In-depth conversations with the world's top directors, performers and writers for the stage.
John Harding, a founder of Ilbijerri Theatre Company and veteran playwright, recorded 20 hours of Taungurung elder Uncle Larry Walsh recounting... more
Comedian and writer Ruby Wax tells Michael about how she recently found herself in a mental health clinic, after searching for... more
This episode of The Stage Show is about love that doesn't end well! The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is retold... more
Actor, director and writer Leah Purcell has been telling us her own stories and the stories of people close to her since... more
We meet Irish screen and theatre actor Stephen Rea, who talks about meeting Samuel Beckett early in his career. Rea... more
Shortly before he died, Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto performed a piano concert called Kagami – which was filmed and recorded with... more
As a teenager in Belgium, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui grew up dancing with his friends in the street. He’s now a... more
Australian theatre legend Robyn Nevin is directing And Then There Were None, a classic murder mystery by Agatha Christie. She... more
UK director Emma Rice thinks the classic novel Wuthering Heights has many contemporary resonances, particularly around the origins of the... more
The Hindu epic Mahabharata is the longest poem in the world, a tale where gods and mortals dance around each other... more