Melanie Beddie has highlighted the dearth of opportunities at the Melbourne Theatre Company for women directors.

Melanie Beddie has highlighted the dearth of opportunities at the Melbourne Theatre Company for women directors.

IT CAN be argued the Melbourne Theatre Company is the most successful state company in the country. This is not due to its size — its 2008 revenue of $10 million was well below the $25 million recorded by the Sydney Theatre Company. But the MTC's subscribers number 19,600, which is more than 2500 above the much bigger STC.

This success is due to the genius of the MTC's artistic director, Simon Phillips, in putting together programs that appeal to the broadest range of theatregoers. His associates over the past decade have included two notable women, Robyn Nevin and Kate Cherry, who both still occasionally work with the company....

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