Pamela Munt, with daughter Melanie, creates Terry Pratchett world at Adelaide's Bakehouse Theatre
Pamela Munt presented and adapted 25 plays from Terry Pratchett novels at the Bakehouse Theatre in Angas Street, Adelaide. Munt founded the Unseen Theatre Company with her daughter Melanie (top right) who went to embark on her own acting career.
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Unseen Theatre Company, formed in 1999 by Pamela Munt and her daughter Melanie, made the Bakehouse Theatre in Angas Street, Adelaide city, the home for its specialty: the Discworld players of British author by British author Terry Pratchett.
Unseen Theatre Company was led by artistic director Pamela Munt, Adelaide's resident expert on Terry Pratchett plays. Munt also ran the Bakehouse Theatre with Peter Green from the early 2000s to its closure in 2022. Unseen produced 25 Prachett plays at the Bakehouse, all to critical acclaim and usually to sellout audiences. Munt adapted stage plays such as Eric and The Lost Continent directly from Pratchett’s novels. The world premiere of The Lost Continent in 2009 was appropriately about the Discworld equivalent of Australia.
During her first five years with Unseen, Melanie Munt took many Pratchett play roles including Princess Kelly and Footnote, while filling backstage roles such as publicity officer, stage manager and assistant director. She jointly directed the first Pratchett Pieces with mother Pamela for the 2002 Adelaide Fringe.
Unseen also presented plays such as Gasping and Silly Cow by Ben Elton; Men Behaving Badly, based in the television series; and the tongue in cheek Star Trek: the Trouble with Tribbles.
Another highlight was Brien Frield’s Dancing at Lughnase, with Melanie Munt bringing a cast of her fellow Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) graduates over for the 2006 Adelaide Fringe and combining them with local professional actors like Peter Green. After graduating from WAAPA with an advanced diploma of performing arts (acting) in 2005, Melanie Munt worked extensively in film, television, and theatre in Los Angeles and Australia as an actor and voiceover artist. She won Western Australian Screen Award for her work in Trinkets, a Perth Theatre Equity Guild Award for her portrayal of Evelyn in LaBute's The Shape of Things, and a best actress nomination from Maverick Movie Awards for her performance in the short film Terms of Service, shot in Los Angeles. She returned to live in Adelaide, with additional bases in Sydney, Perth, and Los Angeles.
