Playbox Theatre Company, Australia

The Playbox Theatre Company was dedicated to supporting Australian playwrights and producing new Australian plays throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Originally called "Hoopla!", it was housed in Melbourne's Playbox Theatre in Exhibition Street before it was destroyed by fire in 1984.

In 1990, the company moved to new premises at the old Carlton and United Breweries Malthouse. In 2003, under incoming artistic director Michael Kantor and executive producer, Steven Armstrong, the company changed its name to Malthouse Theatre. While it continues to produce new Australian theatre, the company no longer limits itself to new Australian texts.