Dear Community Theatre, Before I had become acquainted with you, I was a young child. A young, introverted, homeschooled, shy-as-hell child. My mother had said before then we should get to know each other, but I didn’t budge. I didn’t want a spotlight. I didn’t want a line. I wanted to stay in my room...
After acting in my community theatre for almost 10 years, I had always been interested in everything done behind the scenes and what it takes to make a show happen. I had been involved in the scenic design, been a prop master, ran sound, performed a stage manager role, and other odd responsibilities (not all...
There’s an old saying that behind every good man, there’s a good woman. In terms of the real world—where there’s less sexism, more theatre—that means that behind every good theatre person is a community theatre. It doesn’t have to be a good community theatre, just someplace to do theatre on a non-professional level for a...
Classical theatre, whether a musical or straight play, comedy or drama, is one of the most vital parts to today’s more contemporary theatre. Right now, many people gravitate more towards new things that are playing on and off Broadway because it’s new and exciting and something people probably haven’t seen yet, and I think that’s...
At last nights Annual Music Theatre Guild Awards Night we acknowledged two gentlemen whose involvement with the Guild spans 16 years between them in their judging roles for the Open and Junior Panels. In addition to their judging commitments, each took on the role of Chairman for their respective panels in and provided leadership, support...
On Saturday 8th December 2018 we held our The 32nd Annual Bruce Awards Ceremony at the beautiful Bunjil Place.
As part of the annual review of the judging panels and processes, MTGV wishes to appoint a Chairperson / Administrator to work with both the open and junior judging panels in 2019. This is not a judging position. It requires a person who possesses sound attention to detail, excellent time management skill, an approachable nature...
As we celebrate another successful year of the Guild, we can reflect that 2017 gave us comedy, drama, innovative and emotive productions. We all leave a legacy and are impacted by the legacy left byothers, whether we realize it or not. Embracing the vision and characters of certain shows sometimes causes us to reflect on...
Last year we celebrated 30 years of the founding of the Guild and reflected on how it all began. It was in 1986 that Bruce McBrien, David Richards and Doug Savage established a supporting body for non-professional theatre, the aim being to give recognition to the abundance of talent in the State by way of...
