The Stage Show

Gideon Obarzanek guides us through the programs of Melbourne's biennial dance celebration Dance Massive and the new Sydney dance festival March Dance.

Gideon Obarzanek guides us through the programs of Melbourne's biennial dance celebration Dance Massive and the new Sydney dance festival March Dance, and with three Carmen-inspired productions on Australian stages, we take a deep dive into Bizet's opera and the many ways the story continues to be told.

From the heart of the Adelaide Festival — The Palais on the riverbank at Elder Park — we're joined live on stage by artistic directors Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield to meet some of the tremendous local and international talent in this year's program. Guests include choreographer Meryl Tankard, artistic director of Windmill Theatre Co. Rosemary Myers, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti from Dutch production Blaas, and Alfonso Barón, Luciano Rosso and Hermes Gaido — the team behind the Argentinian contemporary dance work Un Poyo Rojo.

From The Palais on the riverbank at Elder Park, we're joined live on stage by Adelaide Festival artistic directors Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield to meet some of the tremendous local and international talent in this year's program.

From the heart of the Adelaide Festival — The Palais on the riverbank at Elder Park — we're joined live on stage by artistic directors Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield to meet some of the tremendous local and international talent in this year's program. Guests include choreographer Meryl Tankard, artistic director of Windmill Theatre Co. Rosemary Myers, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti from Dutch production Blaas, and Alfonso Barón, Luciano Rosso and Hermes Gaido — the team behind the Argentinian contemporary dance work Un Poyo Rojo.

As a bonus for podcast listeners, we speak with playwright and performer Nakkiah Lui about her new satirical play at the Sydney Theatre Company: How to Rule the World. The play is about three Australian political aspirants — an Aboriginal (Lui), an Asian (Michelle Lim Davidson) and an Islander (Anthony Taufa) — who realise they need a white political puppet to change the system from within. Nakkiah, Michelle and Anthony join us.

We speak with playwright and performer Nakkiah Lui about her new satirical play at the Sydney Theatre Company: How to Rule the World.

As a bonus for podcast listeners, we speak with playwright and performer Nakkiah Lui about her new satirical play at the Sydney Theatre Company: How to Rule the World. The play is about three Australian political aspirants — an Aboriginal (Lui), an Asian (Michelle Lim Davidson) and an Islander (Anthony Taufa) — who realise they need a white political puppet to change the system from within. Nakkiah, Michelle and Anthony join us.

As the Perth Festival enters its final week, Humphrey Bower breaks down the hits and misses of this year's program — Wendy Martin's last at the helm.

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley's Fly is their first show as a duo in 12 years.