Hans Zimmer performs at Rod Laver Arena,April 29,2025.

Hans Zimmer’s music is in all your favourite films – but off screen,something was missing

Seeing Hans Zimmer’s music performed live is a little like seeing the MSO if they were all wearing leather and performing in an arena with drunk male hecklers.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

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Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett.

Spectacular adults-only cabaret comes with an air of debauchery and much celebration

Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett combines circus,sideshow,bizarre burlesque and song to help you shake off the world’s woes.

  • Cameron Woodhead,Andrew McClelland andTony Way
Abel Selaocoe performs with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

Vivaldi and Hendrix collide in a concert that was something of a religious experience

Abel Selaocoe performs with the ACO in a show that is part rock concert,part ritual.

  • Tony Way,Will Cox,Jessica Nicholas andAndrew Fuhrmann
Dua Lipa performs at Rod Laver Arena,March 19.

Dua Lipa designs a fan’s next tattoo at Melbourne concert

Performing at Rod Laver Arena,the singer got up close and personal with fans – and performed a new cover of Torn.

  • Gabriela Sumampow,Tony Way,Cameron Woodhead andVyshnavee Wijekumar
William McKenna looking at Steve Mouzakis in a scene from The Removalists.

Sharp and savage:This iconic story is still shockingly relevant

This restaging of The Removalists by Melbourne Theatre Company shows that the play is just as unsettling and important now as it was in 1971.

  • Cameron Woodhead,Jessica Nicholas andTony Way
Cigarettes After Sex perform at Rod Laver Arena on March 11.

Their music conjures private moments – so how did they pull off an arena show?

Cigarettes After Sex defies the stadium setting,delivering the same intensity and intimacy as if they were playing a hazy club in the middle of nowhere.

  • Nadia Bailey,Andrew Fuhrmann,Karl Quinn,Jessica Nicholas andCameron Woodhead
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Jill Ogai starred in the Australian Ballet’s performance of Carmen.

Australian Ballet’s Carmen misses heights of dark passion

A few spine-tingling moments,yes,but this austere contemporary-dance interpretation of a classic story of desire,jealousy and murder was weirdly hollow.

  • Andrew Fuhrmann,Will Cox,Michael Dwyer,Karl Quinn,Sonia Nair andCameron Woodhead
Roxette performed at Kings Park on Wednesday night.

Roxette’s tearful tribute to original singer as they kick off Aussie tour in Perth

Ten years after they last played in WA the Swedish duo are back with a new frontwoman.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Billie Eilish performs at Rod Laver Arena on March 4,2025.

Not many people can make an arena go silent. Billie Eilish can

Performing at Rod Laver Arena the musician is genuinely charming,keenly observing her surroundings and finding magic there.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Khruangbin perform at Margaret Court Arena,Feburary 25,2025.

It wasn’t until the set was almost over that I realised the band hadn’t spoken a word

Khruangbin’s Margaret Court Arena initially seemed at odds with their setting – but their music transported the audience to another time and place entirely.

  • Will Cox,Cameron Woodhead,Andrew Fuhrmann,Cher Tan andJessica Nicholas