The Royal Ballet's charismatic Argentinian-born principal dancer Marianela Nunez shares her life behind the scenes as she prepares to open in two leading roles in La Bayadere Show more

Verity Sharp follows the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's music director in the first year of her new role. Show more

'The most potent female singer of her generation' says the New Yorker. Joyce DiDonato allows us into to her working life on the opera stage and finding new audiences in lockdown. Show more

At acta Community Theatre in Bristol, people of all kinds make original drama rooted in their own experiences. We follow some of the them as they create, rehearse and perform. Show more

The so-called Diva of the Trumpet is revealed not only as a world class musician, but also as an artist now in charge of the Cheltenham Festival who wants to reach new audiences. Show more

An intimate portrait of artistic director Dawn Walton as she leads her company, Eclipse Theatre, to its premiere of the first play in her ground-breaking Revolution Mix programme. Show more

British Art Historian Gus Casely-Hayford has been appointed director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. We follow his action-packed first year in office. Show more

Ivo van Hove, while he's based in Amsterdam, works all over the world. From West Side Story in New York to the Glass Manageries in Paris, we follow his exceptional theatre making. Show more

Amy Powney runs a small fashion label called Mother of Pearl that bucks the trend of fast fashion by making beautiful clothes that dont harm people or the planet. Show more

Conductor Marin Alsop says the future for classical music lies in opening doors and taking the stuffiness out of the concert hall. We follow her at the start of BSO's new season. Show more

Carnival colours and Afro beats herald the return of live audiences to the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon after Covid restrictions - this is Much Ado About Nothing Afro-Futurist style. Show more

Radio 4 spends a year with the celebrated pianist Joanna MacGregor as she combines her roles as performer, teacher and artistic director of the Dartington Music Festival. Show more

Following Kully Thiarai, artistic director of National Theatre Wales, in her first year. Show more

Choreographer Crystal Pite and the Royal Ballet reveal the making of Flight Pattern, Crystal's moving debut with the company. Show more

David Greig opens his first year as artistic director at The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh with his adaptation of the The Suppliant Women, written by Aeschylus 2,500 years ago. Show more

Scottish artist Katie Paterson's work transmits the wonder of the cosmos, of time and our existence. She takes us with her to Future Library in the spruce forests near Oslo. Show more

As leading dancer-choreographer Akram Khan prepares for his final full-length solo show, Xenos, about Indian soldiers in World War I, Beaty Rubens follows the creative process. Show more

Nick Duncalf travels to Quebec to observe the unique theatrical process of director Robert Lepage as he and his company Ex Machina create a show from seemingly chaotic beginnings. Show more

In March, the conductor John Wilson was rehearsing Britten’s Turn of the Screw when lockdown happened. Undaunted, the performance became a film, produced under Covid conditions. Show more

Less than a year into his job as Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta , the most dazzling dancer of his generation, is challenged to keep the company dancing. Show more