Sir Robert Helpmann’s legacy remains relatively strong in 2022: his face adorned the program of the NLA’s On Stage exhibition and his name is immortalised in our biggest theatre awards, The Helpmann’s.

Yet, how many of us know much about his extraordinary life?

A life that started on a farm in Mount Gambier and would go on to perform, direct, dance and choreograph in pretty much every major theatre in the world.

Links:

National Library of Australia On Stage Exhibition

Papers of Sir Robert Helpmann at the National Library of Australia

Guests:

John Senczuk, Theatre Historian and Sir Robert’s Dresser

Credits:

Melanie Tait - writer, producer and presenter of Off Stage

Kim Lester - technical producer and sound engineer of Off Stage