Playbox Theatre Company, Australia
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The Playbox Theatre Company was dedicated to supporting Australia
n playwright
s and producing new Australian plays throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Originally called "Hoopla!", it was housed in Melbourne
's Russell Street Theatre before it was destroyed by fire in 1984.
In 1991, the company moved to new premises at the old Carlton and United Breweries Malthouse. In 2003, under incoming artistic director Michael Kantor and executive producer, Steven Armstrong, the company changed its name to Malthouse Theatre. While it continues to produce new Australian theatre, the company no longer limits itself to new Australian texts.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
s and producing new Australian plays throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Originally called "Hoopla!", it was housed in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
's Russell Street Theatre before it was destroyed by fire in 1984.
In 1991, the company moved to new premises at the old Carlton and United Breweries Malthouse. In 2003, under incoming artistic director Michael Kantor and executive producer, Steven Armstrong, the company changed its name to Malthouse Theatre. While it continues to produce new Australian theatre, the company no longer limits itself to new Australian texts.