Melbourne Theatre Company

Fiona Gruber explores MTC's 2015 Season with MTC Artistic Director Brett Sheehy, comedy writer Steve Vizard and director Sam Strong.

Fiona Gruber explores MTC's 2015 Season with MTC Artistic Director Brett Sheehy, actor Jane Turner, writer Aidan Fennessy, and Director Sam Strong.

Fiona Gruber speaks to Sam Strong, director of Brendan Cowell's provocative new play 'The Sublime', about the murky world of football codes, celebrity and scandal. For more information, visit: www.mtc.com.au/sublime

Fiona Gruber speaks to Lucy Prebble, playwright of 'The Effect', and star of the Melbourne production, Sigrid Thornton about the play, love, depression and drug trials. For more information, visit: www.mtc.com.au/effect

How, in our globalised world, is a piece of theatre defined – by the origin of its makers, where it was made, content, or place of premiere? Are we restricted creatively by a preoccupation with a dated idea of ‘Australian’ content? Are contemporary Australian artists even concerned with their identity? Chair Daniel Schlusser – Director Panel Patricia Cornelius – Playwright Nakkiah Lui – Writer Sam Strong – Associate Artistic Director, MTC Lyn Wallis – Director, Theatre, Australia Council for the Arts Please note: This recording includes some coarse language.

Coming off the back of his triumphant second season at Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky returns to Melbourne for NEON Festival's inaugural keynote conversation. A recording of the conversation from 20 July 2014 at Southbank Theatre.

In the lead-up to our production of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' starring Alex Dimitriades (pictured), Fiona Gruber spoke to renowned British theatre critic Michael Coveney about David Mamet's classic play; the jazz-like rhythms of the dialogue, the themes of capitalism and male competitiveness, and the influence of this play on modern playwrights.

Fiona Gruber discusses the enduring thematic relevance of Ibsen’s work with Denise Varney, Associate Professor in Theatre Studies in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne and co-director of the Australian Centre.

Music Composed and Performed by Missy Higgins. Produced by Missy Higgins and THE SWEATS. Mixed by THE SWEATS. Mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301. MTC's production of Cock is playing at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio until 22 March 2014. Learn more at http://www.mtc.com.au/cock

Music Composed and Performed by Missy Higgins. Produced by Missy Higgins and THE SWEATS. Mixed by THE SWEATS. Mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301. MTC's production of Cock is playing at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio until 22 March 2014. Learn more at http://www.mtc.com.au/cock

Music Composed and Performed by Missy Higgins. Produced by Missy Higgins and THE SWEATS. Mixed by THE SWEATS. Mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301. MTC's production of Cock is playing at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio until 22 March 2014. Learn more at http://www.mtc.com.au/cock

Music Composed and Performed by Missy Higgins. Produced by Missy Higgins and THE SWEATS. Mixed by THE SWEATS. Mastered by Steve Smart at Studios 301. MTC's production of Cock is playing at Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio until 22 March 2014. Learn more at http://www.mtc.com.au/cock

Playwright Mike Bartlett speaks about his cheekily titled play, Cock.

Fiona Gruber talks with Noël Coward's biographer Philip Hoare about the work and life of 'The Master' and the very private life that created Private Lives.

Fiona Gruber speaks to actor and writer Matthew Whittet, and MTC Education Manager Noel Jordan about the importance of creating theatre for young people.

Learn about the lead up to Martin Luther King Jr's 'I've been to the mountaintop' speech on the eve of his death in 1968, in this interview with Monash University's Dr Clare Corbould.

Is adapting the easy way out? Adena Jacobs (Fraught Outfit), Joanna Murray-Smith (Playwright), Simon Stone (Writer/Director), Andrew Upton (Sydney Theatre Company) and Cameron Woodhead (Theatre Critic) tackle the tough questions around adaptation and defend their positions – should we demolish, renovate or heritage-list the great plays? Chaired by Dr Jane Montgomery Griffiths (Head of Theatre and Performance, Monash University).

What can other art forms offer our stages? A recording from the second instalment in the Neon Conversations series. Martyn Coutts (Interdisciplinary Arts Practitioner), Wesley Enoch (Queensland Theatre Company), Xani Kolac (The Twoks), Alkinos Tsilimidos (Film and Theatre Director) and Anouk Van Dijk (Chunky Move) discuss what other art forms can offer our stages. Which art form reflects the world in which we live in most effectively? Chaired by Fiona Gruber (Journalist).

Independent Theatre and the Mainstage: friends or foes? A recording from the first instalment in MTC's Neon Conversations series. Stephen Armstrong (Producer), Alison Croggon (ABC Arts Online Theatre Critic at Large), Matthew Lutton (Malthouse Theatre), Anne-Louise Sarks (The Hayloft Project) and Brett Sheehy (Melbourne Theatre Company) discuss a range of issues, including whether mainstage companies should be opening their doors to the independent sector, where artists are being developed, and who is bridging the gap. Chaired by Daniel Clarke (TheatreWorks).

Fiona Gruber interviews renowned Australian playwright David Williamson and learns more about his new play, Rupert.