Sarah Corridon speaks to award-winning playwright Lally Katz about her new play 'Minnie & Liraz'. Lally shares her habit, and fear, of writing friends and family into her plays, and tells us why theatre remains her first love.

Audi Forum Nights give Melbourne Theatre Company audiences the chance to hear first-hand from members of the cast and creative team of each show. Tune in to hear from the cast of Brian Friel’s Faith Healer as they answer questions from the Audi Forum Night audience, hosted by MTC’s Literary Director Chris Mead on 13 March 2017. Faith Healer is a Belvoir Production.

Sarah Corridon speaks to award-winning Composer and Sound Designer Russell Goldsmith about his most recent play 'John', what it means to collaborate with other theatre makers and the influence of technology in sound design.

Comedy duo Francis Greenslade and Shaun Micallef speak to Fiona Gruber about playing the iconic Odd Couple in Neil Simon's classic comedy.

Recorded live at Southbank Theatre, in this special event multi award-winning British director Jamie Lloyd talks to MTC Literary Director Chris Mead about his career and prolific output of intriguing and thrilling productions.

One of Australia's most popular playwrights, Joanna Murray-Smith speaks to Fiona Gruber about 'Switzerland' and being inspired by best-selling author Patricia Highsmith.

Acclaimed UK playwright David Hare joins Julian Burnside to talk politics, art and the writing life for a special event presented by Melbourne Theatre Company and the Wheeler Centre. This recording took place at Southbank Theatre on 1 May 2016. David Hare’s iconic play, Skylight, will play at Southbank Theatre from 18 June. http://bit.ly/1SUUWbo

Fiona Gruber speaks to director Kip Williams about the process of adapting Strindberg's treatment of class, lust and power in 'Miss Julie'.

'The Distance' playwright, Deborah Bruce, speaks to Fiona Gruber about morality and motherhood.

Award-winning British playwright Simon Stephens talks to MTC Literary Director Chris Mead about his career, the incredible success of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and writing plays for the 21st century.

Fiona Gruber speaks to theatre critic and Harold Pinter biographer, Michael Billington, about Pinter, his writing and his affair with TV presenter Joan Bakewell on which his play, Betrayal is based.

Fiona Gruber speaks to Simon Stephens about his play, Birdland.

Fiona Gruber speaks to Australian playwright Kylie Trounson about the process of writing 'The Waiting Room'; a story based around the groundbreaking IVF research performed by her father, Emeritus Professor Alan Trounson.

Fiona Gruber speaks to Beckett expert Dr Mark Byron from the University of Sydney about the influences and ideas behind Beckett's work, including the 20th century masterpiece Endgame. Image: Samuel Beckett in 1977, photographed by Roger Pic, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Fiona Gruber speaks to award-winning actor Miriam Margolyes about her role as Hollywood super-agent Sue Mengers in MTC's production of I'll Eat You Last by John Logan.

Fiona Gruber interviews German writer and director Falk Richter, and Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk about their latest collaboration, Complexity of Belonging.

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...

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