Student Theatre Groups

Student theatre groups are groups of students who produce and perform their own shows. We welcome ALL types of performance! We have over 20 affiliated student theatre groups. You can find one you’d like to join in the list below or you can start your own group.

How Do I Join a Student Theatre Group?

Hooray! Student Theatre Groups would love to have you involved. There's a bunch of ways to get started:

1. Check out the Student Theatre Groups below, and follow them on Instagram to see what they're producing, plus all their callouts and auditions.

2. Follow Union House Theatre on Instagram and sign up to our weekly eNewsletter Followspot — we regularly feature callout and audition opportunities (we also have heaps of resources on our website, if you want all the details of theatre life!)

3. Join our workshops! Every semester we have a bountiful offering from acting and writing workshops, to lighting, sound, marketing and more. We list them here, and also on Instagram and our eNewsletter Followspot.

4. Still feeling lost? Get in touch and we'll match-make with your dream Student Theatre Group.

Open Groups

The following groups welcome new students every year. They usually recruit people throughout the year and will do call-outs for specific roles for each production. Want to check out current callouts and auditions? Head to our Audition & Callouts page.

Above Sea Level

Above Sea Level is a new student theatre group who are launching their debut production in 2025.

Blue Collar Improv

UniMelb's finest (and only!) improv troupe. Time to clock in for your theatre shift!

Cipta Theatre Company

Cipta Theatre Company is a new student theatre group focusing on nurturing new writers and staging new work.

Element Theatre Company

Element Theatre Company is a student-run theatre group that creates Mandarin plays.

Eleven Eleven

Award winning naarm-based theatre company celebrating emerging theatre makers and creating raw, intimate Australian performance.

Flare Dance Ensemble

A student-run dance group that aims to provide ample opportunities for students to learn, teach, choreograph, and perform dance across stage and street sty

Four Letter Word Theatre

Producing provocative contemporary theatre, tackling challenging material and unearthing fresh talent.

Melbourne Uni Street Dance (MUSD)

MUSD is a new theatre group and offers a piece of culture and an outlet for self-expression for students through street dance at UniMelb.

Melbourne University Chinese Theatre Group (CTG)

Established in 1993, MUCTG presents two productions each year in Chinese with English subtitles.

Melbourne University Shakespeare Company (MUSC)

MUSC has been an active part of the Uni Melb’s theatre community for over a decade. Performance season is semi-annual.

Moving Pieces

A new University of Melbourne theatre group coming in 2026!

University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association (UMMTA)

UMMTA produce a full-scale musical production each semester, as well as running smaller projects and holding fun event

 

 

Closed Groups

Don’t get upset, it isn’t because they don’t like you, these groups just aren’t open to ALL students e.g you have to be living at college to be in a college production or studying medicine to be in the Med Revue.