Queensland Theatre Company 2008

Queensland Theatre Company is the state’s flagship professional theatre company established in 1970 by an Act of Parliament. It is currently under the artistic direction of multi-award winning playwright and renowned director Michael Gow, who is the Company’s Artistic Director.

Each year the Company presents an annual main-stage season of nine plays showcasing an array of acclaimed theatre artists and offering a dynamic mix of plays from exciting new Australian work to outstanding international classics.

The Company is also dedicated to encouraging artistic development across the state through its emerging artists program, writing program – which includes the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award – and regional partnerships program.

Particular emphasis is placed on developing, inspiring and exciting young people by giving them opportunities to connect with the professional performing arts community in Queensland through specially devised education performances, young playwrights program, theatre residency week, in-school workshops, secondment programs and more.

Queensland Theatre Company is a non-profit statutory authority governed by a Board of Directors. The Company is principally supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council.

Our Vision
Queensland Theatre Company aims to be one of the great theatre companies of the world.

Our Purpose
Be living proof that theatre matters.

Our Values
We value a team that

acknowledges our people as our greatest asset
is committed to innovation and flexibility
encourages respect and trust
is supportive
values individual differences
allows time for reflection and celebration
exceeds our customers' expectations and provides exceptional customer service

Our Goals
We will create

great work
highly skilled theatre practitioners
larger audience numbers
a financially strong company

Artistic Directors
Queensland Theatre Company has had five Artistic Directors: Alan Edwards AM MBE (1970-88), Aubrey Mellor (1988-93), Chris Johnson (1993-96), Robyn Nevin AM (1996-99), and Michael Gow (1999 to present).

The functions of the Company as set out in section 12 of the Queensland Theatre Company Act are:

a.	to promote and encourage the development and presentation of the arts of the theatre;
b.	to promote and encourage public interest and participation in the arts of the theatre;
c.	to promote and encourage either directly or indirectly the knowledge, understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of drama and other arts of the theatre in all their expressions, forms and media;
d.	to produce, present and manage plays, and other forms and types of theatre and entertainment in places determined by the theatre company;
e.	to establish and conduct schools, lectures, courses, seminars and other forms of education in drama and other arts of the theatre;
f.	to teach, train and instruct persons and promote education and research in drama and other arts of the theatre;
g.	to provide or assist to provide theatres and appurtenances of theatres;
h.	to encourage the involvement of persons resident in Queensland in the writing of plays end other aspects of the arts of the theatre;
i.	to perform the functions given to the theatre company under another Act;
j.	to perform functions that are incidental, complementary or helpful to, or likely to enhance the effective and efficient performance of, the functions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (i);
k.	to perform functions of the type to which paragraph (j) applies and which are given to the theatre company in writing by the Minister.

Annual Reports

Be swept up by Cyclone Larry

In a production exploring the boundaries of cutting-edge theatre, Queensland Theatre Company captures the destruction and personal debris of Cyclone Larry in The August Moon.

14 Jul – 9 Aug