Backstage

A disaster of a musical, and Broadway flops. Our #MusicaloftheWeek is Titanic! and in the Writers Room this week, Miria George.

Yeeee—Haaaa! The time has come and Oklahoma! is our #MusicaloftheWeek; our featured playwright in the Writers Room is Jean Betts; and we discuss the complex history and present of gender representation on stage.

It's a show... within a show... sometimes within another show! We're exploring that concept with our #MusicaloftheWeek (chosen by special guest co-host Jono Freebairn), plus Matamata's Short & Sweet Festival, and Thomas Sainsbury is in the Backstage Writers Room!

Pros-arch or thrust? Stage left or stage right? Terminology unravelled in this week's episode, we have Sir Roger Hall in the Writers Room, and our #MusicaloftheWeek is Something Rotten!

Chookas Baby! It's all about Opening Nights and the things we do around that special time in a production's cycle. Plus a heap of wholesome humanity with our #MusicaloftheWeek 'Come From Away', and our playwright featured in the Writers Room is Elisabeth Easther.

It's pies on stage with our #MusicaloftheWeek 'Waitress' and we shine a virtual spotlight on the work of the multi-talented Oscar Kightley in our Writers Room segment... That's right — you're Backstage, theatre nerds!

Hear about Heathers, our #musicaloftheweek, and we welcome our first playwright to the Writers Room – the incomparable April Phillips.

On a mission from POTUS! Gordy Gray-Lockhart tells Mel and Mike what it's been like creating the world's first Blues Brothers musical!

Oh the horror... the dread... Strap in for a trip down freak street where Mel and Mike head Backstage with the history of horror theatre and #MusicaloftheWeek 'Sweeney Todd'.

Oi! Wotcher mate! The accent is on accents in theatre this week, and our #MusicaloftheWeek... 'Gypsy'!