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Suki Waterhouse performs at the Athenaeum on June 6.

She’s a ‘model, actress, whatever’. And in her first Australian gig, her charisma is undeniable

In this all-ages performance at the Athenaeum, the lighting and smoke create an intense ambience that complements Suki Waterhouse’s stage presence.

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Leila Lois, Cameron Woodhead, Will Cox and Andrew Fuhrmann

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Katy Perry performs at Rod Laver Arena.

If you dream it, you can be it: The Katy Perry ethos takes flight in Melbourne

Her Lifetimes stadium tour is a spectacular blend of old and new with a video game narrative that unites her key themes: love and self-actualisation.

  • Karl Quinn
Marlon Williams performs at Rising Festival.

This concert was truly special. What a way to kick off winter.

Peruvian theatre company Teatro La Plaza has created a radical reconfiguration of a classic tale.

  • Karl Quinn, Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way, Will Cox and Barney Zwartz
Al Pacino plays Father Theophilus Riesinger in The Ritual.

Al Pacino tests credibility as a priestly exorcist in this horror outing

The Ritual is loosely based on a ‘real’ case in an Iowa nunnery in 1928, but that’s not the only point at which this film stretches belief.

  • Jake Wilson
A scene from The Great Lillian Hall

This star-studded tale takes us into the heart of acting and obsession

Loosely inspired by a true story, The Great Lillian Hall takes us into the life of an actress who lives her craft.

  • Sandra Hall
The US touring production of Anastasia

‘We all grew up on that movie’: How a beloved cartoon went from screen to stage

In the stage production of Anastasia the talking bat is gone, with the musical a more adult look at the tale of the possible last Romanov.

  • Cassidy Knowlton
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Seann Miley Moore.

In a show for misfits, Seann Miley Moore revels in the power of Hedwig

The former Voice contestant stars in the subversive, immersive, rock-fuelled musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Ichiko Aoba

When she starts singing, the crowd falls into complete silence

When Ichiko Aoba plays, even the slightest disruption, such as the crunch of a can or the thud of a footstep, is met with a dirty glance.

  • Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer and Cameron Woodhead
Paula Arundell in The Birds

What happens when a famed sinister thriller is stripped back to its bare bones?

This version of The Birds eschews flashy design to focus on intensely rendered performance.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and Tony Way
Rojina Esmaeili and Saba Vahedyousefi.

Eccentric movie too full of in-jokes to be truly universal

Universal Language imagines the action unfolding in a country that seems to be an Iran superimposed on Canada. It does not live up to its promise.

  • Jake Wilson

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