Award-winning broadcaster Virginia Trioli explores the essence of creativity with some of our best loved artists at the peak of their powers. Virginia's first guest is literary sensation Trent Dalton.

Rafael Bonachela, the artistic director of Sydney Dance Company says he was born to dance: but while that love took him to the top of contemporary dance, it splintered his family: now comes the dance to reconcile that.

Beloved star of stage and television, for Marta Dusseldorp place is everything and now Tasmania is both home and creative wellspring for her production company and the stories she wants to tell.

Award winning filmmaker, Kaytetye man, Warwick Thornton has three people warring inside him: director, writer, cinematographer: but one must always win. In the searing beauty of Alice Springs, we witness the struggles.

The comedian's comedian, Tom Gleeson's had no other job but standing on a stage making people laugh since his university days. What's the secret to his incredible work ethic and success?

Patricia Piccinini, the visual artist who creates strange creatures from the frontiers of science & technology, tells us of the future that is already here & why she is compelled to "create the worlds" that live in her mind.

George Miller is a genuine Australian visionary and is recognised as one of the greatest action film directors of all time. He's a philosopher, an innovator and a storyteller - and he's not done with Mad Max yet.

Kate Ceberano possesses one of the most distinctive voices in Australian music. Since age 14 she's been climbing "her ladder to the sun", but these days she's driven to express her artistry in many different forms.

Tim Minchin is a musical comedy legend who is internationally adored. Tim was clever and funny from the start, but his road to the top was never straight, and it took him many years and a lot of heart and soul to find it.

Jenny Kee is one of Australia's most original and recognisable creatives. Over four decades, her exuberant designs defined Australia's modern era. In what she says will be her last interview, she reflects on her vast legacy.

Tony Albert is one of the most exciting visual artists of his generation. He takes the everyday items that represent the most confronting aspects of colonisation to create work that is both provocative and deeply moving.

Richard Tognetti is the Artistic Director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and one of the country's finest musicians. He's a non-conformist, and is driven to connect classical music with every other aspect of art.