigation while growing our contributed I thank him for his counsel and leadership throughout MTC let people in behind-the-scenes as staff ran income remained a key focus. his tenure. We also farewelled Board Members Ian backstage tours and showcased the craftsmanship of Thankfully, our excellent box office result was Marshman and Martyn Myer who both stepped our wardrobe and production teams with a fantastic down after -year terms. I thank them for their exhibition of props, costumes and set models. complemented by much needed private sector support, sitting at % of our overall revenue. wonderful contributions to the Company as active Another highlight of our Open House Melbourne Conversely, government funding remained static at % Board Members and donors. Martyn was an early program was the fascinating free public talk we of our total income, net of government duties. champion of MTC’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program and hosted with the University of Melbourne’s Faculty instrumental in realising this landmark program. Ian of Fine Arts and Music about Designing Cultural It is the incredible support of our Donors and provided me with wise guidance and mentoring from Spaces and Precincts. Featuring a panel of leading Corporate Partners that allows us to stage the the beginning of my time here at MTC. Melbourne architects and the creative minds behind productions of scale and range that we do, and

-- -- THE PLAYS

-- THE LADY IN THE VAN BY ALAN BENNETT

FEBRUARY — MARCH ‘Margolyes’ brilliant, cantankerous, Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse all-conquering bag-lady is a force to be PERFORMANCES reckoned with, and sure to be one of the year’s stage highlights.’ The Age PAID ATTENDANCE ,

‘The Lady in the Van is a powerful and frank examination of what it is to share our lives and our space.’ CAST Australian Stage Miss Mary Shepherd (Margaret Fairchild) Miriam Margolyes Pauline / Hooligan Fiona Choi Alan Bennett Daniel Frederiksen Social Worker / Pianist / Hooligan Claire Healy Alan Bennett James Millar Mam / Interviewer Jillian Murray Underwood / Leo Fairchild / Doctor / Garden Workman Richard Piper Rufus / Ambulance Worker Dalip Sondhi

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM Director Dean Bryant Set & Costume Designer Alicia Clements Lighting Designer Matt Scott Composer & Sound Designer Mathew Frank Voice & Dialect Coach Leith McPherson Fight Choreographer Lyndall Grant A&K Opening Night ...... February Stage Manager Christine Bennett ANZ Forum Night ...... February Deputy Stage Manager Lisette Drew Donor Event ...... February Assistant Stage Manager Pippa Wright Audio Described Performances ...... & February Stage Management Secondment VCA Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly Tactile Tour ...... February Dennis Irving Scholarship Mungo Trumble Captioned Performance ...... February

Opening Night Partner Production Partner Media Partner

-- ARBUS & WEST WRITTEN BY STEPHEN SEWELL

FEBRUARY — MARCH ‘Sarah Goodes’s production is sophisticated, Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio thoughtful and convincing.’ PERFORMANCES The Australian PAID ATTENDANCE , ‘Ms. Jurisic achieves a mix of crude verve and counterintuitive innocence … that make her performance irresistible.’ The New York Times

CAST Diane Arbus Diana Glenn Mae West Melita Jurisic Ruby Jennifer Vuletic

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM Director Sarah Goodes Set & Costume Designer Renée Mulder Lighting Designer Paul Jackson Composer & Sound Designer Clemence Williams Voice & Dialect Coach Jean Goodwin Voice of Ben Blue of the Silver Slipper Richard Piper Stage Manager of the Silver Slipper Meg Richardson Stage Manager Jess Keepence Assistant Stage Manager Meg Richardson Directorial Secondment Mary Angley

A&K Opening Night ...... February ANZ Forum Nights ...... & March Donor Event ...... March Audio Described Performances ...... & March Tactile Tour...... March Captioned Performance...... March

Media Partner

-- A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE BY ARTHUR MILLER

MARCH — £ APRIL Southbank Theatre, The Sumner ‘It’s an appallingly brilliant production – PERFORMANCES you won’t see Miller’s timeless tragedy done much better than this anywhere PAID ATTENDANCE in the world.’ , The Age

‘…more than half a century after it was written, and on another continent, this CAST working-class tale continues to resonate Eddie Steve Bastoni like a warning. The Melbourne Theatre Alﬁeri Marco Chiappi Rodolpho Andrew Coshan Company and Mr. Sinclair have cleared Beatrice Daniela Farinacci the way for it.’ Louis / Mike / Ensemble Simon Maiden The New York Times Catherine Zoe Terakes Marco Damian Walshe-Howling

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM Director Iain Sinclair Set & Costume Designer Christina Smith Lighting Designer Niklas Pajanti Composer & Sound Designer Kelly Ryall Voice & Dialect Coach Anna McCrossin-Owen Fight Choreographer Brad Flynn Choreographer Freya List Stage Manager Whitney McNamara A&K Opening Night ...... March Assistant Stage Manager Ben Cooper ANZ Forum Nights ...... & March Lighting Design Secondment VCA Lachlan McLean Audio Described Performances ...... March & April Sound Design Secondment VCA Nathan Santamaria Tactile Tour...... March Wardrobe Secondment VCA Carmody McNicol Captioned Performance...... April

Iain Sinclair was part of the original creative team of Red Line Productions’ A View from the Bridge in . MTC acknowledges RLP’s development of Iain’s vision for the RLP production.

-- COSÌ BY LOUIS NOWRA

APRIL — £ JUNE Southbank Theatre, The Sumner ‘…there’s a timelessness to the themes, and PERFORMANCES a liveliness to this production, that should win every heart and make audiences proud PAID ATTENDANCE of Australian theatre.’ , The Age

CAST ‘… a well cast rollercoaster ride of pathos and black comedy that soon has one Zac / Nick Gabriel Fancourt believing in a seemingly impossible dream.’ Julie / Lucy Esther Hannaford Henry Glenn Hazeldine Limelight Magazine Cherry Bessie Holland, Belinda McClory ( May ¶ June) Lewis Sean Keenan Roy Robert Menzies Doug Rahel Romahn Ruth Katherine Tonkin Justin George Zhao A&K Opening Night ...... May ANZ Forum Nights ...... & May CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM Donor Event ...... May Audio Described Performances ...... & May Director Sarah Goodes Tactile Tour...... May Set Designer Dale Ferguson Captioned Performance...... June Costume Designer Jonathon Oxlade Lighting Designer Niklas Pajanti Composer & Sound Designer Chris Williams Associate Sound Designer Amy Holley TOUR Assistant Director Rachel Chant Fight Choreographer Lyndall Grant NOVEMBER § ¨ DECEMBER Stage Manager Julia Smith Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre Stage Manager – Tour Jess Maguire PERFORMANCES Assistant Stage Manager Pippa Wright Costume Design Mentee Charlotte Lane Stage Management Secondment VCA Caitlin Tsiolkas PAID ATTENDANCE Lighting Design Mentee Clare Springett ,

A co-production with Sydney Theatre Company Opening Night Partner Production Partner Media Partner

-- EDUCATION PRODUCTION

THE VIOLENT OUTBURST THAT DREW ME TO YOU BY FINEGAN KRUCKEMEYER

— £ May ‘A superb production.’ Southbank Theatre, The Lawler The Blurb PERFORMANCES ‘Harry Tseng’s performance is heart- PAID ATTENDANCE , warming as Connor walks the line between raging, earnest teen and vulnerable, OPENING NIGHT

May confused young adult.’ Theatre People

CAST REGIONAL TOUR May — June Connor Harry Tseng Lotte, Teacher and others Izabella Yena PERFORMANCES Timo, Mal and others Josh Price

PAID ATTENDANCE CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM , Director Prue Clark VENUES Set & Costume Designer Romanie Harper Lighting Designer Amelia Lever-Davidson Mildura Arts Centre Composer & Sound Designer Ian Moorhead May Fight Choreographer Lyndall Grant Directing Attachment Bronya Doyle Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo Stage Manager Lisette Drew May Assistant Stage Manager – Rehearsals Meg Richardson Potato Shed, Drysdale May

Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool May Theatre Royal, Hobart June

Launceston College June The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You regional tour was supported by the Crown Resorts Foundation and Packer Bunjil Place, Narre Warren Family Foundation. — June Bunjil Place performances oﬀered free to students and teachers were made possible with support from Krystyna Campbell-Pretty ¸¹. -- HEISENBERG BY SIMON STEPHENS

« MAY — ¬ JULY ‘Many romantic comedies fail to be either Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio romantic or comedic: Heisenberg, a PERFORMANCES delightful and sparse two-hander, manages to be both in unexpected ways.’ PAID ATTENDANCE ArtsHub ,

‘…the two actors hold their own in this fast paced and emotionally charged narrative.’ Australian Stage CAST Alex Priest Peter Kowitz Georgie Burns Kat Stewart

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM Director Tom Healey Set & Costume Designer Anna Borghesi Acting Set & Costume Designer (bump in – opening night) Louise McCarthy Lighting Designer Bronwyn Pringle Composer & Sound Designer Clemence Williams Voice & Dialect Coach Anna McCrossin-Owen Choreographer Jarryd Byrne Stage Manager Jess Keepence Assistant Stage Manager Brittany Coombs Assistant Stage Manager – Swing Julia Orlando

A&K Opening Night ...... May ANZ Forum Nights ...... May & June Donor Event ...... May Audio Described Performances ...... & June Tactile Tour...... June Captioned Performance...... June

Production Partner

-- STORM BOY BY COLIN THIELE, ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY TOM HOLLOWAY

« JUNE — JULY Southbank Theatre, The Sumner ‘The play courts and succeeds in winning PERFORMANCES the attention of a young audience as much as Thiele managed to solicit the enduring PAID ATTENDANCE fondness of his readership decades ago.’ , ArtsHub EDUCATION PERFORMANCES EDUCATION PERFORMANCE DATES ‘…Sam Strong’s production is an immersive & July experience, a feast for the senses.’ The Australian

CAST Assistant Stage Manager Ben Cooper Puppeteer Ellen Bailey Stage Management Secondment VCA Hideaway Tom John Batchelor Lowana van Dorssen Fingerbone Bill Tony Briggs Sound Design Secondment RMIT David McCarthy Puppeteer Emily Burton Storm Boy Conor Lowe Puppeteer Drew Wilson A&K Opening Night ...... June ANZ Forum Nights ...... June & July Donor Event ...... June CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM Audio Described Performances ...... & July Tactile Tour...... July Director Sam Strong Captioned Performance ...... July Puppet Designer & Associate Director David Morton Set & Costume Designer Anna Cordingley Lighting Designer Matt Scott Composer & Sound Designer Darrin Verhagen TOUR Projection Designer Justin Harrison Voice Coach Jean Goodwin JULY — « AUGUST Cultural Consultant Major Moogy Sumner Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Playhouse Associate Set & Costume Designer Kris Bird PERFORMANCES Puppet Fabricators David Morton, Jennifer Livingstone, Indigo-Rose Redding, Matt Seery, John Pierce, Holly Bryce (Secondment) PAID ATTENDANCE Stage Manager Whitney McNamara ,

A co-production with Queensland Theatre in association with Dead Puppet Society Media Partner

-- Animal Handler Rebecca Faulkner – We Do Animals Ralph Peter Houghton Stage Manager Christine Bennett THE MTC PRODUCTION OF Musician Andrew Kroenert Deputy Stage Manager Julia Smith Henslowe John Leary Assistant Stage Manager Meg Richardson Hugh Fennyman Adam Murphy Assistant Stage Manager Brittany Coombs SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Queen Elizabeth I / Nurse Deidre Rubenstein Directorial Secondment Tim Paige Ned Alleyn / Frees Chris Ryan Stage Management Secondment VCA Claudia Howarth BASED ON THE SCREENPLAY BY MARC NORMAN & TOM STOPPARD, Richard Burbage / Boatman Aaron Tsindos Lighting Design Secondment WAAPA David Silvester ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY LEE HALL, MUSIC BY PADDY CUNNEEN Spot Daisy

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM A&K Opening Night ...... July Director Simon Phillips ANZ Forum Night ...... July ¯ JULY — « AUGUST Set & Costume Designer Gabriela Tylesova Donor Event ...... July

Arts Centre Melbourne, Playhouse Lighting Designer Matt Scott Audio Described Performances ...... & July ‘Melbourne Theatre Company’s adaptation Musical Director Andrew Kroenert Tactile Tour...... July of the Oscar-winning romcom works so PERFORMANCES Sound Designer Kerry Saxby Captioned Performance...... August well on stage you wonder why it was a Choreographer Andrew Hallsworth Auslan Interpreted Performance ...... August Fight Director Nigel Poulton ﬁlm in the ﬁrst place.’ PAID ATTENDANCE Voice & Dialect Coach Leith McPherson The Guardian , Associate Set Designer Jacob Battista TOUR Associate Costume Designer Dann Barber Associate Costume Designer Janet Hine — AUGUST Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra Theatre Associate Lighting Designer Clare Springett Assistant Director Jess Burns Simon Phillips’ gorgeous-looking production CAST Assistant Choreographer Liam McIlwain Performances juggles romance and humour with ease, and Fight Captain Michael Wahr Will Shakespeare Michael Wahr Paid Attendance , it’s a real pleasure to see theatre – all its Viola de Lesseps Claire van der Boom foibles, its shortcomings, its precariousness, John Webster / Mistress Quickly Aljin Abella and ultimately its glory – delivered with Kit Marlowe Luke Arnold Sam Laurence Boxhall such playfulness and skill. Opening Night Partner Wabash / Lambert Tyler Coppin Originally produced on the West End by Disney Theatrical Productions & Sonia Friedman Productions, directed by Declan Donnellan, and designed by Nick Ormerod The Age Lord Wessex / Nol Daniel Frederiksen Lord Tilney / Sir Robert de Lesseps Francis Greenslade -- -- AN MTC ORIGINAL GOLDEN SHIELD BY ANCHULI FELICIA KING

AUGUST — ¨ SEPTEMBER ‘It’s a hugely impressive achievement, Southbank Theatre, The Sumner rendered with a supple intelligence PERFORMANCES that’s reﬂected in Sarah Goodes’ equally impressive production.’ The Saturday Paper PAID ATTENDANCE ,

‘With two languages being heard on a main stage, politics that reﬂect what could CAST or will be happening in Australia, and a new script by a young writer, Golden Richard Warren / Larry Murdoch Nicholas Bell, Shield fulﬁls the promise of NEXT STAGE.’ Steve Mouzakis ( August ¶ September) Huang Mei / Deputy Minister Gao Shengwei Time Out Gabrielle Chan Eva Chen Jing-Xuan Chan Julie Chen Fiona Choi Li Dao Yi Jin Marshall McLaren Josh McConville Amanda Carlson / Jane Bollman Sophie Ross The Translator Yuchen Wang

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM Director Sarah Goodes Design Secondment VCA Jemima Johnston Set & Costume Design The Sisters Hayes (Esther Marie Lighting Design Secondment VCA Harrie Hogan Hayes & Rebecca Hayes) Voice & Dialect Secondment Matt Furlani AV Designer Rebecca Hayes Lighting Designer Damien Cooper Composer & Sound Designer Luke Smiles Collaborating Composer Kelly Ryall

Voice & Dialect Coach Geraldine Cook-Dafner A&K Opening Night ...... August Associate Designer Kat Chan ANZ Forum Nights ...... & August Assistant Director Alice Qin Audio Described Performances ...... August Language & Translation Consultant Jing Wei Lee ...... & September Stage Manager Pippa Wright Tactile Tour...... August Assistant Stage Manager Lisette Drew Captioned Performance...... September

Commissioned through MTC’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program, supported by the donors, foundations and organisations of MTC’s Playwrights Giving Circle.

-- BLACK IS THE NEW WHITE BY NAKKIAH LUI

OCTOBER — NOVEMBER Southbank Theatre, The Sumner ‘It’s hard not to admire this distinctively PERFORMANCES Australian play, with all its daring intelligence and mischievous humour.’ PAID ATTENDANCE Herald Sun ,

‘Black is the New White feels fresh and CAST relevant … not only because Lui knows how Ray Gibson Tony Briggs to fashion her own kind of comedy; she Narrator Luke Carroll has something genuinely subversive and Marie Smith Vanessa Downing personal to say.’ Dennison Smith Geoﬀ Morrell Time Out Rose Jones Tuuli Narkle Joan Gibson Melodie Reynolds-Diarra Francis Smith Tom Stokes Charlotte Gibson Miranda Tapsell Sonny Jones Anthony Taufa

A&K Opening Night ...... October CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM ANZ Forum Nights ...... & October Donor Event ...... October Director Paige Rattray Audio Described Performances ...... & October Set & Costume Designer Renée Mulder Tactile Tour...... October Lighting Designer Ben Hughes Captioned Performance...... October Composer & Sound Designer Steve Toulmin Tour Director Julia Patey Voice & Text Coach Charmian Gradwell Black is the New White was commissioned by Sydney Theatre Tour Production Manager Lauren Makin Company with the support of the Malcolm Robertson Foundation. Stage Manager Natalie Moir Assistant Stage Manager Vanessa Martin Original production supported by the STC Donor Syndicate and Tour Head Mechanist Joseph Gleeson Presenting Partner Allens. Tour Head Electrician Corinne Fish The community night was made possible through MTC’s Sharing Tour Sound Supervisor Luke Davis the Light program, supported by the Crown Resorts Foundation Tour Head Carpenter Nick Horne & Packer Family Foundation.

A Sydney Theatre Company Production

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-- PHOTOGRAPH ¯ BY ANNA ZIEGLER

NOVEMBER — ¨ DECEMBER Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio ‘Photograph constitutes an apology to a PERFORMANCES brilliant woman of science who deserved greater recognition, and a happier ending.’ PAID ATTENDANCE The Age ,

‘… it is Garner’s play, and she is magniﬁcent CAST at every turn.’ Time Out Ray Gosling Gig Clarke James Watson Nicholas Denton Rosalind Franklin Nadine Garner Maurice Wilkins Paul Goddard Don Caspar Yalin Ozucelik Francis Crick Dan Spielman

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM Director Pamela Rabe Set & Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper Costume Designer Esther Marie Hayes Composer & Sound Designer Mary Finsterer Voice & Dialect Coach Anna McCrossin-Owen Stage Manager Christine Bennett Assistant Stage Manager Meg Richardson A&K Opening Night ...... November Stage Manager – Swing Meg Richardson ANZ Forum Nights ...... & November Assistant Stage Manager – Swing Lisette Drew Donor Night ...... November Directorial Secondment Suzannah Kennett Lister Audio Described Performances ...... & November Stage Management Secondment VCA Tactile Tour...... November Benjamin Cronin Captioned Performance...... November

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-- KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN BOOK BY TERRENCE MCNALLY, MUSIC BY JOHN KANDER, LYRICS BY FRED EBB, BASED ON THE NOVEL BY MANUEL PUIG

£ NOVEMBER — £ DECEMBER Southbank Theatre, The Sumner ‘… Melham’s performance is masterful, PERFORMANCES radiating love, courage, terror, deﬁance and fear, sometimes within a single scene.’ PAID ATTENDANCE Time Out ,

‘[O’Connor is] demanding, seductive, imperious, irresistible. As is the production.’ CAST The Australian Spider Woman / Aurora Caroline O’Connor Molina Ainsley Melham Valentin Adam-Jon Fiorentino Ensemble Jakob Ambrose Esteban / Ensemble Blake Appelqvist Sound Designer Nick Walker Marta / Ensemble Elandrah Eramiha Projection Designer Jamie Clennett Molina’s Mother / Ensemble Natalie Gamsu Voice & Dialect Coach Leith McPherson Marcos / Ensemble Joe Gaudion Assistant Director & Assistant Choreographer Gabriel / Ensemble Ryan Gonzalez Luca Dinardo Warden / Ensemble Bert LaBonté Intimacy Coordinator Michala Banas Ensemble Lyndon Watts Movement Consultant Lyndall Grant Stage Manager Julia Smith MUSICIANS Deputy Stage Manager Whitney McNamara Assistant Stage Manager Ben Cooper Drums Darryn Farrugia Assistant Stage Manager Brittany Coombs Violin Susannah Ng, Ioana Tache Stage Management Secondment VCA Geetanjali Mishra Bass Patrick Schmidli Design Secondment WAAPA Riley Tapp Cello Paul Zabrowarny

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM A&K Opening Night ...... November Director Dean Bryant ANZ Forum Nights ...... November & December Musical Director & Orchestrator Jack Earle Donor Event ...... November Choreographer Andrew Hallsworth Audio Described Performances ...... & December Set & Costume Designer Alicia Clements Tactile Tour...... December Lighting Designer Matt Scott Captioned Performance...... December

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-- SIGNATURE PROGRAMS

-- NEXT STAGE WRITERS’ PROGRAM

st NEXT STAGE ¬ workshops international play produced – held to further the development at the Golden Shield by Anchuli development of Banﬀ Centre for Arts and Felicia King. NEXT STAGE plays. Creativity in Canada.

¯ writers £« actors and ¨ NEXT STAGE commissioned or in creatives employed plays announced in residence. across the workshops. MTC’s season.

COMMISSIONED WRITERS WRITERSINRESIDENCE In July, four new commissions were awarded MTC welcomed three new writers-in-residence in through NEXT STAGE, bringing the total to 22 writers July. Across the program to date there have been commissioned through the program. nine resident placements, with the inaugural and second year residents all going on to receive play Van Badham (2019 commission) commissions. Angus Cerini Patricia Cornelius Elise Esther Hearst Aidan Fennessy (2019 commission) Andrea James Louris van de Geer Phillip Kavanagh Dan Giovannoni (2019 commission) Michael Gow Tom Holloway Anchuli Felicia King (2019 commission) Benjamin Law Joanna Murray-Smith Ellen van Neerven Joe Penhall Leah Purcell Chris Ryan, Megan Washington (composer) and Mark Leonard Winter Declan Furber Gillick Melissa Reeves Chris Summers Natesha Somasundaram Kylie Trounson

NEXT STAGE is made possible by MTC’s Playwrights Giving Circle Louise Myer and Martyn Myer ¸¾, Maureen Wheeler ¸¾ and Tony Wheeler ¸¾, Christine Brown Bequest, Allan Myers ¸¿ À¿ and Maria Myers ¸¿, Tony Burgess and Janine Burgess, Dr Andrew McAliece and Dr Richard Simmie, Larry Kamener and Petra Kamener

-- MTC EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

MTC’s Education Program connects young people and REGIONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM teachers with ﬁrst-rate learning opportunities. Throughout the year, MTC runs a range of enrichment May — November programs, scholarships and workshops designed to foster students’ love and understanding of the The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You creative industries. Workshops MTC’s Education Department is supported by MTC’s May | St Ignatius College, Geelong Education Giving Circle and the Victorian Department June | Bellarine Secondary College, Drysdale of Education and Training. July | Kambrya College, Berwick VIRTUAL SCHOOL VICTORIA & MTC Dramaturgy PD: A View From the Bridge June | St Joseph’s College, Mildura presented in partnership with Drama Victoria August | Bayview College, Portland In partnership with Virtual School Victoria, MTC again Teaching Artists Prue Clark, Suzie Thomas and ran a Year Drama course. March | MTC HQ and Southbank Theatre, THE VIOLENT OUTBURST THAT DREW Nick Tranter The Sumner ME TO YOU WORKSHOPS Total Participants students July — November | MTC HQ and Southbank Theatre, Guest Artist Iain Sinclair The Lawler Participating Teachers May | MTC HQ Teaching Artists Nick Tranter and Suzie Thomas Macbeth Workshops Teaching Artists Penny Harpham and Darius Kedros Participants students Designer Bethany J. Fellows Decoding Script PD: Shakespeare in Love August | Bayview College, Portland VSV Teacher Ferri Mahmut presented in partnership with Victorian Association Teaching Artists Suzie Thomas and Nick Tranter VSV Head of Arts John Bartley for the Teaching of English. Participants students VSV Media Teacher Kelly Jackson MTC AMBASSADORS PROGRAM July | MTC HQ and Arts Centre Melbourne, Online Workshop Participants April — December the Playhouse Teacher as Artist PD Workshops Workshop and Presentation Participants Guest Artist Leith McPherson Participants students at MTC HQ August | Latrobe Performing Arts Centre, Traralgon Participating Teachers Supported by the MTC Youth Ambassador Giving Circle. Presentation November | MTC HQ and online November | Mildura Arts Centre Teaching Artists Suzie Thomas, Nicholas Waxman and Storm Boy Puppetry Workshop: For Artists Lauren Zeigler BETTY AMSDEN YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP HQ TOURS Total Participants COURSE June | MTC HQ and Southbank Theatre, The Sumner Guest Artist David Morton (Dead Puppet Society) February — December | MTC HQ September — October | Southbank Theatre, Participants Participants school groups VCE Theatre Studies Workshop The Lawler

August | Highview College, Maryborough Teaching Artists Katrina Cornwell and Morgan Rose Storm Boy Puppetry Workshop: For Teachers Teaching Artist Meg Upton Guest Artists Amelia Lever-Davidson, Petra Kalive, WORK EXPERIENCE Participants students Izabella Yena and Bernard Sam July | MTC HQ and Southbank Theatre, The Sumner Wellbeing Support Artist Sarah Hosford Guest Artist Helen Stephens (Dead Puppet Society) February — October | MTC HQ The Regional Enrichment Program is supported by the Participants students Workshop Assistant Lauren Bennett Participants Gailey/Lazarus Charitable Foundation. Participants students

Drama Victoria Conference PRESHOW TALKS AND POSTSHOW Q&A µ December | Melbourne Graduate School of Pre-show talks and post-show Q&As were held for Education, University of Melbourne The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You, Così and Shakespeare in Love. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Session Theatre Production Processes Presenters Adam Howe (Technical & Production April — August | Southbank Theatre, MTC delivered a range of professional development Director) and Nick Tranter (Learning Manager) The Sumner and The Lawler Participating Teachers Teaching Artist Nick Tranter events for teachers both in Melbourne and Total Participants students and teachers regional Victoria. -- -- SHARING THE LIGHT

In its fifth year, Sharing the Light continued to have MTC EDUCATION ON TOUR a positive and significant impact on young people through subsidised tickets, specialised programs and In , The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You engagement with the creative arts. travelled as a full-scale production to regional performing arts centres. Pre-show talks were held Supported by the Crown Resorts Foundation & Packer before every performance, facilitated by MTC Family Foundation. Community Outreach Manager Karin Farrell. Venues ¶¯ TICKETS FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES Mildura Arts Centre Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo Subsidised ´ tickets were available to students at Potato Shed, Drysdale disadvantaged schools and families in outer-metro Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool Melbourne to attend MTC productions. Theatre Royal, Hobart Travel subsidies were also offered to schools in regional Launceston College areas of Victoria to reduce geographical and financial Bunjil Place, Narre Warren barriers associated with getting to the theatre.

Total travel subsidy provided to schools ´, COMMUNITY NIGHT ( schools, , students) A community night was held during the season of Black Total ¶¯ tickets is the New White. Tickets for the performance were ´. Students , Families , Community Night Performance November Attendance FIRST PEOPLES YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM A scholarship for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people interested in the performing arts, oﬀered by MTC with support from the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development. The program featured a series of workshops on performance skills, writing for the stage, technical and design production, and cultural experiences. Under the mentorship of First Nations teaching artists and facilitators, as well as experienced MTC staﬀ and creatives, the program culminated in a group- devised performance for family and friends staged at Southbank Theatre. In , there were participants from Melbourne, regional Victoria and Western Australia. Participants Lead Teaching Artist Lenka Vanderboom Guest Teaching Artist and Director of Final Performance Declan Furber Gillick Workshop Assistants (all alumni of the program): Amelia O’Leary, Jyden Brailey, Jayde Hopkins, Brodi Purtill, Jacinta Keefe and Corey Saylor-Brunskill

-- CYBEC ELECTRIC

A series of public play readings of new works. NEXT ·ON¸ STAGE March In , Cybec Electric featured the work of exciting playwrights, including three of MTC’S NEXT STAGE MTC NEXT STAGE residents Declan Furber Gillick, writers-in-residence. Melissa Reeves and Chris Summers in conversation with MTC Literary Director Chris Mead. Cast Shareena Clanton, Peter Houghton, Lachie £ § March Pringle, Charles Purcell, Naomi Rukavina, Nikki Viveca Southbank Theatre, The Lawler

Performances NEXT STAGE is made possible by the donors, foundations and organisations of MTC’s Playwrights Giving Circle.

Total Paid Attendance AUSTRALIAN OPEN by Angus Cameron Literary Director Chris Mead March Literary Associate Jennifer Medway Cybec Electric Producer Karin Farrell Director John Kachoyan Stage Manager Julia Orlando Cybec Electric Intern Andrew Signor Lawler Supervisor James Paul Cast Shareena Clanton, Peter Houghton, Lachie Pringle, Charles Purcell, Naomi Rukavina, Nikki Viveca

CYBEC SCENES March CYBEC SCENES March The Bathroom by Mama Alto Green Park by Elias Jamieson Brown Accra Hips and All by Mararo Wangai As One by Phillip Kavanagh Help Yourself by Keziah Warner Cycle Broken by Eva Grace Mullaley Director Bridget Balodis Cybec Electric Intern Melanie Thomas Director John Kachoyan Cast Shareena Clanton, Peter Houghton, Lachie Cybec Electric Intern Jyden Brailey Pringle, Charles Purcell, Naomi Rukavina, Nikki Viveca Cast Shareena Clanton, Peter Houghton, Lachie Pringle, Charles Purcell, Naomi Rukavina, Nikki Viveca

END OF LIFE by Rachel Perks March Director Bridget Balodis Cybec Electric Intern Melanie Thomas Cybec Electric is made possible by the support of the late Cast Shareena Clanton, Lachie Pringle, Charles Purcell Dr Roger Riordan ¸¹ and The Cybec Foundation.

-- WOMEN IN THEATRE

MTC’s industry-leading Women in Theatre Program Emily Sheehan (Playwriting) helps create opportunities for women pursuing careers Mentor: Joanna Murray-Smith, Playwright in a range of disciplines from production to artistic and executive management. Emily Sweeney (Producing) Mentor: Erin Milne, Executive Producer, Bureau of In MTC introduced a new stream to the program, Works dedicated to providing opportunities for women working in lighting and sound design. The core stream Keziah Warner (Dramaturgy) continued with new participants completing a year Mentor: Michele Lee, Playwright & Author of mentoring and career development salons and Clemence Williams (Sound Design & Composition) workshops. Mentor: Adena Jacobs, Director & Artistic Director, This program is supported by MTC’s Women in Fraught Outﬁt Theatre Giving Circle. SALON AND WORKSHOP FACILITATORS

February § December Corrine Armour, Leadership Specialist MTC HQ and Southbank Theatre Erica Bagshaw, Executive Coach Gabriel Edwards, Counsellor, Founder of Breathing Participants Space and Associate Partner at Fisher Leadership Selene Bateman, Client Manager, Auspicious Arts Claire Butler, MoneyMinded Project Manager, CORE STREAM Brotherhood of St Laurence (supported by ANZ) Melissa Reeves, Playwright Xanthe Beesley (Artistic Direction) MTC Staﬀ Mentor: Rose Hiscock, Director, Science Gallery Melbourne Rachel Chant (Directing) TECHNICAL DESIGN STREAM Mentor: Imara Savage, Director & Sarah Goodes, MTC Associate Artistic Director Amy Holley (Sound Design) Associate Sound Designer, Così Grace Ferguson (Emerging Sound Design) Mentor: Jethro Woodward, Sound Designer Clare Springett (Lighting Design) Associate Lighting Designer, Shakespeare in Love Roshelle Fong (Multi-Disciplinary) Mentor: Carri Twigg, Public Engagement Strategist Amy Hardingham (Creative Direction) Mentor: Virginia Lovett, MTC Executive Director & co-CEO Romanie Harper (Set & Costume Design) Mentor: Anna Tregloan, Designer Penny Harpham (Directing) Mentor: Clare Watson, Artistic Director, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA Rachel Lee (Lighting Design) Mentor: Emma Valente, Lighting Designer & Director

-- -- YEARS OF SOUTHBANK THEARE

was a milestone year for Southbank Theatre, VIDEO AND INTERVIEW SERIES marking years since MTC’s iconic home first opened and positioned the Company in the heart of the We celebrated Southbank Theatre’s anniversary Melbourne Arts Precinct. off-stage with the creation of a -part video series featuring a range of people from MTC’s community Throughout the year there were celebrations to note reflecting on the decade. There was also a series of the occasion, reflecting on all that has happened in interviews and special editorial created both online the past decade and looking to the future of Victoria’s and in our production programmes. State theatre company.

¶ TICKETS To mark Southbank Theatre’s anniversary and celebrate the inaugural NEXT STAGE commission to be produced, we released ´ tickets to Golden Shield. These tickets sold within minutes. Tickets sold ,

OPEN HOUSE MELBOURNE Backstage Tours and Costume Display Twelve tours ran throughout the day, taking members of the public backstage at the Sumner. Costumes and props displayed in the level foyer drew additional crowds and gave people a close-up view of the craftsmanship of the MTC production team. Tours Tour attendance Open House Visitors ,+

Designing Cultural Spaces & Precincts Public talk hosted in partnership with the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

Facilitator Ray Edgar Panel Meaghan Dwyer (John Wardle Architects), Ian McDougall (ARM Architecture), Kerstin Thompson (Kerstin Thompson Architects) Attendance

-- MTC INITIATIVES & ACTIVITIES

COMMISSIONS In addition to plays developing through MTC’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program, the Company has a number of other commissions underway that continued their development in . Commissions supported by the Joan and Peter Clemenger Trust Kylie Coolwell SECONDMENTS AND ATTACHMENTS Judith Lucy Damien Millar Each year MTC offers a number of placements for Ross Mueller secondments, helping the next generation of theatre Magda Szubanski makers develop their skills in a professional setting. Anthony Weigh Stage Management Secondments Malcolm Robertson Foundation Commission Benjamin Cronin (VCA) – Photograph Angela Betzien Lowana van Dorssen (VCA) – Storm Boy Zsuzsa Gaynor Mihaly (VCA) – The Lady in the Van Claudia Howarth (VCA) – Shakespeare in Love Commission in association with Manhattan MTC AT MPAVILION LONGHOUSE: MELBOURNE Theatre Club Geetanjali Mishra (VCA) – Kiss of the Spider Woman Hannie Rayson Caitlin Tsiolkas (VCA) – Così MTC again partnered with MPavilion to host three free An evening of conversation and networking with Design Secondments events as part of their / program, featuring members of the creative team from MTC’s production Harrie Hogan (VCA) – Golden Shield, Design members of MTC’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program. The of Golden Shield by Anchuli Felicia King. Hosted FIRST STAGE Jemima Johnston (VCA) – Golden Shield, Design first event was a public play reading in December by MTC in partnership with Contemporary Asian Charlotte Lane – Così, Costume Design Mentee with the remaining two events to follow in early . Australian Performance. MTC and Emerging Writers’ Festival again partnered to David McCarthy (RMIT) – Storm Boy, Sound Design Being Better support young playwrights across a series of intensive Lachlan McLean (VCA) – A View From the Bridge, September workshops that culminated in a public reading at by Chris Summers Southbank Theatre, The Lawler Lighting Design Southbank Theatre. Nathan Santamaria (VCA) – A View From the Bridge, December Panelists Kat Chan, Sarah Goodes, Alice Qin, Workshops Sound Design MPavilion, Queen Victoria Gardens David Silvester (WAAPA) – Shakespeare in Love, Annette Shun Wah March – June, fortnightly Facilitator Diana Nguyen MTC HQ Lighting Design Clare Springett – Così, Lighting Design Mentee Reading Riley Tapp (WAAPA) – Kiss of the Spider Woman, CAAP DIRECTORS INITIATIVE June Design The CAAP Directors Initiative aims to develop and BLACKWRIGHTS SHOWCASE Southbank Theatre, The Lawler embed Asian Australian directors in the three largest Directorial Secondments and Attachments A presentation of excerpts from new scripts developed state theatre companies in Australia. The two-year Writers Alistair Baldwin, Brooke Murray, Margot Mary Angley – Arbus & West through Ilbijerri’s BlackWrights Creators Program. program is offered in partnership with Contemporary Morales Tanjutco and Laila Thaker Bronya Doyle – The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You Presented by Melbourne Festival in association with Asian Australian Performance, Sydney Theatre Suzannah Kennett Lister – Photograph Ilbijerri Theatre Company and MTC. Cast Kai Bradley, Sandy Greenwood, Kate Hood Company, Queensland Theatre and Melbourne Theatre Tim Paige – Shakespeare in Love Company. Emerging directors participate in a range October of professional development activities, with two Southbank Theatre, The Lawler Voice & Dialect Secondment participants at each company offered paid assistant Matt Furlani – Golden Shield director positions in the second year. Writers Monica Karo, Nazree Dickerson and Blayne Welsh Wardrobe Secondment MTC CAAP Directors Initiative Participants Carmody McNicol (VCA) – A View From the Bridge Joe Paradise Lui Dennis Irving Scholarship Diana Nguyen Mungo Trumble – The Lady in the Van Alice Qin

-- -- AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

-- AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

HELPMANN AWARDS Lighting Design Nick Schlieper – Photograph 51 Best Costume Design Damien Cooper – Golden Shield Gabriela Tylesova – Twelfth Night Niklas Pajanti – A View From the Bridge Set and Costume Design HELPMANN AWARD NOMINATIONS Christina Smith (Set) – A View From the Bridge Gabriela Tylesova (Costume) – Shakespeare in Love Best Female Actor in a Play The Sisters Hayes (Set, Costume, AV) – Golden Shield Melita Jurisic – Arbus & West Music, Composition and Sound Design

Kelly Ryall – A View From the Bridge Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play Zoe Terakes – A View From the Bridge Writing/Adaptation for the Australian Stage Finegan Kruckemeyer – The Violent Outburst That Best Costume Design Drew Me to You Gabriela Tylesova – Twelfth Night Nakkiah Lui – Black is the New White (a Sydney Theatre Company production) Best Original Score Anchuli Felicia King – Golden Shield Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall – Twelfth Night Direction Iain Sinclair – A View From the Bridge GREEN ROOM AWARDS Sarah Goodes – Golden Shield THEATRE COMPANIES Production A View From the Bridge Lighting Design Golden Shield Niklas Pajanti – A View From the Bridge MUSICAL THEATRE Set and Costume Design Lead Role The Sisters Hayes (Set, Costume, AV) – Golden Shield Ainsley Melham – Kiss of the Spider Woman Direction Sound Design Iain Sinclair – A View From the Bridge Nick Walker – Kiss of the Spider Woman Set Design GREEN ROOM AWARD NOMINATIONS Alicia Clements – Kiss of the Spider Woman THEATRE COMPANIES Outstanding Performance Jing-Xuan Chan – Golden Shield DRAMA VICTORIA AWARDS Michael Wahr – Shakespeare in Love Best Resource for the 2019 VCE Playlist Steve Bastoni – A View From the Bridge Così Education Pack Ensemble Best Performance by a Theatre Company A View From the Bridge for Years 7-10 Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role Storm Boy (co-production with Queensland Theatre in Andrew Coshan – A View From the Bridge association with Dead Puppet Society) Yuchen Wang – Golden Shield

-- -- THE COMPANY

-- MTC BOARD

TERRY MORAN ¾¿ ·CHAIR¸ JANE HANSEN ¾Á IAN MARSHMAN ¾À BRETT SHEEHY ¾Á Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet Inaugural Chair of MTC Foundation; Deputy Chancellor Former Senior Vice-Principal of the University of MTC Artistic Director and CEO. Board Member since to and Prime Minister and Cabinet to ; and Fellow of the University of Melbourne, Member Melbourne, Chair of the Universitas Managers January . Chancellor, Federation University; Chair, Centre for of the University of Melbourne Council, Deputy Chair Group, Chair of VTAC Committee of Management and Policy Development; Deputy President, Walter and of Believe Campaign and Member of Humanities Chair of Headspace National Youth Mental Health Eliza Hall Institute; Director, Menzies Foundation; BA Foundation Board of University of Melbourne; Board Foundation; Chair of Melbourne Teaching Health (Hons), Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), La Trobe Member of the Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation; Clinics Board; President, Queen’s College Council; University. Board Member since January . Chair Board Member of Opera Australia; Chair and CEO of Chair, Yea Memorial Hospital Board; Member, Grattan from January to December . the Hansen Little Foundation; previously on the boards Institute and Australian National Academy of Music; of the MCG Trust, the State Sport Centres Trust, the LLD (Hons); Boards; BA honours, LLB. Board Member Federal body of Athletics Australia and the Foundation since January . TONY BURGESS of the State Library of Victoria. Board Member since Chairman of Flagstaff Partners; Director of Diversified February . United Investment Limited; Director of Melbourne PROFESSOR DUNCAN MASKELL Business School Limited; Director of Gandel Group Vice Chancellor, The University of Melbourne; Professor Pty Ltd; Chairman of the Melbourne Foundation for LARRY KAMENER of Microbiology; past Senior Pro-Vice Chancellor, Business and Economics; Governor of the Ian Potter Senior Adviser, Melbourne office of the Boston University of Cambridge; Member, Melbourne Business Foundation; BCom (Hons), MBA. Board Member since Consulting Group; formerly BCG Senior Partner and School Board of Directors; Member, Grattan Institute February . founder and former leader of BCG’s global Public Board of Directors; Member, Group of Eight; former Sector Practice; current Chair of BCG’s Centre for Member, Genus plc Board of Directors; Honorary Public Impact; Chair of Teach for Australia; Chair of the Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge; MA, PROFESSOR BARRY CONYNGHAM ¾À Strategic Advisory Council for the Bastow Institute of PhD, FMEDSCI, HONASSOCRCVS. Board Member since Composer; Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of School Leadership. Board Member of Save the Children December . Music; Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University Australia. Board Member since October . of Melbourne; Emeritus Professor, University of Wollongong and Southern Cross University; MA (Hons), MARTYN MYER ¾Á DMUS: CERTPOSTDOCSTUD (UCSD). Board Member JANETTE KENDALL Deputy Chancellor of University of Melbourne and since October . Non-Executive Director of Vicinity Centres, Costa Chair of the Investment Committee; Deputy Chair of Group, Australian Venue Co, and KM Property Funds; University of Melbourne Believe Campaign; President previously on the boards of Nine Entertainment, of The Myer Foundation; Chair of Cogstate Limited; PATRICIA FAULKNER ¾Á Wellcom Worldwide, Melbourne International Arts Member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra Board; Chair, Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH); Festival, AURL Foodworks, Clemenger BBDO; former BME, MEng, MESc, MSm, FIEA. Board Member since Chair, Jesuit Social Services; Chair, Melbourne Racing Senior Vice President at Galaxy Entertainment Group, February . Club Foundation; Chair, Commonwealth Bank of China. Board Member since February . Australia CEO Advisory Panel; Deputy Chair, Catholic Professional Standards Ltd; Member, Melbourne SUSAN OLIVER ¾À Â¾Ã¿Ä Racing Club Committee; Board Member, VicSuper; DR SHARMISTHA LAW Chair, non-executive director and entrepreneur. Chair, St Vincent’s Health Australia Sub Committee. Former Associate Professor of Marketing, Assoc. Chair Currently founding Chair of Scale Investors; Chair Board Member since February . of Management, and Principal’s Advisor on Diversity of The Wheeler Centre; Independent Member of and Outreach, University of Toronto; Founder and the Investment Committee for Industry Funds owner of J C Law Homes Ltd., London (until July ); Management; Member of the Fishermans Bend JONATHAN FEDER BSc (cum laude), MSBA, PhD. Board Member since Development Board. Formerly non-executive director Partner at K & L Gates; Co-Leader of Intellectual October . of listed and private companies; Co-founder of The Practice Group, Global; Theatre Producer (JAF Big Issue, Australia; Director and Governor of The Productions and Two Left Feet Productions); Board Smith Family; Managing Director of the Australian Member of Opera Australia, Member of the Advisory VIRGINIA LOVETT Commission for the Future and British Council Scholar. Board to the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music at the MTC Executive Director & Co-CEO. Board Member since Board Member since October . University of Melbourne. LLB (Hons), BSc at Monash January . University. Board Member since June .

-- -- MTC FOUNDATION BOARD

JANE HANSEN Å CHAIR VIRGINIA LOVETT RICHARD TEGONI Inaugural Chair of MTC Foundation; Deputy Chancellor MTC Executive Director and Co-CEO; MTC Foundation Executive Chairman at SECOS Group Limited, former and Member of the University of Melbourne Council, Board Member since March . Executive Director of Melbourne University Publishing Deputy Chair of Believe Campaign and Member Ltd and Senior Executive of Optus Communications. of Humanities Foundation Board of University of MTC Foundation Board since January . Melbourne; Board Member of the Lord Mayor’s LOUISE MYER Charitable Foundation; Board Member of Opera Founding Director of the Myer Community Foundation Australia; Chair and CEO of the Hansen Little (Myer Stores); Former Board Director of Asialink; Foundation; previously on the boards of the MCG Founder and owner, Whare Kea Lodge, New Zealand; Trust, the State Sport Centres Trust, the Federal body Relais & Châteaux Woman of the Year; trained of Athletics Australia and the Foundation of the State at Hotel de Varenne, Paris; prominent Melbourne Library Victoria. MTC Foundation Chair since philanthropist and generous supporters of the Arts. August . MTC Foundation Board Member since January .

PAUL BONNICI LEIGH O’NEILL Chair of RMIT Fashion Design & Enterprise Advisory Executive General Manager, Consumer Customer Board; Board Member of the National Gallery Solutions, NAB; Chair of Chunky Move; Committee of Victoria Foundation Board; formerly Chair of Member of Human Rights Watch Australia. Formerly Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, Board Member Olivia EGM, Business Direct and Small Business, NAB and Newton John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeals Board Member for the Griﬃn Theatre Company. MTC Board, Managing Director of Create & Communicate Foundation Board Member since March . C, Director – Marketing and Creative at Myer Stores Pty Ltd; MTC Foundation Board Member since July . HILARY SCOTT Senior Counsel, GFG Alliance; previously Corporate Counsel, Kin Group Pty Ltd; Legal Counsel, Pact Group TERRY BRACKS ¾À Holdings; Legal Counsel, Symbion formerly Mayne Founding Chair of Western Chances; Patron of Heide Group Limited; Lawyer, Deacons (now Norton Rose Gallery and the Williamstown Literary Festival; Fulbright). MTC Foundation Board Member since formerly a Board Member of Breast Cancer Network January . Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation; and a past Trustee of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust. Currently RUPERT SHERWOOD Executive Oﬃcer for the Balibo House Trust. MTC MTC Development Director; MTC Foundation Board Foundation Board member since March . since January .

LIZ CHAPPELL TRACEY SISSON MTC Finance Director; MTC Foundation Board Member Consult Legal; formerly Director of Law Institute since March . Victoria; formerly TeeRoy Pty Ltd TA Yardmill In-house Counsel, Molino Cahill Lawyers Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie General Associate; Member, Law Institute JANETTE KENDALL of Victoria and Fitzroy Legal Service; Former Director, Non-Executive Director of Vicinity Centres, Costa Law Institute of Victoria; Former Fellow, Taxation Group, and Wellcom Worldwide; previously on the Institute of Australia; Former Registered Tax Agent. boards of Nine Entertainment, Melbourne International MTC Foundation Board Member since July . Arts Festival, AURL Foodworks, Clemenger BBDO; former Senior Vice President at Galaxy Entertainment Group, China. MTC Board Member; MTC Foundation Board Member since March .

-- -- MTC STAFF

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT Data Analyst MARKETING & Bar Manager Stephanie Barham Geoff Adams Millinery Ticketing Services Artistic Director & CEO Dale Menz (from June) COMMUNICATIONS Claire Marsh Tanya Batt Mungo Trumble Phillip Rhodes Administrator Brett Sheehy AO Meg Thomson (until April) Marketing & Keziah Warner (until March) Bear Baxter Technical Manager - Staging Wigs & Makeup Lisa Mibus (until February) Executive Director & Co- Communications Director Lawler & Events Technical Briannah Borg & Design Jurga Celikiene VIP Ticketing Officer CEO DEVELOPMENT Vanessa Rowsthorn Supervisor Max Bowyer Andrew Bellchambers Art Finishing Michael Bingham Virginia Lovett Director of Development Digital Manager Tom Brayshaw Zak Brown CAD Drafting Josephine Johnson Education Ticketing Officer Executive Assistant to the Rupert Sherwood Daniel Coghlan Lighting Supervisor Michael Cutrupi Jacob Battista Bianca Faye Mellita Ilich Artistic Director & CEO Events Manager Marketing Manager Richard Gorr Sam Diamond Alexander Rothnie Ian Tatton Box Office Supervisor Nick Doherty Mandy Jones Shelley King (from May) Staging Supervisor Mieke Dodd Staging Supervisor HQ Wardrobe Maintenance Kieran Gould-Dowen Executive Administrator Annual Giving Manager James Wright (until August) Grant Kennelly Leila Gerges Nicholas Stace Josephine Johnson Subscriptions & to the Executive Director Chris Walters Marketing Campaign Sound Supervisor Elise Jansen Stella Cadzow Telemarketing Team Leader & Co-CEO Major Gifts Manager Manager Terry McKibbin Evan Lawson PROPERTIES Louise McCarthy Peter Dowd Kathleen Higgs Sophie Boardley Ebony Addinsall (until May) Head Flyman Laura Lethlean Properties Supervisor Wardrobe Casuals Box Office Attendants Isobel Taylor-Rodgers Philanthropy Coordinator Bonnie Leigh-Dodds (from James Tucker Thomas McCracken Geoff McGregor Nadya Allsop Brent Davidson (parental leave) Patrick Crummy June) Stage & Technical Staff Will McRostie Props Maker Evgeniya Beletskaya Peter Dowd Project Manager – Special Partnerships Manager Marketing Executive Geoff Adams Natasha Milton Colin Penn Janice Chalmers Min Kingham Projects Syrie Payne (until October) Riley Charles (from Matthew Arthur Yasmin Mole Props Hire Justine Coultham Evan Lawson Dale Bradbury (from August) Katie Taylor (from October) Sam Berkley Ernesto Munoz Kasey Gambling Ellen Figgis Jean Lizza November) Rebecca Lawrence Ashley Bolitho Ben Nichol Jacinta Keefe Jo Foley Allie Luecke ARTISTIC Partnerships Executive (parental leave) Ash Buchanan Emma Palackic Yasmin Mole John van Gastel Bridget Mackey Producer Isabella Wren Lead Graphic Designer/Art Michael Burnell Adam Rogers Emma Palackic Stephanie van Gastel Ross MacPherson Martina Murray Partnerships Coordinator Director Stephen Campbell Richard Saxby Val Gaul Debra McDougall Associate Artistic Director Alice Fitzgerald Emma Wagstaff Kieran Daniels SCENIC ART Aisha Haywood Laura McIntosh Nathan Evers Sophie Scott Sarah Goodes Graphic Designers Myles Tankle Scenic Art Supervisor Hannah Hilton Dani Nicolaidis Associate Director EDUCATION Kylie Hammond Shane Dunn Daniel Scaffidi Celeste Njoo (until Adam Hanley Bella Vadiveloo Gayle Macgregor Dean Bryant Head of Education & February) Alison Wheeldon Scenic Artists Lyn Molloy Tain Stangret Literary Director Families Julian Hill Tansy Elso Lee Threadgold Helena Turinski Chris Hubbard Rhian Wilson Susan Reid Chris Mead Jeremy Rice Victoria U (from March) Colin Harman Tracey Richardson Subscriptions Team David Jenkins Jamaica Zuanetti Tish Brennan-Steers Casting Director Producer, Development Senior Manager, Laurie Davidson Julie Renton Janine Snape Programs Louis Kennedy TECHNICAL & Zoe Campbell Walker Communications & Robert Larsen Madeleine Somers Michelle Cooper Casting Executive Karin Farrell External Relations PRODUCTION WORKSHOP Rosamund Torr Learning Manager James Lipari Workshop Supervisor Chirstopher Elliott Matt Bebbington (until Rosie Shepherdson- Cullen Marcus Macris Technical & Production Dressers & Wigs February) Nick Tranter Director Aldo Amenta Cathy Hunt Senior Publicist Chris Maxwell Claire Cicala Min Kingham Casting Administrator Georgia Fox Adam J Howe Deputy Workshop Jurga Celikiene FINANCE David Membery Supervisor Jenny Kelly Carmen Lai Communications Content Stephanie Morrell Kotryna Celikaite Julie Leung Associate Producer/Senior Finance Director Producer PRODUCTION Andrew Weavers Jacqui Elliot Liz Chappell Max Murraylee Senior Production Set Makers Noah Lowry Company Manager Sarah Corridon (until Sophie Norfolk Christine Miller Moira Millar Stephen Moore Finance Manager September) Manager Ken Best Ness Harwood (until June) James Paul Brian Easteal Jess McGregor Company Manager Melanie Sheridan (from Will Patterson Michele Preshaw STAGE MANAGEMENT Andrew Slee (from August) Production Managers Nick Gray Dani Nicolaidis Leah Milburn-Clark October) Thomas Roach Christine Bennett Emma Palackic NEXT STAGE IT & Systems Manager Communications Damion Holling Philip de Mulder Ben Cooper Michael Schuettke Michelle Thorne Peter Rosa Jamieson Pearce Administrator Coordinator Raff Watt James Lipari Brittany Coombs Bonnie Perry Karin Farrell IT Support Officer Jacqui Bartlett Production Coordinators Lisette Drew Darren Snowdon Max Wilkie WARDROBE Adam Rogers Literary Associate PR & Marketing Assistant Joy Weng Michaela Deacon Jess Keepence Lee Threadgold Jennifer Medway Assistant Accountant Marta Losiewicz Wardrobe Manager Jess Maguire Faran Martin (until Thomas Willis Keryn Ribbands Adam Walsh Irene Budiono February) Props Buyer/ASM Swing Whitney McNamara CATERING Payroll Officer Jess Maguire Wardrobe Staff Julia Orlando Contributing Writer HOUSE & BAR SERVICES John Molloy Catering Manager Julia Godinho Sarah Corridon House & Bar Supervisors Production Administrator Meg Richardson Andrea Purvis Payments Officer Alyson Brown Jocelyn Creed Julia Smith Receptionist Matt Bertram Deputy Caterer Lisa Maundrell David Zierk Paul Blenheim Lucie Sutherland Anita Lyovic (until July) Sarah Branton TECHNICAL Costume Coordinator Pippa Wright Café Staff HUMAN RESOURCES SOUTHBANK THEATRE Kasey Gambling Technical Manager Sophie Woodward Bev Reinmuth Director of People & Culture Theatre Operations Daniel Moulds Lighting & Sound Costume Hire TICKETING Andrea Ruiz Michele Domonkos (Until Director Paul Terrell Kerry Saxby Liz Symons Director CRM & Ticketing April) Mark D Wheeler Drew Thomson Senior Production Costume Supervisor Dale Bradbury (until April) CRM & INSIGHTS Peter Wade Building Services Manager House & Bar Attendants Technician Kate Seeley (until Director of Ticketing Director of CRM & HR Administrator Adrian Aderhold George Abbott Allan Hirons September) Operations Audience Insights Christine Verginis House Services Manager Rachel Adams Production Technicians Costume Buyer Brenna Sotiropoulos Jeremy Hodgins Health & Safety James Cunningham Aisha Aidara Nick Wollan Carletta Childs Customer Service Sales Database Specialist Coordinator Production Services Manager Faida Angaika Gemma Rowe Peggy Jackson (until July) Manager Ben Gu Liz Mundell Frank Stoffels Danillo Arantes Marcus Cook Joanne Paterson Jessie Phillips -- -- Roger and Jan Goldsmith Jacquie Blackwell ◆ and Sally Heerey Dr Annamarie Perlesz Lesley Griffin Diane and Graeme Boyer Sandi and Gil Hoskins Peter Philpott and Ballandry (Peter Griffin Family) Steve and Terry Bracks ¸¹ Emeritus Prof Andrea Hull ¸¾ Robert Ratcliffe Fund (a sub-fund of the Jenny and Lucinda Brash Ann and Tony Hyams ¸¹ Prof Hannah Piterman ◆ Australian Communities Bernadette Broberg Peter Jaffe & Judy Gold Betty and John Pizzey CIRCLES OF GIVING Foundation) Tania Broughman ◆ Ed and Margaret Johnson Dug and Lisa Pomeroy Fiona Griffiths and Nigel and Sheena Broughton Prof Shitij Kapur and Noel and Gaylene Porter Tony Osmond ◆ Hugh Burrill Dr Sharmistha Law John and Joan Pye Tony Hillery and Julie Burke Irene Kearsey and Michael Sally Redlich Warwick Eddington Katie Burke Ridley Victoria Redwood Jane Hodder ◆ Pam Caldwell Malcolm Kemp Julie and Ian Reid Peter and Halina Jacobsen Alison and John Cameron Janette Kendall ◆ Phillip Riggio Amy and Paul Jasper John and Jan Campbell Julie and Simon Kessel Roslyn and Richard Rogers Rachel Kelly ◆ Jessica Canning Fiona Kirwan-Hamilton Family ● Leg Up Foundation Clare and Richard Carlson and Simon E Marks À¿ B & J Rollason MTC LIFETIME PATRONS Alex and Halina Lewenberg Fiona Caro Doris and Steve Klein Sue Rose Acknowledging a lifetime of extraordinary support for MTC. Virginia Lovett and Chef’s Hat Larry Kornhauser and Anne and Laurie Ryan Rose Hiscock ● Chernov Family Natalya Gill ■ F & J Ryan Foundation Pat Burke Dr Geraldine Lazarus and The Late Biddy Ponsford Ursula Whiteside Don and Sue Matthews Keith Chivers and Ron Peel Josephine and Edwina Sahhar Peter Clemenger ¸¾ and Joan Greig Gailey The Late Dr Roger Riordan ¸¹ Caroline Young and Kim and Peter Monk ◆ Assoc Prof Lyn Clearihan and Graeme Kraehe ¸¾ Margaret Sahhar ¸¹ Clemenger ¸¾ Allan Myers ¸¿ À¿ and Maureen Wheeler ¸¾ and Derek Young ¸¹ Ging Muir and Dr Anthony Palmer Elizabeth Laverty Guy Sansom and Maria Myers ¸¿ Tony Wheeler ¸¾ John McCawley ■ Dr Robin Collier and Neil Collier Pamela Lamaro ◆ Treena Quarin Sandy and Sandra Murdoch Deborah Conyngham ● Verona Lea Susan Santoro Jane and Andrew Murray Margaret Crothers Joan and George Lefroy Kaylene Savas ◆ ENDOWMENT DONORS Dr Paul Nisselle ¸¹ and Ann Cutts Alison Leslie Elisabeth and Doug Scott Supporting the long term sustainability and creative future of MTC. Sue Nisselle Mark and Jo Davey Peter and Judy Loney Graeme Seabrook Christopher Richardson Natasha Davies Lord Family ◆ Prof Barry Sheehan Leading Endowment Donors ¶¯,+ ¶,+ ¶¯,+ Anne and Mark Katharine Derham-Moore Lording Family Foundation and Pamela Waller ¶,,+ Geoffrey Cohen ¸¹ Tony and Janine Burgess R & P Harkness Robertson ¾¸¹ ◆ Amanda and Mark Derham ◆ Elizabeth Lyons Jacky and Rupert Sherwood Jane Hansen ¸¾ and Paul Little ¸¾ Orcadia Foundation Robert A Dunster Jane Kunstler Hilary and Stuart Scott ● Katie Dewhurst ◆ Ken and Jan Mackinnon Diane Silk The University of Melbourne The Late Biddy Ponsford Anne and Mark Robertson o¸¹ Renzella Family Lynne Sherwood and the Robert Drake The Mann Family ● Dr John Sime Andrew Sisson ¸¾ and Anonymous late Tim Sherwood Dr Sally Duguid and Helen Mantzis ◆ Jane Simon and Peter Cox Tracey Sisson ¶,+ Jennifer Steinicke Dr David Tingay Chris and Bruce Maple Reg and Elaine Smith o¸¹ – Prof Margaret Gardner ¸¾ and ¶,+ Ricci Swart Bev and Geoff Edwards Marin Charitable Trust Earimil Gardens Charity Prof Glyn Davis ¸¿ Virginia Lovett and James and Anne Syme George and Eva Ermer Dr Hannah Mason Tim and Angela Smith Rose Hiscock Richard and Debra Tegoni ◆ ● Anne and Graham Evans ¸¾ Margaret and John Mason ¾¸¹ Annette Smorgon ◆ Cheryl and Paul Veith Dr Alastair Fearn Heather and Simon McKeon ■ Diana and Brian Snape ¸¹ Price and Christine Williams Isaac and Judi Feldman Garry McLean Geoff and Judy Steinicke MTC’S PLAYWRIGHTS GIVING CIRCLE The Raymond and Margaret Peter Fearnside and Elizabeth McMeekin Dr Ross and Helen Stillwell Supporting the Next Stage Writers’ Program. Wilson Foundation Roxane Hislop Emeritus Prof Peter McPhee Suzy and Dr Mark Suss ■ Gillian and Tony Wood Cathryn Findlay and Charlotte Allen Rodney and Aviva Taft Louise Myer and Martyn Myer ¸¾, Maureen Wheeler ¸¾ and Tony Wheeler ¸¾, Christine Brown Bequest, Allan Myers ¸¿ À¿ and Maria Myers ¸¿, Laurel Young-Das and Jan and Rob Flew Robert and Helena Mestrovic Frank Tisher ¾¸¹ and Tony Burgess and Janine Burgess, Dr Andrew McAliece and Dr Richard Simmie, Larry Kamener and Petra Kamener Heather Finnegan Rosemary Forbes and John G Millard Dr Miriam Tisher Anonymous () Ian Hocking Ross and Judy Milne-Pott Graham Wademan Elizabeth Foster Susan and Michael Minshall Kevin and Elizabeth Walsh ■ LOYALTY CIRCLE Glenn Fryer ● Felicity and Des Moore Anthony Watson and ¶,–¶,¨ John Fullerton Luke and Janine Musgrave Tracey McDonald Prof Noel and Sylvia Alpins ¸¹ Gill Family Foundation Barbara and David Mushin Pinky Watson James Angus ¸¾ and Helen Sarah Gorman ◆ Dr Mrin and Dr Prakash Marion Webster ¾¸¹ ◆ Angus Brian Goddard Nayagam Penelope and Joshua White Kate Aplin Charles and Cornelia Goode Jacquie Naylor ◆ ● Ursula Whiteside ANNUAL GIVING Mary-Louise Archibald Foundation ◆ Nelson Bros Funeral Services Janet Whiting ¸¹ and Donors whose annual gifts help MTC enrich and transform lives through the finest theatre imaginable. Margaret Astbury Isabella Green o¸¹ and Nick Nichola and Ingrid Moyle Phil Lukies Ian Baker and Cheryl Saunders Richard Green Michele and John Nielsen Ann and Alan Wilkinson ● John and Dagnija Balmford Ian and Wendy Haines David and Lisa Oertle Jan Williams ■ BENEFACTORS CIRCLE H & B Bamford Charles Harkin Susan Oliver ¸¹ ● Mandy and Edward Yencken Jenny Barbour ◆ R & P Harkness ◆ Tony and Margaret Pagone ◆ Greg Young ¶¯,+ The Bonnici Family ● John and Joan Grigg ¾¸¹ Trawalla Foundation Trust Angelina Beninati Mark and Jennifer Hayes ● In Loving Memory of Anonymous () Crown Resorts Foundation The Cattermole Family Jane Hansen ¸¾ ◆ Ralph Ward-Ambler ¸¹ and Tara Bishop ◆ The Hon Peter Heerey ¸¹ À¿ Richard Park Packer Family Foundation Tom and Elana Cordiner ● David and Lily Harris Barbara Ward-Ambler Christine Gilbertson ◆ Jane Hemstritch Anonymous () ¶¯,+ Linda Herd ■ ● Bruce and Mary Humphries LEGACY CIRCLE The Joan and Peter Macgeorge Bequest Karen Inge and ADVOCATES CIRCLE Acknowledging supporters who have made the visionary gesture of including a gift to MTC in their will. Clemenger Trust Susanna Mason ▲ Dr George Janko ¶,¯–¶¨, The Cybec Foundation Kendra Reid Anne Le Huray John and Lorraine Bates Mark and Tamara Boldiston Fiona Griffiths Dr Richard Simmie Jillian Smith John Higgins ¸¾ and Craig Semple ▲ Marshall Day Acoustics Marc Besen ¸¿ and Bernadette Broberg Linda Herd Peter Philpott and Diane Tweeddale Jodie Maunder Luisa Valmorbida ▲ (Dennis Irving Scholarship) Eva Besen ¸¾ Adam and Donna Cusack-Muller Irene Kearsey Robert Ratcliffe Anonymous () Maureen Wheeler ¸¾ and Anonymous () Ian and Judi Marshman Jay Bethell and Peter Smart Peter and Betty Game Dr Andrew McAliece and Max Schultz Tony Wheeler ¸¾ Matsarol Foundation Wendy and Paul Bonnici ◆ ¶¯,+ Ian and Margaret McKellar Diana Burleigh LEGACY GIFTS ¶,+ Bill Bowness ¸¾ George and Rosa Morstyn Jenny and Stephen Charles ¸¾ Remembering and honouring those who have generously supported MTC through a bequest. Betty Amsden Foundation Dr Andrew Buchanan and Tom and Ruth O’Dea ■ Sandy and Yvonne Constantine Krystyna Campbell-Pretty ¸¹ Peter Darcy Leigh O’Neill ◆ Debbie Dadon ¸¹ The Estate of Leta-Rae Arthy The Estate of Betty Ilic The Estate of James Hollis The Estate of Freda E White Dr Geraldine Lazarus and Ian and Jillian Buchanan Dr Kia Pajouhesh (Smile Ann Darby ● The Christine Brown Bequest The Estate of Bettie Kornhauser Minson The Estate of Dorothy Wood Greig Gailey Sandra and Bill Burdett ¸¹ Solutions) Dr Anthony Dortimer The Estate of Ron Chapman The Kitty and Leslie Sandy The Estate of Prudence Louise and Martyn Myer ¸¾ Lynne and Rob Burgess Bruce Parncutt ¸¾ and Jillian Dortimer The Estate of Gordan J Compton Bequest Ann Tutton Victorian Department of Pat Burke and Jan Nolan Prof David Penington ¸¿ and Dr Melody and Jonathan Feder ■ Education and Training John and Robyn Butselaar Sonay Hussein Dr Helen Ferguson Acknowledging Donors who join together to support innovative and inspiring programs for the benefit of our community. The Vizard Foundation The Janet and Michael Buxton Janet Reid o¸¹ and Allan Reid Grant Fisher and Helen Bird Caroline and Derek Young ¸¹ ▲ Foundation Renzella Family Bruce Freeman ■ ▲ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S ■ YOUTH AMBASSADORS ◆ WOMEN IN THEATRE ● EDUCATION GIVING Anonymous Barry and Joanne Cheetham The Robert Salzer Foundation ◆ Nigel and Cathy Garrard CIRCLE GIVING CIRCLE GIVING CIRCLE CIRCLE Paul Ross and Georgina In loving memory of Berek Gaye and John Gaylard ¶,+ Costello Segan AM OBE – Marysia and Diana and Murray Gerstman Joanna Baevski ● The Dowd Foundation Marshall Segan Heather and Erica Bagshaw The Gjergja Family Andrew Sisson ¸¾ and Bob Glindemann o¸¹ Sandy Bell and Daryl Kendrick Robert and Jan Green Tracey Sisson Henry Gold -- -- CORPORATE PARTNERS

Major Partners

Major Media Partners

Production Partners

Premium Season Partners

Season Partners

Marketing Partners

Southbank Theatre Partners

-- FINANCIAL REPORT

-- -- KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

£ £ £ £

Artistic Vibrancy Access Number of Paid Attendances FINANCIAL VIABILITY

Subscription Season Number of Performances Self-Entrepreneured Based on Audited Accounts Productions Home City , , Strength of reserves (% of Revenue) .% .% Self-Entrepreneured Co-productions Home City Studio Season Profitability Buy-ins (excluding non-operating income) Home City Å , Total Core operations ´Æ,Ç ´, Studio Season New productions Foundation Å ´, Home City Å Buy-ins General Endowment Fund ´, ´, Home City , Å Studio Season Buy-ins Total ´, ´, Productions Å Home City Å Co-productions Co-productions Å Å Sources of Income as % of Total Home City , , Residency Å Å Co-productions Box office % % Total Å Home City Touring/Sold Off Sponsorship % % New productions Å Home City Å Å Donations % % Touring/Sold Off Regional Å Å Other income % % Other Plays Home City Å Å Other Capital City , , Government funding contribution % % Touring/Sold Off Regional Å Å International Å Å Funding directed to payroll tax % % Entreprenuerial Å Å Other Capital City Total % % Co-productions Å Å International Å Å Education , , Buy-ins Å Å Grants Total Education Development Commonwealth - Base Grant New productions Å Å Triennial grant ´,, ´,, Development Total Paid Performances , , Total Commonwealth grants ´,, ´,, Profile of plays

New Australian (MTC) Total Performances State - Base Grant New Australian (Studio) Å Triennial grant ´, ´, Existing Australian Å Regional Less payroll tax paid to State ´Æ,Ç ´Æ,Ç New overseas Number of Productions Total state grants ´Æ,Ç ´Æ,Ç Existing overseas Number of Towns

Project Grants Education Program Productions MacGeorge Fellowship Å ´, Tours Cybec Foundation ´, ´, Workshops/Forums/Talks Sydney Festival - Warumpi funding Å ´, Ambassador Program ´, ´,

-- -- INCOME CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER FUNDING DIRECTED TO PAYROLL TAX %

GOVERNMENT FUNDING CONTRIBUTION «%

OTHER INCOME £ % ¶ ¶ REVENUE BOX OFFICE DONATIONS ¬¨% Commonwealth Government Grants ,, ,, % State and Local Government Grants , , Other Grants , , Donations and Bequests ,, ,, SPONSORSHIP Sponsorships ,, ,, ¬% Investment Income , , Retail Sales (Box Office MTC) ,, ,, Operating funds from Melbourne University , , Other Income ,, ,, TOTAL REVENUE ,, ,,

LESS EXPENSE EXPENSES Salaries and Oncosts ,, ,, Utilities , , Building and Equipment Maintenance and Repairs , , Computer Software and Services , , ROYALTIES & Equipment and IT Purchases , , COMMISSIONS Stage Materials and Supplies , , ¬% Depreciation and Amortisation Expense , , MARKETING ADMINISTRATION Finance Costs , Å % % Production related Travel, Accommodation & Tour Costs , , SUBSCRIPTION, Advertising, Promotion and Publications ,, ,, CREDIT CARD FEES Theatre Venue Rental and Hire Charges ,, ,, & TICKETING Royalties and Commissions ,, ,, % SALARIES & Ticketing , , THEATRE COSTS ASSOCIATED COSTS General Expenses ,, ,, ¬% ¯% TOTAL EXPENSE ,, ,, OTHER

¨% NET SURPLUSË·LOSS¸ , , PRODUCTION COSTS DEPRECIATION OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR % % Available-for-sale financial assets: Unrealised capital gain/(loss) on investments ,, Æ,Ç ,, Æ,Ç

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ,, ,

-- -- BALANCE SHEET STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY AS AT DECEMBER FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER

£ MTC Core Foundation Endowment Consolidated ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY CURRENT ASSETS Retained Profits ,, , - ,, Cash Assets ,, ,, Reserve Funds ,, ,, - ,, Receivables , , Endowed Funds - - ,, ,, Other Assets ,, ,, Balance at January £ ¯,,¬« ,£¨«,¬¨ ,¬, ,«¬,£¯ Other Financial Assets ,, ,, TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS ,, ,, Surplus for the year , , , , £ Other comprehensive income for the year (,) (,) (,) (,) NONCURRENT ASSETS Property, Plant & Equipment ,, ,, Balance at December £ ¯,«¨«,¯ ,«,«£ ,¯,¬¬¨ ,¯¨,¨¨ TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS ,, ,, TOTAL ASSETS ,, ,, Surplus/(Deficit) for the year (,) - , , CURRENT LIABILITIES Other comprehensive income for the year , , , ,, Payables , ,, Closing Equity ¬,«,¯ ,¨¯£,¨¬¬ ,,£ ,¨¨,¯« Provisions ,, ,, Other Current Liabilities ,, ,, Retained Profits ,, - - ,, TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES ,, ,, Reserve Funds ,, ,, - ,, Endowed Funds - - ,, ,, NONCURRENT LIABILITIES Balance at December ¬,«,¯ ,¨¯£,¨¬¬ ,,£ ,¨¨,¯« Payables , Å Provisions , , TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES , ,

TOTAL LIABILITIES ,, ,, NET ASSETS ,, ,,

EQUITY Reserves ,, ,, Retained Surplus ,, ,,

TOTAL EQUITY ,, ,,

-- -- CASH FLOW STATEMENTS PROFIT AND LOSS BY ENTITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER

£ MTC Core MTC MTC Inflows/(Outflows) Inflows/(Outflows) INCOME STATEMENT Operations Foundation Endowment Total ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Cash Flows from Operating Activities - REVENUE Inflows: Commonwealth Government Grants ,, Å Å ,, Cash flows from government: Victorian Government Grants , , Å , Commonwealth Grants ,, ,, Other Grants Å , Å , Victorian Government Grants , , Donations and Bequests , ,, , ,, Other Grants , , Sponsorships ,, Å Å ,, Investment Income , , Investment Income , , , , Other Income ,, ,, Retail Sales (Box Office MTC) ,, Å Å ,, GST and WHT collected/refunded by the ATO , , Operating funds from Melbourne University , Å Å , Operating Funds from Melbourne University , , Other Income ,, , Å ,, Outflows: TOTAL REVENUE ,, ,, , ,, Payments to employees (,,) (,,) Payments to suppliers (,,) (,,) LESS EXPENSE Net Cash Inflow (Outflow) from Operating Activities (,) , Salaries and Oncosts ,, Å Å ,, Utilities , Å Å , Cash Flows from Investing Activities - Building and Equipment Maintenance and Repairs , Å Å , Inflows: Computer Software and Services , Å Å , Proceeds from sale of non-current assets , - Equipment and IT Purchases , Å Å , Outflows: Stage Materials and Supplies , Å Å , Payment for Pool Units (excludes reinvested income) (,) (,) Plant and equipment purchases (,) (,) Depreciation and Amortisation Expense , Å Å , Net Cash Inflow (Outflow) from Investing activities (,,) (,) Finance Costs , Å Å , Performers & Creatives - Travel, Accommodation & Tour Costs , Å Å ,

Cash Flows from Financing Activities - Advertising, Promotion and Publications ,, Å Å ,, Inflows: Theatre Venue Rental and Hire Charges ,, Å Å ,, None - - Royalties and Commissions ,, Å Å ,, Outflows: Ticketing , Å Å , Interest costs related to lease of building (,) - General Expenses ,, , , ,, Net Cash Inflow (Outflow) from Financing Activities (,) - TOTAL EXPENSE ,, , , ,,

Net increase/(decrease) in cash held (,,) (,) Transfer to/(from) Foundation ,, Æ,,Ç , Å

Cash at the beginning of the reporting period ,, ,, NET SURPLUS/(LOSS) Æ,Ç Å , ,

Cash at the end of the reporting period ,, ,, OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR Available-for-sale financial assets: Reconciliation of Cash at end - Revaluation on Pool Unit investments- Capital Gain , , , ,, Cash/(Overdraft) ,, ,, , , , ,, Petty cash floats , , ,, ,, TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR , , , ,,

-- -- BALANCE SHEET BY ENTITY AS AT DECEMBER

MTC Core MTC MTC Operations Foundation Endowment Total ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Assets Current assets ,, ,, ,, ,, Non-current assets ,, Å Å ,, Total segment assets ,, ,, ,, ,,

Liabilities Current liabilities ,, , Å ,, Non-current liabilities , Å Å , Total segment liabilities ,, , Å ,,

Net Assets ,, ,, ,, ,,

-- PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS

Cover: Michael Wahr, Claire van der Boom, Page ¨¯: Virtural School Victoria students. Shakespeare in Love. Photographer: Jeff Busby Photographer: TJ Garvie Page : Miriam Margolyes, The Lady in the Van. Page ¨«: Corey Saylor-Brunskill, First Peoples Young Photographer: Jeff Busby Artists Program alumnus. Photographer: Jacinta Keefe Page ¨: Robert Menzies, Esther Hannaford, Page ¨: Naomi Rukavina, Bridget Balodis, Cybec Glenn Hazeldine, Katherine Tonkin, Sean Keenan, Così. Electric. Photographer: James Henry Photographer: Jeff Busby Page ¯: Clemence Williams. Photographer: Deryk Page ¬: Daniel Frederiksen, Miriam Margolyes, McAlpin The Lady in the Van. Photographer: Jeff Busby Page ¯¨: Adam Howe, Christie Whelan Browne, Jyden Page £: Melita Jurisic, Diana Glenn, Arbus & West. Brailey & Imogen Prictor. Photographer: Tim Grey Photographer: Jeff Busby Page ¯¯: MTC Opening Night at Southbank Theatre. Page : Steve Bastoni, Damian Walshe-Howling, Photographer: Heath Warwick A View From the Bridge. Photographer: Pia Johnson Page ¯¬: MTC at MPavilion. Photographer: TJ Garvie Page : Gabriel Fancourt, Esther Hannaford, Katherine Tonkin, Bessie Holland, Robert Menzies, Page ¯: Rohan Mirchandaney, Jing-Xuan Chan, Chris Glenn Hazeldine, Così. Photographer: Jeff Busby Mead. Photographer: TJ Garvie Page ¨: Josh Price, Izabella Yena, Harry Tseng, Page ¬: Yuchen Wang, Sophie Ross, Josh McConville, The Violent Outburst That Drew Me to You. Yi Jin, Nicholas Bell, Fiona Choi, Golden Shield. Photographer: James Henry Photographer: Jeff Busby Page ¬: Kat Stewart, Peter Kowitz, Heisenberg. Page ¬: Steve Bastoni, Damian Walshe-Howling, Photographer: Pia Johnson A View From the Bridge. Photographer: Pia Johnson Page £: Conor Lowe, Ellen Bailey, Tony Briggs, Page ¬¨: MTC Wardrobe Department. Photographer: Drew Wilson, Storm Boy. Photographer: Jeff Busby Tim Grey Page -: Aaron Tsindos, Laurence Boxhall, John Page «¯: Caroline O’Connor, Ryan Gonzalez, Bert Leary, Claire van der Boom, Tyler Coppin, Chris Ryan, LaBonté, Kiss of the Spider Woman. Photographer: Shakespeare in Love. Photographer: Jeff Busby Jeff Busby Page : Jing-Xuan Chan, Gabrielle Chan, Yi Jin, Page «¬: Ellen Bailey, Conor Lowe, Storm Boy. Fiona Choi, Golden Shield. Photographer: Jeff Busby Photographer: Jeff Busby Page ¨: Luke Carroll, Vanessa Downing, Miranda Page £«: Melita Jurisic, Arbus & West. Tapsell, Melodie Reynolds-Diarra, Tony Briggs, Photographer: Jeff Busby Tom Stokes, Black is the New White. Photographer: Page £: Elandrah Eramiha, Joe Gaudion, Caroline Jeff Busby O’Connor, Jakob Ambrose, Bert LaBonté, Kiss of the Page ¬: Nadine Garner, Paul Goddard, Photograph . Spider Woman. Photographer: Jeff Busby Photographer: Pia Johnson Back Cover: Claire van der Boom and Michael Wahr, Page £: Caroline O’Connor, Kiss of the Spider Woman. Shakespeare in Love. Photographer: Jeff Busby Photographer: Jeff Busby Page ¨-¨: Youth Scholarship Program Participants. Photographer: Jacinta Keefe Page ¨: Yi Jin, Jing-Xuan Chan, Golden Shield. Photographer: Jeff Busby

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