Heroin chic meets photography royalty in Nan Goldin’s seminal work The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, exhibited in Adelaide for the first time.

Trophy Boys star Kidaan Zelleke explains how playwright Emmanuelle Mattan’s gender-flipped comedy skewers the red flags and complex culture of private school debating.

Ahead of the Adelaide Festival premiere of Mary Said What She Said, the French cinema great reflects on playing a condemned queen, a murderous countess, and a billionaire – and her collaboration with the late Robert Wilson.

Deb Robinson’s book is brought to grisly life with a detailed discussion of the 25 women executed by the state between 1789 and 1951. ★★★

The Academy Award-winning singer songwriter reflects on his Flight of the Conchords breakthrough, brushes with Hollywood and The Muppets, and his current solo tour with Wellington’s answer to the Wrecking Crew.

EXCLUSIVE: Back from overseas, artistic director Matthew Lutton speaks to InReview about the Adelaide Writers’ Week controversy that threatened to engulf his first Adelaide Festival program – starting next week.