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The teens who attend Melbourne’s Rock Academy – which is nothing like a typical school holiday music program – describe the experience as life-changing.

I knew something was off with these teens. Then I realised what it was

Many were called “weird” at school, but at Rock Academy, these kids have found their tribe.

  • Michael Lallo

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ColdVoice at the Arts Centre, Melbourne.

Top kid-friendly activities in and around Melbourne next month

From nature walks to music and festivals, there are plenty of activities and events to captivate children

  • Sonia Nair

By 13, she was bored with acting. Then this young Kiwi found her spark

Being shy, clueless about clothes and saying no to life in LA hasn’t stopped the rise of Thomasin McKenzie.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
Ralph Fiennes returns as a scientist conducting weird experiments.

Ralph Fiennes’ 28 Years Later sequel – a mess worth watching

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple swings from hectic carnage to contemplative interludes.

  • Jake Wilson
Kala Gare stars as Sybylla Melvyn in the original run of MTC’s inspired musical adaptation of My Brilliant Career.

The big, big shows hitting Melbourne and Sydney this year

With Australian adaptations, whodunnits and toe-tapping big budget musicals, there’s something for everyone in 2026.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Beware the ogre: Shrek the Musical at the Arts Centre.

Kids’ stuff: Your guide to the hottest summer shows

From the classics to acrobatics and Shrek, there’s something for everyone in Melbourne in this summer’s live performances.

  • John Bailey
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The Lego Christmas display in the Myer windows.

Feeling festive? Your guide to Melbourne’s Christmas events, big and small

From Myer’s brick-tacular Lego windows, to Lachy Hulme’s Scrooge and a Kath & Kim drag parody, there is plenty to see and do in the city.

  • Cameron Woodhead
Russell Crowe as Hermann Goering in Nuremberg.

Russell Crowe shines as a disarming Goering in Nazi drama Nuremberg

In the film, also starring Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, Crowe’s perpetrator of atrocities projects an air of affability and common sense.

  • Sandra Hall
Emma Thompson in Dead of Winter.

Emma Thompson a credible, touching heroine in snowbound thriller

In Dead of Winter, the English star plays a woman menaced by armed kidnappers in a remote cabin.

  • Sandra Hall
“I loved the idea of the afterlife being bureaucratic and consumerist,” says Elizabeth Olsen of her role in Eternity.

Elizabeth Olsen’s new film got her thinking about the afterlife. Brace yourself

Starring in Eternity left the Hollywood star with some unusual ideas about where she’ll end up.

  • Richard Jinman