The Stage Show

The acclaimed new Australian production of the musical Calamity Jane starring Virginia Gay continues to be performed for bigger and bigger audiences around Australia, voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson leads us through an accent lesson, we welcome spring with a stroll through the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne to learn about its Shakespearian roots, and Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton returns to the role of Peter Grimes in Benjamin Britten's career-defining opera.

The acclaimed new Australian production of the musical Calamity Jane starring Virginia Gay continues to be performed for bigger and bigger audiences around Australia, voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson leads us through an accent lesson, we welcome spring with a stroll through the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne to learn about its Shakespearian roots, and Australian heldentenor Stuart Skelton returns to the role of Peter Grimes in Benjamin Britten's career-defining opera.

Gideon Obarzanek on the Australian Dance Awards, we meet the winner of Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Stephanie Lake and hear about her new work Colossus, soprano Emma Matthews draws on stories from her life in the world premiere of The Space Between composed by Paul Grabowsky with a libretto by Steve Vizard, we go backstage with Dutch production Horror to learn about their on-stage blood effects, and Mamma Mia! cast members Natalie O'Donnell and Ian Stenlake join us and perform live in the studio with musical director Michael Azzopardi on piano.

Gideon Obarzanek on the Australian Dance Awards, we meet the winner of Outstanding Achievement in Choreography Stephanie Lake and hear about her new work Colossus, soprano Emma Matthews draws on stories from her life in the world premiere of The Space Between composed by Paul Grabowsky with a libretto by Steve Vizard, we go backstage with Dutch production Horror to learn about their on-stage blood effects, and Mamma Mia! cast members Natalie O'Donnell and Ian Stenlake join us and perform live in the studio with musical director Michael Azzopardi on piano.

In this bonus episode, The Music Show's Andrew Ford guides us through the extraordinary life and legacy of American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.

In this bonus episode, The Music Show's Andrew Ford guides us through the extraordinary life and legacy of American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.

Jersey Boys, the smash hit jukebox musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons returns to the Australian stage with Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff at the helm, an Opera Australia casting decision for a new production of West Side Story raises the question of whether the people we see on stage reflect the diversity of our country, and Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre's Dust on the Shortbread uses dance to grapple with dementia and its impact on relationships and identity.

Jersey Boys, the smash hit jukebox musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons returns to the Australian stage with Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff at the helm, an Opera Australia casting decision for a new production of West Side Story raises the question of whether the people we see on stage reflect the diversity of our country, and Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre's Dust on the Shortbread uses dance to grapple with dementia and its impact on relationships and identity.

South African work of documentary theatre The Fall captures its creators' involvement in a movement to decolonise their institutions, a staged reading of dialogues written by artificial intelligence at the Melbourne Writers Festival asks the question: Is the playwright redundant? Fiona Gruber reviews the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of A Doll's House, Part 2, and Tim Winton's That Eye, The Sky returns to the stage in a new State Theatre Company of South Australia production.

South African work of documentary theatre The Fall captures its creators' involvement in a movement to decolonise their institutions, a staged reading of dialogues written by artificial intelligence at the Melbourne Writers Festival asks the question: Is the playwright redundant? Fiona Gruber reviews the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of A Doll's House, Part 2, and Tim Winton's That Eye, The Sky returns to the stage in a new State Theatre Company of South Australia production.