Melbourne Theatre Company’s Bold New Musical My Brilliant Career

Rehearsals are underway for an electrifying new Australian musical coming to the Melbourne Theatre Company stage. Based on the classic novel by Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career is a musical reimagining to captivate a new generation.

Performances will begin at Southbank Theatre on Thursday 7th November, with this highly anticipated production bringing down the curtain on Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2024 season.

Adapted by the talented musical theatre duo Mathew Frank and Dean Bryant, alongside actor Sheridan Harbridge (Prima Facie, Meet Me at Dawn), this is a Melbourne-made musical, developed and written by the creative team over the past five years.

Transforming one of the country’s most enduring literary figures into a musical heroine for this very moment, My Brilliant Career will feature a dynamic cast playing instruments live on stage and a soundtrack that’s equal parts contemporary pop, folksy bush band and raucous pub rock.

Directed by Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director and Co-CEO Anne-Louise Sarks and with set & costume design by Olivier Award-winning Marg Horwell, the production pushes the boundaries of what a musical can be.

Anne-Louise Sarks, Melbourne Theatre Company’s Artistic Director & Co-CEO:

Created in Melbourne by some of Australia’s best musical theatre talent, I’m thrilled to bring this reimagining of a literary classic to Melbourne audiences” “My Brilliant Career is not a book presented on stage but a bold live theatre experience that captures the spirit of a young woman determined to carve her own path in life.

My Brilliant Career follows Sybylla Melvyn, a young woman finding her voice. Taking audiences on a wild and joyous ride through Sybylla’s imagination, joining her on a journey from an isolated farm in country Australia to the opulence and opportunities of ‘nice society’ and back again. Growing up in the 1890s and forced to choose between romance and her own genius, her family and a future she defines for herself, Sybylla’s decided she’s having it all.

Led by the phenomenal Kala Gare (SIX) with a talented ensemble cast of actor/musicians including Cameron Bajraktarevic-Hayward, Lincoln Elliott, Victoria Falconer, Raj Labade, Drew Livingstone, Ha Ny Lee, Ana Mitsikas, Christina O’Neill and Jarrad Payne.

The My Brilliant Career creative team includes Director Anne-Louise Sarks, Musical Director Victoria Falconer, Choreographer Amy Campbell, Set & Costume Designer Marg Horwell, Lighting Designer Matt Scott, Orchestrator / Vocal Arranger James Simpson, Sound Designer Joy Weng, Assistant Director Miranda Middleton, Assistant Set & Costume Designer Savanna Wegman and Assistant Musical Director Drew Livingston.

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Season Details

Venue: Southbank Theatre
Date: 7 Nov — 18 Dec 2024

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