The Old Van are performing a Shakespeare play in an old drying room in Warrnambool.

Mary Poppins author PL Travers was raised in Maryborough in southern Queensland.

Funding has been secured to help rebuild the Karratha Library almost 12 months after mould problems forced its closure.

A story carried by Radio Australia on the ban on kava use in Canberra - particularly regarding the Multicultural Festival this weekend has upset the Pacific island community taking part in the event. Australian Capital Territory health authorities say the use of kava without a doctor's prescription is illegal in Australia. ACT police there are warning anyone caught with kava at the multicultural festival which starts tomorrow night could face serious penalties including jail time. Comments on Radio Australia Pacific Facebook page say the ban on kava is racist and ignorant of Pacific island culture. Now there was a meeting held last night to have the kava ban lifted at the festival...and the outcome was still pending. Presenter: Heather Jarvis Speaker: Dr. Paul Kelly, the Chief Health Officer for the ACT

A story carried by Radio Australia on the ban on kava use in Canberra - particularly regarding the Multicultural Festival this weekend has upset the Pacific island community taking part in the event. Australian Capital Territory health authorities say the use of kava without a doctor's prescription is illegal in Australia. ACT police there are warning anyone caught with kava at the multicultural festival which starts tomorrow night could face serious penalties including jail time. Comments on Radio Australia Pacific Facebook page say the ban on kava is racist and ignorant of Pacific island culture. Now there was a meeting held last night to have the kava ban lifted at the festival...and the outcome was still pending. Presenter: Heather Jarvis Speaker: Dr. Paul Kelly, the Chief Health Officer for the ACT

Jeff describes the day he met his lifelong best friend in a small country town

The ballet company at Milan's famous La Scala opera house are fighting back after one of their lead dancers was fired for giving interviews in which she said the industry has an anorexia problem.

Who'd have thought the world of belly dancing would be so cut-throat?

A story of friendship from across the world and the emotional highs and lows that go hand in hand with the best

There's nothing like a friend. 666 invited people to join us on stage at the Street Theatre and tell us their tales of friendship

They come from some of the poorest neighbourhoods of Cambodia, often from broken homes, gangs or prostitution, but a bunch of teenagers have become the stars of a hip-hop and break-dancing show touring to Australia.

The Lion King is set to return to Sydney in 2013 and the New South Wales Government hopes the stage musical will make the city a tourist magnet.

The Lion King is set to return to Sydney in 2013 and the New South Wales Government hopes the stage musical will make the city a tourist magnet.

In 1974 a bunch of unemployed Broadway dancers got together to see if they could generate some kind of work for themselves. The result was one of the most successful musicals of all time: A Chorus Line. Baayork Lee was one of the original cast members, and she tells the story of the making of this show thats all about dancers. Plus cast members of a new production of A Chorus Line in Australia discuss the ironies of auditioning for a show thats about dancers who are auditioning for a show.

In 1974 a bunch of unemployed Broadway dancers got together to see if they could generate some kind of work for themselves. The result was one of the most successful musicals of all time: A Chorus Line. Baayork Lee was one of the original cast members, and she tells the story of the making of this show thats all about dancers. Plus cast members of a new production of A Chorus Line in Australia discuss the ironies of auditioning for a show thats about dancers who are auditioning for a show.

Story telling is the latest theatrical craze to hit Perth with ordinary people learning how to tell a tale to captivate a crowd.

This year, the Australian Ballet is popping champagne corks for its 50th anniversary. One of its most high profile stars in recent decades was Chinese-Australian Li Cunxin who was immortalised in the film Mao's Last Dancer. Now a new Chinese-Australian star, Chengwu Guo, is rising through the ranks. Presenter: Sarah Dingle Speakers: Chengwu Guo, soloist with the Australian Ballet; David McAllister, artistic director of the Australian Ballet; Li Cunxin, former ballet dancer

A satirical play inspired by the flood that never came to Swan Hill is set to tour across the north west of Victoria, recreating some of the lighter moments behind last year's emergency.

The new artistic director of the influential Melbourne dance company Chunky Move is the internationally renowned choreographer Anouk Van Dijk. She says she plans to collaborate with non-dancers and to use unusual spaces for performances.

In the contemporary multicultural world, who can tell black stories? Who has the cultural authority or licence to write from an Aboriginal point of view or to perform Aboriginality on stage? That's a very Australian way of stating the question. But it's a question which also arises in North America where the issue of making black American theatre has been the subject of a conference at the University of Southern California.