The Stage Show

Willy Wonka throws open the doors to his chocolate factory in a new stage musical directed by esteemed Broadway figure Jack O'Brien and starring Paul Slade Smith.

The Beginning of Nature has been nominated for four Helpmann Awards. The Australian Dance Theatre production includes a libretto in the Indigenous Kaurna language.

Ursula Yovich's Barbara and the Camp Dogs takes us on a wildly funny and unflinchingly honest musical road trip from Sydney to Katherine

In this Helpmann Awards special, we revisit some of our favourite moments with this year's crop of nominees. S. Shakthidharan's massive play Counting and Cracking presents a Sri Lankan family's experiences in Australia and during the civil war, Ursula Yovich's Barbara and the Camp Dogs takes us on a wild musical road trip from Sydney to Katherine, Australian Dance Theatre's Beginning of Nature moves to the rhythm of Kaurna, and Willy Wonka throws open the doors to his chocolate factory in a new stage musical.

S. Shakthidharan's massive play about a Sri Lankan family's experiences in Australia and during the civil war has been nominated for eight Helpmann Awards.

In this Helpmann Awards special, we revisit some of our favourite moments with this year's crop of nominees. S. Shakthidharan's massive play Counting and Cracking presents a Sri Lankan family's experiences in Australia and during the civil war, Ursula Yovich's Barbara and the Camp Dogs takes us on a wild musical road trip from Sydney to Katherine, Australian Dance Theatre's Beginning of Nature moves to the rhythm of Kaurna, and Willy Wonka throws open the doors to his chocolate factory in a new stage musical.

On stage at NIDA's Playhouse, we bring together a panel of teachers, alumni and students to reflect on 60 years of professional theatre training in Australia. We're joined by John Bashford, director of NIDA's Centre for Acting, Ben Schostakowski, leader of the Master of Fine Arts course in directing, alumni Lee Lewis, the artistic director of Griffin Theatre Company, and actor Dalara Williams (Blackie Blackie Brown, Winyanboga Yurringa, Top End Wedding), as well as current acting students Mabel Li and Bronte Thomson-Sparrow and recent directing graduate Tait de Lorenzo.

On stage at NIDA's Playhouse, we bring together a panel of teachers, alumni and students to reflect on 60 years of professional theatre training in Australia. We're joined by John Bashford, director of NIDA's Centre for Acting, Ben Schostakowski, leader of the Master of Fine Arts course in directing, alumni Lee Lewis, the artistic director of Griffin Theatre Company, and actor Dalara Williams (Blackie Blackie Brown, Winyanboga Yurringa, Top End Wedding), as well as current acting students Mabel Li and Bronte Thomson-Sparrow and recent directing graduate Tait de Lorenzo.

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