Milk Crate Theatre

12/06/2026

✨ FLASHBACK FRIDAY ✨

When Covid hit and we couldn't reach our community in person, we got creative! 💻✨

We took our devising theatre workshops online, launching Crafting Stories for Screen — a series of videos that take you through the whole process from start to finish. And thanks to the wonderful David Molloy they're still on our Youtube Channel ready for you to use.

Whether you're a community member, an artist, or just curious about the process — these resources are for YOU. Head to our YouTube channel and dive in at your own pace. 🎭

Start at episode 1 here: https://youtu.be/hTyHf9ylFro

11/06/2026

We can't tell you much yet… but last week we workshopped the first rough draft of a script by Jules Orcullo and let's just say — the laughter did NOT stop!

Watch this space. Something wonderfully chaotic is brewing.

Thanks to Collaborative Artists: Stavi, Margaret, Matthias and Flora and Support Artists: Bedelia Lowrenčev and Charles Wu and the wonderful Felicity Nicol for bringing it all together and leading the charge!

Check out more via our website: whttps://www.milkcratetheatre.com/whats-on/

09/06/2026

It's that time of year 💛

If you're thinking about where to direct your EOFY giving, consider Milk Crate Theatre. Real stories. Real people. Real impact.

Every donation helps us create meaningful art with communities who need it most.

Click here to donate: https://www.givenow.com.au/pathways

08/06/2026

We love seeing research that champions the arts. 🙌

A New Approach recently published The Big Picture — a fascinating deep dive into how Australian governments are investing in arts and culture, how we compare to our international counterparts, and what more could be done. Really valuable reading for anyone working in this space.

To read more + their other work head to: https://newapproach.org.au/publication/opportunity-to-action-the-big-picture/

05/06/2026

✨ FLASHBACK FRIDAY ✨

Throwing it back to the beginnings of something big — the Co-Design phase of Creating Impact. 🌱

Creating Impact is a multi-year, national project bringing together arts organisations, funders and experts to co-design and implement a shared impact framework for the community-engaged arts sector. Milk Crate Theatre is proud to be leading the project.

During the Co-Design phase, our project group worked alongside impact consultants Huber Social (shout out to Michelle Macaskill and Simon Vaughan) to develop a sector Impact Thesis (Theory of Change) and a shared impact framework — including a universally agreed set of outcome measures.

Big thanks to all the organisations involved: ActNOW Theatre, Arts & Cultural Exchange, Beyond Empathy, Brand X, CuriousWorks, Community Arts Network, Empire Youth Arts, Improv Theatre Sydney, opn., Digital Storytellers, Think+DO Tank Foundation, Sydney Youth Orchestras and Outloud.

From those early conversations, a national framework is taking shape. Watch this space. 💪

Thanks to our supporters: Create NSW, Creative Australia, City of Sydney, Minderoo Foundation and James N Kirby Foundation.

Watch the full clip here: https://youtu.be/8Wkl9kG_iuM

Creating Impact - The Co-Design

02/06/2026

Reconciliation isn't something you do once a year. It's how you show up — in your workplace, your community, your everyday life.

This National Reconciliation Week, we're reflecting on what "All In" means for us at MCT. It means culturally safe programs. It means listening before acting. It means this work never stops.

We're in.

For more resources head to: https://www.reconciliation.org.au/all-in-for-national-reconciliation-week-2026/

29/05/2026

✨ FLASHBACK FRIDAY ✨

Throwing it back to DUST — one of those shows that stays with you long after the curtain falls. 🌫️

Created and performed by our Collaborative Artists and MCT's Artistic Team, and directed by the brilliant Margot Politis, DUST was a testament to what happens when underrepresented voices are given the space, support and platform to tell their own stories.

Developed across two Covid-19 lockdowns, this show came to life in partnership with Sydney Theatre Company at the Richard Wherret Studio.

Performers: Desmond Edwards, Lana Filies, Matthias Nudl, Darlene Proberts & Kamini Singh 🌟

Creative Team:
Director: Margot Politis | Key Support Artist: Lucy Watson | Assistant Director: Lily Hayman
Producer: Jessica Saras | Production Manager: Tyler Fitzpatrick (Paperjam Partners)
Lighting: Liam O'Keefe | Sound: Prema Yin | Set & Costume: Margot Politis
Set Assistant: Sam Read | Photography: Robert Catto | Film: Patrick Boland

This is why we do what we do. 💛

Watch the full clip via our LinkTree!

26/05/2026

We've been busy this year...

Working across 9 different communities.

Delivered 13 workshops + 1 Creative Development.

Engaged over 106 Community Artists.

Employed 24 artists.

Thank you to everyone who has made this incredible start to the year happen. 🤩

Photo credits:
1 & 2 : Screen Lab by Mary Walsh
3: WEST by Catherine McNamara at LINC Lithgow Information & Neighbourhood Centre
4: Twenty10 by Siobhan Gibbs
5: Studio Artes by Bedelia Lowrencev

23/05/2026

This week we wrapped up a stellar project with ! With the support of artists, AP Pobjoy (of Homebodies fame) and Siobhan Gibbs (of Gogo fame), this talented crew of emerging filmmakers produced a gripping teaser for a q***r noir crime project called "Just The Girl" which follows Mx D, investigator and hacker, unravelling a mystery involving a lost dog, an evil landlord, missing party girl and suspicious Beth Friend.

Big thanks to Dorothy, Tabby, Yeng and Luna for sharing their creative genius with us and working together in such a collaborative and inspiring way.

This project was a partnership with Milk Crate Theatre and was supported by Multicultural NSW through the COMPACT program

[Video description: A teaser clip for a q***r noir crime project called "Just The Girl" which features a montage of the window view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge from a train, and some stills of a person sitting in an office with a purple light, with the sound of a siren in the background, tense piano music, and a mysterious voiceover.]

22/05/2026

✨ FLASHBACK FRIDAY ✨

Throwing it back to one of our most powerful creative moments — Sit in That Chair. 🎶

Originally created for our 2019 immersive theatre show Natural Order, this political cabaret anthem was written by our Collaborative Artists to capture what it truly feels like to be at the mercy of social systems — housing, welfare, bureaucracy. Composed by Tim Hansen, it's part protest song, part emotional reckoning — think Bohemian Rhapsody energy with something urgent and deeply human at its core.

The Sydney Street Choir joined us, two organisations united by a shared belief in amplifying underrepresented voices. Together, they recorded and mastered the track at the world-renowned Studios 301 in Alexandria — a studio that has hosted the likes of Prince, David Bowie, INXS and Lady Gaga.

At the time, Artistic Director Margot Politis reflects: "In writing this song, we collaboratively narrowed in to focus on systems — how they bind us, how they keep us trapped in cycles, and ultimately how they strip us of a common modicum of freedom."

Creative Team:
Director: Margot Politis | Producer: Lauren Vassallo | Composer: Tim Hansen
Performers: Darlene Proberts, Lisa Griffiths, Matthias Nudl & Pauline Trenerry
Guest Collaborative Artists: Sydney Street Choir, directed by James Paul
Videography: Rolling Media Productions | Senior Engineer: Jack Prest, Studio 301

Watch the full clip here via our Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3A0JQt_z8