Cathy Pryor

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Michael Cathcart |Rosa Ellen |Cathy Pryor |Riley Mellis

We mark the 100th Birthday of Australia's oldest continuously run theatre — Brisbane's iconic La Boite. A little theatre that's had a huge influence on the theatre and politics of Brisbane and on building a theatre culture which is distinctively Australian. La Boite's Artistic Director Courtney Stewart and former AD David Berthold (current director-in-residence at NIDA) take us through the eras, the challenges and the triumphs. Back Stage: the lighting designer.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Michael Cathcart |Rosa Ellen |Cathy Pryor |Tim Jenkins

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has taken over the city. Comedians from across Australia and around the world are here including the UK's Nicola And Rosie Dempsey, as dead-pan singing sisters Flo and Joan.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Michael Cathcart |Rosa Ellen |Cathy Pryor |Riley Mellis

This episode of The Stage Show is about love that doesn't end well!The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is retold in a hit folk musical called Hadestown. It's won Tonys, Grammys and is now in Australia. We speak to the singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell, who wrote Hades Town as a concept album, before touring it around in an old bus and then turning it into a remarkable stage show with the Broadway director Rachael Chavkin.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Michael Cathcart |Rosa Ellen |Cathy Pryor

Actor, director and writerLeah Purcell has been telling us her own stories and the stories of people close to her since the 1990s. Now Leah’s back – as the adaptor and director of the true tale of Aunty Ruth Hegarty, which take us into the heart of Australia’s post-colonial history, a powerful two-person play calledIs that you, Ruthie? on at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC). The life of a performer on the road can be tough, but think about the partner who’s left back at home.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Michael Cathcart |Rosa Ellen |Cathy Pryor |Carey Dell

As a teenager in Belgium, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui grew up dancing with his friends in the street. He’s now a renowned choreographer with his own company and the director of the National Ballet of Flanders, choreographing everything from pop music videos to the new show MANIFEST at Perth Festival - where members of the public can train alongside his dancers for a performance in the city’s Forrest Place. Can love exist between two people on opposite sides of the nuclear debate?