Who We Are

Mercury’s Wings Theatre Company is proud to advocate for and collaborate with the many talented local Gold Coast artists who make our city’s theatre and arts scene so vibrant.
Founded on the Gold Coast in 2006 by James and Claudine Anderson, MWTC has produced more than 20 Gold Coast theatre productions and activated a wide range of local performance spaces, helping to grow and celebrate our city’s creative community.

Mission

At Mercury’s Wings Theatre Company, we believe theatre should be powerful, physical, and deeply connected to its community. Every show is crafted with and for the people of the Gold Coast, celebrating the extraordinary talent of local artists.

From epic Shakespeare productions to bold new works and experimental performances you won’t see anywhere else, our theatre is designed to surprise, challenge, and inspire.

Artistic Directors

James

James Anderson is a dynamic performer, director and educator with over 20 years experience in Australia, Japan and the UK. A company member of Frank theatre for over 15 years. James is also a Queensland Theatre Teaching Artist and runs physical theatre workshops on the Gold Coast.

Claudine

Claudine Anderson worked as a classical Ballet dancer in Germany and France for 10 years. She has a postgraduate degree in Movement studies from NIDA and has created many of Mercury’s Wings iconic productions. Claudine is Speech and Drama tutor at St Hilda’s College, Gold Coast.

Proudly Supporting Gold Coast Artists

As a Gold Coast performing arts company, we’re dedicated to creating opportunities for local actors, directors, designers, and stage crew. By attending a Mercury’s Wings show, you’re directly supporting the growth of the Gold Coast arts scene and helping keep live theatre thriving in our city.

A young man with long, wavy blonde hair and light skin, wearing a beige robe, is praying with her eyes closed and hand raised, illuminated by a soft light from behind. Gold Coast Theatre

Artistic Associates

Ryan Littler Bailey Seymour

Nicole Amaya Kendal Woodhams

Isabella Standage Dr Patrick Mitchell

Anne-Marie Garcia (Tech) Tara Page

James Kerwin Alicia Jones

Stuart Lumsden Joel Beskin

Jan Alcorn Elijah Haze

Brin Pritchard Vinnie Monaco

Fraser Anderson Faith Moore-Carter

Sean Curran Dave Edwards

Will Neville

A young woman with dark hair looking to her left, wearing a navy blue jacket with gold buttons. Gold Coast Theatre. King Lear

Mercury’s Wings Six Central Pillars

  • Creativity

    We champion and demand imaginative thinking when making our productions.

  • Innovation

    We embrace enterprising thinking when making theatre work for the Gold Coast. We seek to be bold in our practice.

  • Inclusivity and Respect

    We welcome everyone to be part of the Mercury’s Wings experience, to hear and be shaped by opinions and experiences beyond our own. We provide a forum that enables artists and audiences to use art to explore and examine our communities and how we find a place in them.

  • Engagement

    We make theatre for, with and by our community for sharing within and beyond the Gold Coast. To do this we commit to identifying people, stories, expression and activities that will assist in creating theatrical events that are engaging and compelling.

  • Sustainability

    We understand that the act of theatre making does have implications in terms of how we interact and deploy our community’s interests and resources. Our ways of working are informed by this understanding being implicit in our processes.

  • Collaboration

    Champion collaboration as an imperative in the way we develop, engage and produce theatre in the community.