Exit interview: Brett Sheehy, MTC

After nine years as Melbourne Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Sheehy has stepped down from the role. What next?

In his final days at the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), outgoing Artistic Director Brett Sheehy has had a lot to think about.

In addition to finalising the handover of his role with incumbent AD Anne Louise Sarks, Sheehy was preparing for the launch of the company’s 2022 season when he spoke with ArtsHub last week – and of course, given the pandemic, the complexities of vaccination were also very much on his mind.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts