State Theatre Company South Australia has appointed its first female artistic director in 20 years, with arts leader Petra Kalive promising to ‘explore stories that speak to the heart of who we are and who we strive to become’.

Chester Weinberg was a fashion icon, but when the US designer died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986, stigma surrounding the disease forced his work into the shadows. Now, a new Adelaide display aims to change that, reintroducing his creations to lovers of vintage fashion.

With the seemingly ever-increasing list of streaming services, not to mention traditional networks, there are more television shows released in any given year than one person could possibly watch. TV writer Lisa Woolford highlights 10 of the best from this year.

In this extract from the inaugural issue of new literary journal Splinter, writer Finbar James narrates the extremes of the not-so-distant future with his story about the dying gasps of the mineral extraction industry.

Good direction, strong individual performances, and a fitting nod to Dame Joan Sutherland all combine to make State Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor a wonderfully insightful study of madness.