MALTHOUSE ARTIST DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 2025

The Malthouse Artist Development Program offers annual placements for early to mid-career Victorian-based artists to gain professional development at Malthouse Theatre. Since 2005, this program has cultivated a new generation of ambitious theatre-makers.

 

Four paid assistant roles will be offered in the following disciplines:

Sound Design and Composition

Set and Costume Design

Lighting Design

Directing

 

The program aims to provide participants with artistic mentorship, a broad understanding of the company’s operations, and connections with a range of professional practitioners.

  • A stipend of $4,500 for approximately six weeks of full-time work.
  • Participants will undertake placements with senior artist mentors on a main stage production.
  • Invitations to all Malthouse productions throughout the year, with a custom workshop before each production to help develop skills and foster networking.
  • Additional funding and/or support is available for participants with access needs to ensure they can fully engage in the program.
  • Invitations to internal company activities and other relevant industry events.
     

Production placements 

The duration, role, and responsibilities for each placement will be customized to ensure meaningful engagement for each artist. Placements will include a mix of observation and practical involvement, depending on the individual’s skills, needs, and the production’s opportunities.

We will collaborate with the selected applicants to determine a suitable schedule and role description. Placements will be offered on the following productions:

  • Truth (13 Jan – 18 Feb)
    • Lighting Design
  • The Birds (14 Apr – 21 May)
    • Lighting Design
    • Sound Design and Composition 
  • Troy (4 Aug – 9 Sep)
    • Direction
    • Set and Costume Design
    • Lighting Design

 

Workshop series 

The Artist Development Program is led by Malthouse Theatre’s New Work Associates, who will design workshops tailored to the cohort's interests and needs. These workshops will be facilitated by both internal and external experts. Previous workshop topics include:

  • Making New Work with The Rabble 

  • Building an Inclusive Practice with Stage A Change 

  • Pitching Masterclass with MILKE 

  • Consent and Intimacy with Bayley Turner 

  • Mapping an Artistic Career 

  • You must be an Australian resident or have a valid visa that provides work rights;   

  • You must be based in Victoria;   

  • You will have industry experience in your nominated discipline, and/or relevant university or TAFE qualifications in this discipline;  

  • You have not been engaged or employed by the Malthouse Theatre as an artist in the creation of a work on our mainstage, or received a placement with us previously in the discipline you are applying;   

  • Your Curriculum Vitae (CV) demonstrates at least two years of theatre-making practice beyond your tertiary or vocational studies (if applicable).  

Applications are now closed for 2025.

If you have any questions, please email ebrowne@malthousetheatre.com.au

Applications are now closed.