<p><br></p><p><b>Sweet Nell: The Story of Australia’s Rose</b> is a 6-part, richly told narrative podcast about fame, forgetting, and the women who built Australian theatre long before their stories were written out of it.</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted by acclaimed performer and producer <b>Ali McGregor</b>, the series traces the extraordinary life of <b>Eleanor “Nellie” Stewart - </b>the most celebrated stage star of 19th-century Australia. Sweet Nell was adored, scrutinised, scandalised, and mythologised in her own lifetime, yet today her name has all but vanished from public memory.</p><p><br></p><p>Each episode blends immersive storytelling, archival research, and personal reflection, following Nellie from gaslit pantomimes and grand opera houses to international tours, secret marriages, artistic reinvention, and enduring love. Along the way, we meet the formidable women who came before her, the theatre dynasties that shaped a nation’s cultural life, and the precarious realities of makin
