The Stage Show

We hear a live song from the Carole King musical, Sam Strong on his role as artistic director at Queensland Theatre and their new production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, comedians DeAnne Smith and Fern Brady on tour, and the Gold Coast transforms for Bleach* Festival.

In this special Easter Edition, we revisit some highlights of the year so far. We talk to Maddie Rice about Fleabag, meet a hospital choir in Perth and listen to Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky record their new album. We also hear the first episode of Situation Critical, which examines the state of arts criticism in Australia.

Opera Australia's Handa Opera returns to its spectacular site on Sydney Harbour, Stephen Nicolazzo makes his mainstage debut with the Melbourne Theatre Company's revival of Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh, we meet the non-professional thespians of the Sandgate Theatre and speak with Sue Ingleton about her last show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

We spend an evening experiencing the Festival of Live Art, Gideon Obarzanek attends the Keir Choreographic Awards and we meet winners Melanie Lane and Amrita Hepi, we encounter Indigenous Australian dance in the virtual reality film Carriberrie, and we speak with playwright Anchuli Felicia King about White Pearl, featured at the National Play Festival.

Australian choreographer Graeme Murphy on 50 years with The Australian Ballet, Henry Naylor tackles the Syrian refugee crisis in Borders, The Magic Pudding – The Opera returns to the stage and BRONKS production Us/Them explores how young people deal with trauma.

We hear Greek rebetiko music performed live in the studio, Yves Jacques speaks to us backstage about his role in Robert Lepage's The Far Side of the Moon, we learn about Bell Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra starring Catherine McClements, actor and playwright Kate Mulvany talks all things theatre, and Jason Di Rosso previews the 90th Academy Awards.

Michael Cathcart presents The Hub live on stage at the Perth Festival. Featuring big-name guests including Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, Conversations' Richard Fidler, live music from Maia and the Big Sky, and so much more.

We travel to the Adelaide Fringe, learn about Griffin Theatre Company's Kill Climate Deniers, speak to Philip Quast about his role in Follies, and Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky perform live.

We travel to the Adelaide Fringe, learn about Griffin Theatre Company's Kill Climate Deniers, speak to Philip Quast about his role in Follies, and Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky perform live.

Osamah Sami takes his memoir Good Muslim Boy to the stage, jazz pianist Tony Gould reflects on a life in music, two men use dance to explore masculinity in The BLOKES Project and a pub becomes a sanitorium in Visiting Hours.