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In-depth conversations with the world's top directors, performers and writers for the stage.
Broadway star Bernadette Peters + reviving The Shiralee
The Stage Show
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Broadway star Bernadette Peters + reviving The Shiralee
Bernadette Peters is the Tony award winning actress who has reigned on Broadway for decades. She is famous for originating roles in Stephen Sondheim musicals -- like the witch in Into The Woods and she's coming to Brisbane for the Melt Festival of Queer arts and culture.
The Shiralee is the story of the tough, itinerant labourer Macauley and his equally tough young daughter Buster, who loves him fiercely. Together they endure drought and flood and often sleep on the ground. Kate Mulvany has adapted this Australian classic for the stage with Sydney Theatre Company — is it still an inspiring tale of love and survival, or a story which has passed its use-by date?
Two Blood is a new dance work about the meeting of a Tagalaka woman from North Queensland and a Cantonese man headed for the goldfields, and inspired by the family history of choreographer Jasmin Sheppard. Australian Dance Theatre's Daniel Riley explains why this overlooked history is told through a combination dance and the spoken word. It's part of Adelaide's OzAsia festival.
The Stage Show
In-depth conversations with the world's top directors, performers and writers for the stage.