The Stage Show

God inhabits the body of performer Mitchell Butel in An Act of God, we visit a hospital in Perth where staff gather to sing before hitting the wards, Lucy Guerin talks about Attractor, a dance work featuring the music of Indonesian duo Senyawa, and we travel back in time to meet Beryl Mills, the inspiration for the Fringe World production Miss Westralia.

Playwright Tommy Murphy's Strangers in Between follows a young man seeking intimacy in Kings Cross after fleeing his rural NSW hometown, The Melbourne African Traditional Ensemble brings together musicians and traditional instruments from countries across Africa, Kaz Cooke's Ada takes us back to a time when the music hall was the beating heart of entertainment in Australia, a Sydney dance school works to normalise dancing for boys, and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek previews the 2018 dance calendar.

For the very first episode of The Stage Hub with Michael Cathcart, we're with you live from the Sydney Festival. Michael's co-host for the program is festival director Wesley Enoch. They're joined by David Morton, creative director of the Dead Puppet Society and the writer and director of The Wider Earth. We learn about the community that builds around getting your haircut with cast members of the Barber Shop Chronicles, in Barangaroo Reserve we hear about Emily McDaniel's interactive installation Four Thousand Fish and we meet Fleabag performer Maddie Rice.