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.

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

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

The national broadcaster should have a flagship arts program as prominent and enduring to this vital area as Four Corners is to its current-affairs line-up.

Staged on the set of a low-budget porno conceived in 1979, X is a welcome comeback for Ti West’s thoughtful yet visceral brand of horror.