There can be no fair and shared future without a Treaty.
Victorian Theatre Company acknowledges First Nations’ sovereignty and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities by Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present.
Victorian Theatre Company was founded in 2020 by six artists from different fields: an actor, a director, a producer, a filmmaker, a graphic designer and a sound designer. The original experiment was to bring together different artistic perspectives to create cross-medium informed theatre. To date, we have produced six live productions, two feature films and a radio play. A repeated result of our operations has been connecting emerging artists with established practitioners and late-career theatre makers. We believe this meeting of generational perspectives develops a richness in our work and a strong sense of its place in Australia’s wider cultural landscape.
Our purpose is to further Australia's contemporary theatrical voice; to capture the zeitgeist of the moment and provide an artistic viewpoint. We describe ourselves as a progressive, classically oriented theatre company.
We operate in St Kilda, Melbourne/Naarm and present our work throughout greater Melbourne/Naarm.
We document our rehearsal rooms, meetings, backstages and performances which we share on YouTube.
'The King's Player is one of the best hours you will ever have in a theatre' - 5 Stars
What Did She Think? on The King's Player, 2024.
'Worstward Ho is a challenging performance for both actor and audience, but actor, Robert Meldrum, is compelling, inspiring and mesmerising in this solo, 60-minute work which almost defies description' - 4 Stars
Kate Herbert on Worstward Ho, 2023.
Every seat is filled for Victorian Theatre Company’s production of Angus Cameron’s For Love Nor Money. Word has got out, this is, quite literally, one to watch. - 4.5 Stars
Theatre Matters on For Love Nor Money, 2023.
'I found myself completely entranced.' - 4 Stars
Pocket Size Theatre, London on Hamlet Radio Play, 2020
OUR SHOWS
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Chelsea Neate / Designer & Filmmaker
Matthew Connell / Artistic Director & Actor
Jak Scanlon / Producer & Filmmaker
Jennifer Sarah Dean / Director & Producer
Kurtis Lowden / Producer & Director
Thomas Kunz / Sound Designer
Victorian Theatre Company are a resident company at the Alex Theatre in St Kilda; who's mission is to integrate the arts into the identity, growth and economic vitality of our local community by supporting, programming, presenting and creating partnerships that benefit youth, patrons, artists, organisations and businesses.
Victorian Theatre Company are loyal supporters of Sacred Heart Mission - a St Kilda based community support organisation that provide accessible aged care, daily free meals, and crisis support.
