Theatre History | Melbourne University Student Theatre Archive

2020: Creating Theatre in Lockdown
Xanthe Beesley (2020)
Here at Union House Theatre, we’ve transferred our entire program online and developed new modes of connecting, communicating and being creative together.
Interview with Xanthe Beesley
Ruby Perryman, Noni Cole (2018)
Farrago interview with incoming Artistic Director about her plans for UHT and how students can get involved.
White with Wire Wheels: Then and Now
Angela O'Brien (2009)
Conference panel discussion including Jack Hibberd, David Kendall, Susie Dee, Sue Ingleton, Sophie Kelly
What’s On At The Union?
Angela O'Brien (1998)
A Production History of the Union Theatre 1938-98 as presented by former Artistic Director Kim Hanna and Angela O'Brien
A History of Drama in Teacher Education at Melbourne
(1994)
An essay published by the School of Visual and Performing Arts Education
Interview with Suzanne Ingleton
Angela O'Brien (1990)
Suzanne discusses her time in student theatre during the 1960s including her involvement in the Architecture Revue.
The Union Theatre
Malcolm Robertson (1982)
A brief history of the Union Theatre from 1952-82: the years of Sir Raymond Priestly, George Paton, John Sumner and the Union Theatre Repertory Company
The Open Stage
Daryl Wilkinson (1977)
A summary of the process of creating the new Open Stage in 1973, a multi-purpose theatre, to become the "Drama Department's laboratory for Theatrical expression and experimentation"
Theatre and the University
Desmond Connor (1950)
Des Connor, the Union Theatre's first Theatre Manager, tells the story of his long association with University theatre