The enigmatic cover star of our May issue is the Minimoog model D synthesiser, one of the most influential electronic keyboard instruments in modern history. Appropriate, we thought, given that our cover story this month is devoted to one of the pivotal figures in electronic music, Wendy Carlos.

Carlos not only completely reshaped public perception of what classical music could be through the classic triple-Grammy winning 1968 album Switched-On Bach, but also brought an entirely new musical language to film with her haunting, synth-heavy scores for Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange and The Shining, and the futuristic adventure classic Tron.

And who better than keyboardist and producer Will Gregory, founder of the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble, a group created in 2005 to perform Carlos’ Switched-on Bach arrangements, to talk about Carlos’ enduring musical and technological legacy?

Our big theatre story this month devoted to the multi-award-winning playwright Patricia Cornelius, whose allegorical drama Do Not Go Gentle is about to receive its mainstage premiere, courtesy of Sydney Theatre Company.

Set in an aged care home, the play is about people at the end of their life but, says Cornelius, “it’s also about living life well, about being more...