In focus: Brett Sheehy, Artistic Director of MTC
A thrilling year of theatre awaits with Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) 2017 season. It’s going to be a season with something for everyone!
Exclusively for Age subscribers, we spoke to MTC’s Artistic Director, Brett Sheehy who is also one of Australia’s most acclaimed arts personalities, about the 2017 season and his top picks.
Don’t forget, subscribers can enjoy a 20% discount on MTC’s membership program. Find all the details here.
Brett, walk us through a day in the life of the artistic director of MTC.
Brett Sheehy: Each day can change seismically from the one before. A few of the givens are that I’m not a great sleeper so I rise fairly early. I go through all overnight emails between 6.30am and 8am, while channel surfing at the same time between the national and international news reports and getting breakfast. I respond to or clear as many emails as possible.
Then I may head straight to the office or directly to the theatre if we are about to open a new show. At the office I take meetings – internal and external – for much of the day, meet with members of the artistic and management teams, to discuss everything from a new play, to a casting idea, to checking marketing collateral, to drafting a pitch for philanthropic support for an artistic initiative.
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