Elena Kats-Chernin and Justin Fleming have written a new work for Opera Australia about the life of the brilliant, troubled Australian artist Brett Whiteley, in the second instalment of The Cost of Art, Hannah Reich speaks to theatre-maker Declan Greene, dancer and choreographer Anna Seymour and Urban Theatre Projects' Jessica Olivieri, theatre critic Tim Byrne reviews Bell Shakespeare's new production of Much Ado About Nothing, and an Australian production of Bring It On: The Musical with music and lyrics co-written by Lin-Manuel Miranda is now on tour.

Plus Michael Robotham's latest crime novel and the Cost of Art series.

Jamie Morton take us behind the sexy scenes of hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno, Jan Fran says goodbye to The Feed and introduces us to Youtuber ContraPoints, satirist Mark Humphries steps into the Pop Culture Confessional and we share our roar feelings about the new The Lion King.

The archival producer of Apollo 11 tells us what it was like to stumble into NASA's treasure trove of secrets. Mortal Kombat producer E. Bennett Walsh explains why Hollywood producers are choosing to work in cities like Adelaide, Disney's remake of The Lion King reviewed, and a sweet new TV series from Alice Springs.

Plus art meets science for the 150th birthday of the periodic table, Veronica Kent's squid ink on Bruny Island, and Tarn McLean paints the 12 flowers of the zodiac.

Productions from Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre have dominated this year's Helpmann Awards with big wins for Counting and Cracking and Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Peter Carey's Booker Prize and Miles Franklin Award-winning novel Oscar and Lucinda comes alive in a new opera, Playwriting Australia board member Andrew Bovell explains the organisation's decision to suspend operations and undertake an independent review, and skateboarding and theatre collide in Big hART initiative SKATE — a big show with even bigger ambitions.

Plus Australian author Tara June Winch and Irish writer Adrian McKinty

Gregory Day's nominated novel explores the writer's ongoing fascination with Victoria's Great Ocean Road.

Art historian Noah Glass has been found dead — floating in the pool of his Sydney apartment complex.

As a lover of literary fiction, Bani Adam is unique in the sea of hyper masculinity at his school, Punchbowl Boys High, Western Sydney.