The Stage Show

In 1943, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! was groundbreaking, tackling heavy themes and integrating story, song and dance in a way that redefined musical theatre. Director Richard Carroll searches for new themes and ideas in this classic work at Black Swan.

Also, ahead of this year's International Day of People with Disability, we touch base with members of Back to Back Theatre and premiere two new performances, and Opera Queensland artistic director Patrick Nolan shares the Best Advice he was ever given.

In 1943, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! was groundbreaking, tackling heavy themes and integrating story, song and dance in a way that redefined musical theatre. Director Richard Carroll searches for new themes and ideas in this classic work at Black Swan.

Also, ahead of this year's International Day of People with Disability, we touch base with members of Back to Back Theatre and premiere two new performances, and Opera Queensland artistic director Patrick Nolan shares the Best Advice he was ever given.

David McAllister's sheer determination as a dancer took him to the top of The Australian Ballet's roster and then the company's artistic directorship. Moving on after 20 years at the helm, he reflects on his life as a dancer and as a leader.

Also, writer and performer Moira Finucane shares what's on her Top Shelf and historian of theatre architecture, Alistair Fair, explains how and why theatre design has changed so much in the last hundred years.

David McAllister's sheer determination as a dancer took him to the top of The Australian Ballet's roster and then the company's artistic directorship. Moving on after 20 years at the helm, he reflects on his life as a dancer and as a leader.

Also, writer and performer Moira Finucane shares what's on her Top Shelf and historian of theatre architecture, Alistair Fair, explains how and why theatre design has changed so much in the last hundred years.

For 60 years, Nancye Hayes has been a mainstay of the Australian stage, starring in the Australian premieres of shows like Sweet Charity and Chicago and championing new work and young artists. She joins us to reflect on a life spent treading the boards.

Also, we meet a group of Melbournians who spent their Friday nights in lockdown on Zoom delving into Greek tragedies. We log on with them and discover how these 2,000-year-old plays are strangely resonant with life in 2020.

For 60 years, Nancye Hayes has been a mainstay of the Australian stage, starring in the Australian premieres of shows like Sweet Charity and Chicago and championing new work and young artists. She joins us to reflect on a life spent treading the boards.

Also, we meet a group of Melbournians who spent their Friday nights in lockdown on Zoom delving into Greek tragedies. We log on with them and discover how these 2,000-year-old plays are strangely resonant with life in 2020.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers and creatives are finding mainstream audiences as never before. To mark NAIDOC Week, we revisit conversations with three prominent Indigenous artists: Rachael Maza, artistic director of Ilbijerri Theatre Company, and Stephen Page, artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre, with his hugely talented son, Hunter Page-Lochard.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers and creatives are finding mainstream audiences as never before. To mark NAIDOC Week, we revisit conversations with three prominent Indigenous artists: Rachael Maza, artistic director of Ilbijerri Theatre Company, and Stephen Page, artistic director of Bangarra Dance Theatre, with his hugely talented son, Hunter Page-Lochard.

With all eyes on US politics, we visit one of their most enduring democratic institutions: New York's Public Theater. Besides developing hit shows like Hair, A Chorus Line and Hamilton, The Public makes work by, for and about the citizens of New York.

Also, the operatic adaptation of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is revived by State Opera South Australia and we check in with two Victorian dance schools who have held on through the lockdown but fear that more challenges lie ahead.

With all eyes on US politics, we visit one of their most enduring democratic institutions: New York's Public Theater. Besides developing hit shows like Hair, A Chorus Line and Hamilton, The Public makes work by, for and about the citizens of New York.

Also, the operatic adaptation of Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is revived by State Opera South Australia and we check in with two Victorian dance schools who have held on through the lockdown but fear that more challenges lie ahead.