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The director of 'My Brilliant Career' talks growing up in the age of TV, why there aren't more female movie directors, and the forgotten Academy Award-winning Australian costume designer, Orry-Kelly.

Former pop diva and TV star Colleen Hewett has opened up about her own history of abuse to back a national campaign against domestic violence.

The American writer, academic and self-declared 'bad feminist', Roxanne Gay, talks to Jane Hutcheon about her 'unexpected and delicious' success.

Mark Seymour is former frontman of Hunters & Collectors, one of Australia's most renowned rock bands of the 1980s-90s. He talks to Jane Hutcheon about the highs and lows as he approaches four decades in the music industry.

From football player to boxer, beer salesman, then actor and author; Matt Nable has had a whirlwind of a life. He talks how his bipolar disorder diagnosis has affected his life, but also helped him create a stellar career.

Peter Carey is one of Australia's most successful authors with a string of bestsellers and two Booker Prizes to his name. Though he's lived in New York for over 30 years, Australia is never far from his mind, or his writing.

From US Navy medic to transgender showgirl to Hollywood actress and consultant, Calpernia Addams has never shied away from crashing through life's many barriers.

Alan Rickman was famed for his versatility, playing romantic leads, comedy characters and villains over his 40-year acting career. In this interview filmed in 2015, he talked about directing a second film, A Little Chaos.

Its been over 60 years since Edna Everage first stepped on to a stage, and she still constantly surprises her creator, the Australian cultural icon Barry Humphries.

As a shy child with learning difficulties, Cosentino turned to a book of magic to teach himself to read. Now the master illusionist from Melbourne has audiences in his thrall and has held the coveted title of International Magician of the Year.

Chris Buck is the Academy Award-winning director of Frozen. He tells Jane Hutcheon how he realised his boyhood dream and how the death of his son has kept him grounded.

From the grinding poverty of Mao's China to global celebrity in the ballet world, Li Cunxin, the man now known as Mao's Last Dancer, shares his remarkable story with Jane Hutcheon.

Bestselling author John Marsden has sold millions of his teen fiction books, and has now turned his skills to adult literature. But he says his real achievements stem from life as a school principal and stepfather to six boys.

Remembering singing legend Judith Durham and the trailblazing band who put Australian music on the map.

It's the countdown to New Year's Eve as the famous fireworks almost didn't happen off the Sydney Opera House sails. Backstage, Opera Australia battles while scrambling for singers and crew as COVID-19 bites.

Step behind the scenes of a unique photographic exhibition inside the Sydney Opera House. Curated by the Head of First Nation's programming, Beau James, it showcases the history of First Peoples on the house's stages and sails.

The Sydney Opera House becomes the stage for a colourful display to celebrate Sydney's selection as the host city for the WorldPride festival in 2023. It also marks the return of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community.

This week, Virginia Gay's Cyrano finally takes the stage; acclaimed virtuoso William Barton collaborates with his mum; we meet terrazzo master David Humphries; and explore a Handmade Universe at the State Library of Victoria.

We get a pint-sized perspective on Waru, Bangarra's new show for kids; learn more about Janice Wong's delicious art practice; meet Nadurna's Ryhia Dank; and visit restaurateur and art enthusiast Ben Nguyen.

Sandro Botticelli painted the majestic Allegory of Spring (circa 1482). This hymn to beauty celebrates a prince who chose to unite art and science to raise his city above all others.