Browsing: Mornington Peninsula Theatre Company

FOLLOWING their critically acclaimed, sell-out summer season of Romeo and Juliet, the Mornington Peninsula Theatre Company (MPtc) returns this July with a captivating new production of Karel Čapek’s 1920 masterpiece, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots). Running from Wednesday, 8 July to Sunday, 12 July at Bellamy Hall on Albert Street in Mornington, this edge-of-your-seat drama marks an exciting thematic shift for the beloved local not-for-profit company. Founded by passionate Peninsula theatre visionaries Jonty Reason and Donna Johnstone, MPtc has become a cultural staple by stripping classic stories down to their raw essence through a modern, minimalist style. While R.U.R. famously introduced…