'Stage performer Zahra Newman (The Mountaintop, The Book of Mormon, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) took a fairly straight route from drama school to the mainstage, Helpmann Award nominations and broad acclaim. With her highly charged one-woman retelling of Kenneth Cook's Wake in Fright (Malthouse, Sydney Opera House), co-created with Declan Greene, she's cemented her reputation as one of Australia's most compelling actors. The 1971 film Wake in Fright is streaming now on ABC iView.
'The megahit Broadway musical Hamilton won't hit the Australian stage until 2021, but a filmed version of the Broadway production is now streaming on Disney+. Claire Nichols from RN's The Book Show saw the production on stage and has now gathered her family together to watch it on TV.
'For the ABC's Your Mental Health initiative, voice and dialect coach and Stage Show regular Leith McPherson runs us through some exercises that help us to manage anxiety on and off stage.' (Introduction)
