Culture

There’s some commotion outside the entrance to the suburban general practitioner’s waiting room. The manual sliding door of the converted weatherboard house is open, a woman halfway through, beckoning two children to follow her outside. They wince at the brittle, Melbourne-winter wind. She grabs one of them by the hand and they all leave together. Inside, a young girl screams. It is unearthly, primal, painful.

For opera star Nadine Sierra, the role of Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto has been an emotional touchstone since she was a young woman.

Peter Knight’s first solo album in a decade, Shadow Phase, invites the listener into a world of possibility.

While plays such as Belvoir’s The Jungle and the Sea are welcome presences on the main stage, are they still written primarily for white audiences?

Elemental, spiritual and human, Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures live in her legacies to contemporary artists.

Actor Kiruna Stamell has faced down ableist discrimination to create an enviable screen career.