Michael Riggs - Creative, Choreographer & Composer

Hoping to confirm some very exciting news for later this year…

Another audience comment after viewing ‘Songs from ESTHER’ from a TV and Arts person: “Magnificent achievement Michael. Superb voices and world class orchestrations.” So unexpected, but proudly and thankfully acknowledged.

The ‘Songs from ESTHER’ video recording of the recent 2026 Adelaide Fringe show featuring Emma Kavanagh and Andrew Crispe is planned to be shown on the Create Theater Monday Night Reading Series in New York on Monday 4th May. This is the morning of May 5th in Australia. Excited and also thankful for all who have enabled the journey to continue.

https://adelaidefringe.com.au/.../songs-from-esther-af2026
Have you got your tickets yet? We had a fabulous rehearsal for 'Songs from ESTHER' on Monday with Andrew Crispe and Emma Kavanagh with the amazing Michael Mills from Heaps Good Productions giving notes. We bump in on Friday! We are all very excited to see you Saturday.

https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/songs-from-esther-af2026
With only about 50 tickets left you may want to grab yours to see this new and exciting work. 'Songs from ESTHER' is a selection of songs from the Broadway Opera style new musical in development, 'ESTHER The Queen’ which is playing for one night only as part of the Adelaide Fringe, Saturday 21st March, Don Pyatt Hall (inside the Norwood Concert Hall) Norwood at 6pm.

'ESTHER The Queen' has received development here in Australia and in New York through Create Theater and its Director, Cate Cammarata, since 2020.
A complete reading presentation of this exciting and new work will occur later in 2026 in Adelaide.

Thanks to some truly awesome performers over the years here are some samples of the work featuring Benji Riggs, Emma Kavanagh, Mark Oates, Bec Nagel, Harry Ince, and Kush Goyal.
https://youtu.be/XrU9uTmpBPQ?si=RmYsq6VNQAecST4N

‘Songs from ESTHER’ radio station Life FM interview tonight, Friday 20th around 7.30pm Adelaide time.