ABOUT US
Company 16 sets a new benchmark for repertory theatre by emphasising authenticity, depth, and fostering a collaborative environment centred on human connection. We are creating a platform where experienced artists mentor emerging talent, preserving and advancing traditional acting skills and ensuring that essential practices are passed down to future generations. This establishes a foundation for theatre that remains impactful, relevant, and rooted in artistic excellence.
Company 16’s 2025 season brings together two searing portraits of ambition, legacy, and human fragility. In a bold new staging of Strindberg’s Miss Julie, the heat of a contemporary Melbourne kitchen ignites class, power, and desire on the eve of Greek Easter. In John Logan’s Red, Mark Rothko wrestles with the meaning of art, mortality, and mentorship in a world of shifting values. Each production embodies Company 16’s core: actor-driven, craft-focused theatre that unites emerging and established artists in rigorous collaboration. This season is a celebration of intergenerational exchange, cultural inquiry, and the transformative power of story.
- Iain Sinclair & Harry Haynes.
16th Street Actors Studio
16th Street has changed the landscape of acting training in Australia by introducing actors to the world’s leading industry professionals and techniques.
Since 2009, we have been committed to artists development and aspirations throughout their professional lives.
Our mission is to guide actors to develop artistry, craft, empathy and compassion. We believe that an actor’s artistic growth is inseparable from their development as a human being. Shaping their training around a range of world-renowned acting techniques, recognising the uniqueness of each, whilst valuing how they complement each other.
We believe craft developed through integrated skills-based training builds a bridge between an actor’s talent and their humanity. And that well trained actors lay the foundation for their own success and artistic fulfillment.