A childhood love of dance and a challenging homelife drove Rafael Bonachela to leave his native Spain at just 17 years old and seek his fortune in the dance studios and theatres of London. The celebrated choreographer was then beckoned to Australia, where he has led the Sydney Dance Company since 2009.

Also, in The Audition, we meet a group of asylum seekers vying for a new life in Australia. The play was co-written by a group of established playwrights alongside writers with lived experience of displacement. And we meet high school students from Hong Kong presenting their own bilingual play inspired by classics from Spain and China.