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Home to me is...

(Jun 2026) Our latest professional production is on stage this July 2026. HOME MADE, celebrates the people, places & moments that shape our sense of home. The cast & creative team are deep in the devising process - the perfect time, to ask what home is to them!

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Massive Moment: Havoc in the Garden

(Mar 2026) 15 years ago this month marked the second collaboration between Massive Theatre Company and BAFTA award-winning writer and actor, Lennie James. Let's take a look back!

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Massive Moment: Hunting the Heart

(Feb 2026) 35 years ago, Massive Theatre Company (then known as Maidment Youth Theatre) presented its inaugural production. Opening night was Feb 8, 1991. Where it all began.

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A Guide to Finding the Massive Theatre Workshop for You

(May 2025) If you’ve never taken part in a Massive workshop, what are you waiting for?? This guide walks you through what we have on offer to help you decide which is the perfect one for you.

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Massive & PYT Fairfield Exchange | Sydney

(Apr 2025) Four Massive Theatre members share their experience participating in an exchange with PYT Fairfield, the only professional theatre company in Western Sydney dedicated to putting young and emerging artists at the core of their practice.

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My role as a scribe for Massive Theatre Co.

(Mar 2025) Millie Manning shares and reflects on what it means to take on the role of Scribe in Massive's latest production.

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How about less injury & more beauty in the world?

(Feb 2025) Sam Scott blogs about curiosity & why she teaches, directs & devises theatre. Why does she believe in the arts as a force for good & why now, more than ever before is she committed to this pursuit of more beauty & less injury in our world?

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Thriving

(Dec 2024) Sam Scott blogs about how Massive Theatre Company is thriving creatively despite the current economic climate. How can we keep engaged & alive, to how we see & reflect the world? How can we do this together? In these times can be great moments of discovery.

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2025 Artistic Director’s Message

(Dec 2024) Sam Scott writes about how Massive Theatre Company's 2025 plans & how we are thriving creatively despite the current economic climate, which finds us with considerably less funding for our endeavours. How can we keep engaged and alive to how we see and reflect the world? How can we do this together?

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The Directors Lab Intensive

(Nov 2024) The Directors Lab is a comprehensive mentorship programme for emerging directors to learn & practice their craft. We spoke to three of this year’s participants (Millie Manning, Gisele Proud & Cypha Clark) about their experience during The Directors Lab Intensive Week.

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What is Massive Nui Ensemble?

(Oct 2024) Massive Nui Ensemble (MNE) is the heart of our company. Four Massive Nui Ensemble participants share their of MNE this year, from what it is to what they get out of it, and their personal learnings and highlights.

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Massive Theatre Company at ITAC7

(Sep 2024) This September, Massive Theatre Company attended the biennial ITAC (International Teaching Artist Collaborative) conference in Tāmaki Makaurau. Tane Te Pakeke-Patterson was one of Massive’s attendees, & tells us about his experience.

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Creating Live Theatre:
'Te Ao Hou'

(Aug 2024) Creating live theatre without a script, characters, or a predefined story can be terrifying - you’re stepping into the unknown with no idea where it will lead. Margaret-Mary Hollins & Hone Taukiri share their process of creating 'Te Ao Hou'.

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Devising Theatre The Massive Way (Pt2)

(Jul 2024) Sam Scott picks up where she left off in Part 1 of sharing how Massive Theatre creates its work. Sam now focusses in on the planning and devising process in the lead up to the opening of I LOVE YOU G on May 1st, 2024 at Te Pou Theatre.

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Devising Theatre The Massive Way (Pt1)

(Jun 2024) Sam Scott shares about the early stages of a devised project. From how it begins and what happens before the devising/rehearsal period, Sam uses previous production I LOVE YOU G as a case study of the Massive devising process.

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2024 Artistic Director’s Message

(Dec 2023) As we step into 2024, Sam Scott writes about her hopes that any art you experience impacts you, transforms you & is good for you. She shares an email from someone for whom Massive Theatre Company has done just that.

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International Directors Exchange 2023

(Jul 2023) Sam Scott has just returned from a 7-day International Directors Exchange in Marburg, Germany, hosted by Hessisches Landestheatre & organised by ASSITEJ Germany. She shares a short summary of the experience.

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