Director’s Lab 2

A Deep Dive into Text with Jane Montgomery Griffiths: Hedda Gabler

Sunday 1, Monday 2 and 3 November, 10am - 1pm, Etty Street Studio

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Following the success of CTC’s introductory Directors’ Lab in January, we are offering another weekend of intensive workshops with Jane Montgomery Griffiths in our Directors’ Lab 2. For directors with some experience, or those who completed Directors’ Lab 1, this workshop will be a 3-day intensive taking a deep dive into Ibsen’s ‘Hedda Gabler’. Covering topics from choosing your translation or adaptation, to building your creative team, working out design, casting and working with actors on scenes, this workshop will take you through the full process from initial thoughts through to creating a performance ready production.
Jane Montgomery Griffiths is a multi-award winning actor and playwright and former Professor of Theatre Practice at Monash University. As an actor, she has worked at MTC, Malthouse, Belvoir, Redstitch, Theatreworks and Bell Shakespeare as well as numerous TV roles. Her plays have been performed at Malthouse, Belvoir, Victorian Opera and for ABC Radio National. Jane’s last project was The Ravens’ production of ‘The Seagull’.

Love and Information

by Caryl Churchill, directed by Brendan McDougall, a co-production with Montello Productions

November 20 - Dec 4 2026, Phee Broadway Theatre

ABOUT THE PLAY

This play is a thematically connected series of scenes that explore what it means to connect with other humans in the digital age. The rapid expansion of media technology over the last few decades means that we are more connected to each other than we have ever been, while simultaneously we find ourselves increasingly fractured and isolated. There are over 50 short scenes, which may be presented out of order, and over 100 characters, with no specifics in terms of casting.  

This production seeks to assemble as diverse a cast as possible – people of all ages, abilities and performance experience are encouraged to audition. We also want to explicitly invite people with identities not normally seen on Castlemaine stages to participate. 

This volunteer production is one we hope can bring people from the Mount Alexander Shire community together. We are looking for people both with and without experience in theatre, in the hope that we can build a community of participants that mirrors the rich and diverse community we live in.