Melbourne Theatre Company chair departs by granting generous donation

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In a time of uncertainty for the arts, MTC’s outgoing chair is leaving a parting gift to help shore up the future of theatre.

When Jane Hansen stepped down as chair of the Melbourne Theatre Company, she decided to leave with the same kind of bang that marked her entry to it – a massive financial donation.

Over her time with the MTC, outgoing chair Jane Hansen has championed a fund to help ensure the company’s future.Now, as her term as chair wraps up, she says: “I’d like to leave as I arrived.” She and Little have pledged an additional $500,000 to the fund, along with a promise to match any additional donations the MTC raises, up to a cap of another $500,000.

The precarity that Hansen speaks of has been thrown into sharp relief this month with local theatre company La Mama’s announcement that in 2025,as a direct result of losing government funding, and look at ways to move forward. Melbourne Theatre Company production 37 opened this year to great acclaim. Pictured: Ngali Shaw and Tibian WylesAudiences have a role to play, both on an individual theatre level and at a level that influences the meagre amount of government funding that is shared around. “I think it comes back to what do we as a society value, which should then feed into the political process,” says Hansen.

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