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Melbourne Theatre Company, Arts Centre MelbourneTaylor’s account of her death has been adapted by her friend and, while some scenes work beautifully, this is not a cohesive play

With extra time in development, a crop of new Australian plays should hold their own against international hits in the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2026 season.

Melbourne Theatre Company, Arts Centre MelbourneDinner party discussions of sex, money, power and race make for a heady, if contrived, mix in the Guilty Feminist podcaster’s debut

Guardian Australia critics pick out the best live stage experiences of the year

Melbourne Theatre Company’s My Brilliant Career is a musical re-imagining of Miles Franklin’s classic 1901 novel of the same name. It follows a young woman, Sybylla Melvyn, as she chafes against her rural constraints to seek creative freedom.

Melbourne Theatre Company, The SumnerMartyna Majok’s 2018 drama wants to interrogate money, disability and care work – but despite strong performances, the play never ignites its own fuses

An adaptation of Rebecca will feature in the Melbourne Theatre Company's 2025 program, of which eight productions are premieres of Australian works.

Ray Lawler, who died this week at 103, was one of the artists responsible for establishing the first non-commercial repertory theatre in Australia – the Union Repertory Theatre Company, now Melbourne Theatre Company – and the writer of its best-known play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.

As disabled actors fight for authentic casting, there are still complex impediments to access – and, says Prisoner alumna Kate Hood, ‘we see cripping up all the time’