Company B
Peter Carroll Lynette Curran in Company B's 2005 production of Ionesco's The Chairs.
Company B is one of Australia's most prestigious theatre companies. Under the artistic leadership of Neil Armfield, the company performs in major arts centres and festivals both nationally and internationally and from its home, Belvoir St Theatre in Surry Hills, Sydney.
Company B engages Australia's most prominent and promising directors, actors and designers to present an annual artistic program that is razor-sharp, popular and stimulating.
During the past few years artists of the calibre of Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett, Jacqueline McKenzie, Noah Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Max Cullen, Bille Brown, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman and Catherine McClements have performed on the Belvoir St Theatre stage.
Up to 3,000 people a week pass through the Belvoir foyer to see a show at one of its two theatres, the Downstairs Theatre which seats up to 80 people and the Upstairs Theatre which seats up to 356 people. Company B also presents an annual season in the Downstairs Theatre called B Sharp, comprising works produced by artists and artistic teams from the independent theatre sector.
Company B is a key organisation of the Australia Council for the Arts' major performing arts board.