Melbourne Theatre Company Season 2024

Melbourne Theatre Company's Season 2024, the second under Artistic Director & Co-CEO Anne-Louise Sarks artistic leadership, features 12 productions that offer works and performances reflecting the Company’s vision of presenting stories that inspire conversations about who we are, how far we’ve come and where we’re going.

Melbourne Theatre Company’s Season 2024 builds on the successes of 2023, offering audiences classic dramas, in-demand international plays, new Australian writing and everything in between.

“Audiences across Season 2023 have responded so strongly to our Australian works, from Sunday and Jacky to Bloom and Prima Facie confirming there is no shortage of appetite for a wide range of homegrown stories on our stages.” said Sarks.

“Season 2024 builds on this as we present two Melbourne Theatre Company commissions, four Pulitzer Prize winning plays, three works supported by our NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program that invests in commissioning and developing new Australian plays, four cross-industry collaborations, two new Australian plays, seven works from emerging and established Australian writers, and one game-changing collaboration.”

“We are more committed than ever to providing a platform for the stories that define Australia and presenting works that spark conversation and help people understand the world around them. At a time defined by ‘what to stream next’, Season 2024 is our invitation to experience the magic of live theatre here in Melbourne.”

Season 2024 goes beyond Melbourne Theatre Company’s 12 productions and enhances and builds on its many programs that nurture the future of Australian theatre: from developing new programs and pathways for emerging artists and creatives, investing in the development of new Australian plays to a major collaboration with the country’s longest established First Peoples theatre company – ILBIJERRI Theatre Company – on a full program of new works (to be announced next year).

“Season 2024 will continue to build and strengthen Melbourne Theatre Company’s position a step ahead of the cultural zeitgeist, and invite audiences in to conversations about the things, big and small, that preoccupy us collectively at this moment,” continued Sarks.

“Like so many in the industry we are a theatre company in recovery. However, there is much to celebrate, including the Company’s 70-year anniversary in 2023 offering a time of reflection on both the extensive efforts and passions of all who’ve helped build the Company, and also our potential over coming years. Season 2024 is an incredibly exciting next step on that journey.”

Seventeen by Matthew Whittet

Jan 15 – Feb 17

Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

Meet Me at Dawn by Zinnie Harris

10 Feb – Mar 16

Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne

37 by Isaac Drandic

Mar 2 – Apr 5.

Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

The Almighty Sometimes by Kendall Feaver

Apr 15 – May 18.

Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

World Problems by Emma Mary Hall

May 3 - 22.

Southbank Theatre, The Lawler.

Julia by Joanna Murray-Smith

May 31 – Jul 8.

Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Jul 9 – Aug 17

Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne

English by Sanaz Toossi

Jul 9 – Aug 24.

Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

Topdog/Underdog by Susan-Lori Parks

Aug 23 – Sep 21.

Southbank Theatre, The Lawler.

Cost of Living by Martyna Majok

Sep 14 – Oct 19.

Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

Golden Blood by Merlynn Tong

Oct 25 – Nov 30

Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne

My Brilliant Career

A new musical based on the novel by Miles Franklin. Book by Sheridan Harbridge and Dean Bryant. Music by Mathew Frank. Lyrics by Dean Bryant.

Nov 7 – Dec 18.

Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.

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