In the cover story, Drawn to Theatre, I interview artist Nicholas Harding, who has just published a stunning new book called From the Wings, featuring hundreds of drawings and watercolours of actors in the rehearsal room. Harding began his regular visits to Sydney Theatre Company rehearsals thanks to his friendship with Hugo Weaving. We discover how and why this happened, and the extraordinarily beneficial results for the actors as well as the artist.

James Hazel, a composer, sound-artist and researcher, who recently completed a Master of Music (Composition) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, asks why we are so silent on questions of class in classical music in his feature The Big C Word. Australia...