In her cabaret show Rendezvous with Marlene, Ute Lemper shares the story of a long phone exchange with an ailing Marlene Dietrich in 1988, The Ripples Before the New Wave documents the lasting impact of the University of Sydney’s flourishing drama scene in the late 1950s and early 60s, if the idea of "audience participation" makes many queasy, what drives some theatre makers to invite audiences onto the stage and into the story? And acclaimed Taiwanese playwright and director Stan Lai shares the poem, song, play and film that have inspired his journey as an artist.