The Stage Show

The world's best-loved bearded diva and Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst joins us with our very own queen of cabaret, Trevor Ashley.

Also, we pay tribute to Australian-born actor Zoe Caldwell, we visit international rising stars of dance Aakash Odedra and Hu Shenyuan in rehearsal for a new duet, and Peter FitzSimons on the craft of historical storytelling.

The world's best-loved bearded diva and Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst joins us with our very own queen of cabaret, Trevor Ashley.

Also, we pay tribute to Australian-born actor Zoe Caldwell, we visit international rising stars of dance Aakash Odedra and Hu Shenyuan in rehearsal for a new duet, and Peter FitzSimons on the craft of historical storytelling.

Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan achieved worldwide success with Fabulous Beast, but a yearning for his cultural roots led him to found a new company: Teac Damsa.

Also, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs recount a young man's life and horrific murder in Considering Matthew Shepard, and we discuss the resurgence of audio drama with America's most produced playwright Lauren Gunderson and Australian Lachlan Philpott.

Irish choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan achieved worldwide success with Fabulous Beast, but a yearning for his cultural roots led him to found a new company: Teac Damsa.

Also, the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs recount a young man's life and horrific murder in Considering Matthew Shepard, and we discuss the resurgence of audio drama with America's most produced playwright Lauren Gunderson and Australian Lachlan Philpott.

On stage at the Perth Festival, we delve into two First Nations productions that are uniquely Western Australian: Jimmy Chi and Kuckles' Bran Nue Dae and Yirra Yaakin's Noongar language adaptation of Macbeth.

On stage at the Perth Festival, we delve into two First Nations productions that are uniquely Western Australian: Jimmy Chi and Kuckles' Bran Nue Dae and Yirra Yaakin's Noongar language adaptation of Macbeth.

Samuel Beckett's friend and biographer James Knowlson shares the revelations found within the playwright's theatrical notebooks from when Beckett directed Waiting for Godot himself.

Also, Elizabeth Chong takes us into the theatre of the kitchen, David Suchet shares his Best Advice and Anna Cordingley guides us through the principles of set and costume design.

Samuel Beckett's friend and biographer James Knowlson shares the revelations found within the playwright's theatrical notebooks from when Beckett directed Waiting for Godot himself.

Also, Elizabeth Chong takes us into the theatre of the kitchen, David Suchet shares his Best Advice and Anna Cordingley guides us through the principles of set and costume design.

Renowned theatre and opera director Phelim McDermott discusses his journey from Phillip Glass obsessive to collaborating with the man himself, voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson shares more insights into the power of voice, and following the fires in eastern Australia, we ask playwright Campion Decent about the power of verbatim theatre and the impact of his play Embers.

Renowned theatre and opera director Phelim McDermott discusses his journey from Phillip Glass obsessive to collaborating with the man himself, voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson shares more insights into the power of voice, and following the fires in eastern Australia, we ask playwright Campion Decent about the power of verbatim theatre and the impact of his play Embers.