The Stage Show

The Green Room Awards celebrate the best works on Melbourne's stages in the last year.

Cuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet will soon screen in Australian cinemas as part of The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season, we meet members of the first cohort of Intersect, a peer mentorship and knowledge exchange program for creatives in the UK and Australia from culturally diverse backgrounds, and we look at two vastly different approaches to presenting the work of William Shakespeare at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Cuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet will soon screen in Australian cinemas as part of The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season.

Cuban dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet will soon screen in Australian cinemas as part of The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season, we meet members of the first cohort of Intersect, a peer mentorship and knowledge exchange program for creatives in the UK and Australia from culturally diverse backgrounds, and we look at two vastly different approaches to presenting the work of William Shakespeare at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

We discuss Kate Mulvany's new play The Mares. Its world premiere is at the Tasmanian Theatre Company as part of Ten Days on the Island.

Cassie Tongue reviews Opera Australia's Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour production of West Side Story.

The pop star's reworking of the song, My Favourite Things, has been a global hit.

Sydney Dance Company turn 50 this year. We discuss their history and their 2019 season with artistic director Rafael Bonachela and former SDC dancers Shane Carroll and Sheree Zellner (formerly da Costa).

We meet three young up-and-coming comedians in this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Larry Dean, Sarah Keyworth and Catherine Bohart, Sydney Dance Company turns 50 — we discuss their history and their 2019 season with artistic director Rafael Bonachela and former dancers Shane Carroll and Sheree Zellner (da Costa), we review the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour's production of West Side Story, and we find out about Kate Mulvaney's new play The Mares — its world premiere is at the Tasmanian Theatre Company as part of Ten Days on the Island.

With the Melbourne International Comedy Festival opening this week, we meet three young up-and-coming comedians in this year's line-up: Larry Dean, Sarah Keyworth and Catherine Bohart.