The Production Company


The Production Company is an Australian not-for-profit theatre company that stages a series of usually three musicals at the Arts Centre Melbourne each year.
It was launched in 1999 by Jeanne Pratt AC with the goal of providing "professional opportunities for local artists and to entertain Melbourne audiences with the best shows from Broadway and beyond".
The Production Company specialises in revivals of popular and lesser known musicals with short rehearsal periods and short runs. It has also produced the Australian professional premieres of Thoroughly Modern Millie, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Grey Gardens, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Curtains and A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
Its productions typically feature well-known Australian musical theatre performers such as Caroline O'Connor, Michael Falzon, Marina Prior, Todd McKenney, Lucy Durack, Christie Whelan Browne, Elise McCann and Amanda Harrison.

Seasons

The list of early productions can be found on the AusStage database

1990s

1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
  • Guys And Dolls
  • Show Boat
  • La Cage aux Folles
2015
2016
  • Funny Girl
  • Curtains
  • Dusty
2017
2018
  • Oklahoma!
  • The Boy from Oz
  • A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
2019'

Helpmann Awards

The Production Company's production of Grey Gardens was nominated for the 2012 Helpmann Award for Best Musical. Performers and creatives who have won Helpmann Awards for their work with The Production Company include Pamela Rabe and Nancye Hayes for Grey Gardens, and David Campbell for Sunset Boulevard.

Green Room Awards

The Production Company's production of Chess received the 2012 Melbourne Green Room Award for Outstanding Musical Production.