Alanis Morissette’s musical Jagged Little Pill is now showing at Sydney’s Theatre Royal, and a second season is on sale for 2022.

Leading lady Natalie Bassingthwaighte plays drug-addicted mother Mary Jane Healy, and told Joe Hildebrand it’s a “juicy role”.

“There are some really heavy topics … but it is really a show about healing and about heart, and about being vulnerable and letting go, and acknowledging our weaknesses.

“Everybody I know … has just been quite blown away by it, we’re getting standing ovations nightly.”

The show is a return to form for Bassingthwaighte, despite being most known for Rogue Traders and her solo career.

“Not a lot of people know this, but I started in musical theatre.

“My first show was Rent at the Theatre Royal … which is just crazy to think about, 23 years ago!”

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Image: Daniel Boud