For decades, Patricia Cornelius has been writing tough, passionate plays about people who are rarely seen or heard in Australian theatres. Through those years, she's often had director Susie Dee alongside her. Their new play is called Runt.

Also, The Twins reunites comedian Greg Fleet and documentary maker Ian Darling more than 40 years after they starred in a school play together and Opera Australia's new production of Bluebeard's Castle by Béla Bartók confronts the work's uncomfortable themes.