A haunting performance set in a defunct zoo was a highlight of the captivating second weekend of the Mona Foma festival in Hobart.

Some of the most exciting music being written is for contemporary opera: a new Australian company wants to bring it to national audiences.

Scott Maclachlan said he had been guilty of “stupid, insensitive and ignorant comments” to women in the industry, including asking them if they wanted sexual contact with him, and making comments about their bodies.

The Sydney experimental noise outfit make music that is the exact opposite of ‘easy listening’.

King, who died on the weekend aged 87, lived most of his life as a persona more than a person, and perhaps outlived the era that made him.

Andrew Goldsmith says he's learnt his lesson and intends to prove his doubters wrong.

Nobody is looking for love in Emerald Fennell’s conversation-starting film.

With thousands of buttons and metres of fabric, and a unique feature, the costumes in the Australian production of Hamilton are all nearing completion.

The New York-based Australian writer's complete short fiction reveals her intellectual confidence and stylistic control.

Kikuko Tsumura's novel about one woman's experiences in the world of work is quietly funny.

After nearly 50 years of being Australia's favourite bit of English crumpet, John Waters can finally see the funny side of sex appeal.

The two-time Oscar nominee coped with darkness and birds in the movie Penguin Bloom, the true story of a northern beaches woman paralysed in a holiday accident.

Our pick of what's showing around Melbourne this weekend on the big screen.

The creator of George Smiley has gone, but it's not the end of the espionage novel, far from it.

In the lead-up to Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, previously unseen images evoke the visit that devastated the legendary Australian artist.