The Stage Show

Thomas E.S. Kelly proves that you can be built like a rugby player and be a contemporary dancer. From a childhood committed to sport and dance, Kelly is emerging as one of our top dancers and choreographers.

Also, voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson on how to effectively use our voices within and beyond our COVID-19 bubbles, and we touch base with Carriageworks, Brisbane Festival and the Malthouse.

Thomas E.S. Kelly proves that you can be built like a rugby player and be a contemporary dancer. From a childhood committed to sport and dance, Kelly is emerging as one of our top dancers and choreographers.

Also, voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson on how to effectively use our voices within and beyond our COVID-19 bubbles, and we touch base with Carriageworks, Brisbane Festival and the Malthouse.

Belvoir Artistic Director Eamon Flack, who last year led the company to a staggering 13 Helpmann Awards, tells us about his journey to the helm of this beloved theatre company and how they have responded to the pandemic.

Also, as the Darwin Festival forges ahead with a "homegrown" line-up, we visit the historic Brown's Mart Theatre with artistic director Sean Pardy as part of our Small Stages series.

Belvoir Artistic Director Eamon Flack, who last year led the company to a staggering 13 Helpmann Awards, tells us about his journey to the helm of this beloved theatre company and how they have responded to the pandemic.

Also, as the Darwin Festival forges ahead with a "homegrown" line-up, we visit the historic Brown's Mart Theatre with artistic director Sean Pardy as part of our Small Stages series.

We revisit some highlights from our time as theatregoers, including our encounter with the 'critic proof' Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn.

Also, Anthony Warlow performs, Bangarra dancer Beau Dean Riley Smith shares his Top Shelf and we pay tribute to dance educator Athol Willoughby.

We revisit some highlights from our time as theatregoers, including our encounter with the 'critic proof' Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn.

Also, Anthony Warlow performs, Bangarra dancer Beau Dean Riley Smith shares his Top Shelf and we pay tribute to dance educator Athol Willoughby.

Shelley Lasica grew up in a home filled by modern dance, thanks to her pioneering mother Margaret. For thirty years Shelley has gone on to push the boundaries of what contemporary dance is and where it can be staged.

Plus, the State Theatre Company of SA brings a new Decameron, written for the age of COVID-19.

And could you be moved, amused, entranced by the performance of a robot actor?

Shelley Lasica grew up in a home filled by modern dance, thanks to her pioneering mother Margaret. For thirty years Shelley has gone on to push the boundaries of what contemporary dance is and where it can be staged.

Plus, the State Theatre Company of SA brings a new Decameron, written for the age of COVID-19.

And could you be moved, amused, entranced by the performance of a robot actor?

Yaron Lifschitz turned an edgy punk circus in Brisbane into the hugely successful performing arts company Circa. He tells Michael how he went from studying history to directing precision acrobats.

Plus, Mararo Wangai and Chris Isaacs turn life stories into moving monologues for Black Swan State Theatre Company and Julie Curtis talks about Russian theatre under Vladmir Putin.

Yaron Lifschitz turned an edgy punk circus in Brisbane into the hugely successful performing arts company Circa. He tells Michael how he went from studying history to directing precision acrobats.

Plus, Mararo Wangai and Chris Isaacs turn life stories into moving monologues for Black Swan State Theatre Company and Julie Curtis talks about Russian theatre under Vladmir Putin.