Director, writer and choreographer Ira Hal Seidenstein has worked on many productions in 14 countries around the world - but until now has never been thrown the challenge of incorporating sport into any of his stageshows.

That changed on his arrival this year at the regional NSW city of Wagga Wagga - the "City of Good Sports".

As the new lecturer in Movement, Acting and Improvisation at Charles Sturt University, Mr Seidenstein was approached to direct a stageshow to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic Flame in the city on 16 August.

The 45-minute show aims to represent the meaning of the Olympic flame: honour, unity and peace through diversity.

This will be expressed through highlighting the diversity of the Wagga Wagga community in the themes of work, sport and the performing arts.

"Part of what we're trying to do is honour where we are and what's unique here and try to do it in an artistic way - while honouring the event itself," Mr Seidenstein said.

The cast includes 12 students from CSU's Acting for Screen and Stage course and several others from the Design for Theatre and Television course.

The final production will involve almost 100 people, including local singer Heather Wall, the 30-piece Kapooka Army Band and members of the Wiradjuri Aboriginal community.

Choreographers collaborating with Mr Seidenstein are dance teachers, Leanne Nichol of the Wagga Wagga Academy of Ballet, and Anne Supple of Riverina Unlimited Dance.

Before arriving in Wagga Wagga in January from Scandinavia and the USA, Mr Seidenstein did not know a great deal about the city, but said he found it to be very culturally rich.

He said it was a positive time to be a new member of the arts community with the city's new art gallery, national art glass gallery, newly renovated Civic Theatre and the regeneration of indigenous arts.

"There's potential for an artistic renaissance in the city," he added.