In the Company of Actors(2007)

From a rehearsal room in Sydney through to opening night in New York, a company of actors reveals the magic and struggle of creating theatre.

In the Company of Actors is a documentary that pulls back the curtain on theatre's most guarded space: the rehearsal room. The film follows an ensemble of Australia's finest actors, including Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving, as they prepare Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler for the Sydney Theatre Company's New York premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. With opening night five weeks away, the pressure mounts as the cast navigates the raw, vulnerable work of building a production—pushing boundaries, taking risks, and chasing the elusive magic that happens when theatre is at its best. This intimate look reveals what audiences rarely see: the mistakes, the breakthroughs, and the human drama unfolding offstage.