This month’s cover star is Gothic literature’s first and most influential monster – but not in the guise you’ve come to expect.

In the September issue of Limelight, Editor Jo Litson talks to Brisbane’s Shake & Stir Theatre Co ahead of its tour of Frankenstein to Sydney and Melbourne, and the world premiere of its latest production, GRIMM, at QPAC as part of this year’s Brisbane Festival. Co-Artistic Directors Ross Balbuziente and Nick Skubij take you back to the early days of a company renowned for its adaptations of literary classics and devoted to bringing visceral excitement to Australian theatres.

Also, this month, superstar German countertenor Andreas Scholl reflects on his stellar 30-year career with Limelight Editor-at-Large Clive Paget. Find out how he protects that amazing voice, why he’s been cautious about taking on opera roles, and what he will sing with the Australian World Orchestra in October.

Why is it so hard for Australian conductors to make their mark? In The Long Climb to the Podium, Megan Steller talks to some of our leading maestri about what is needed to open up viable career pathways for our emerging conductors. And...