Overview
Bringing the beloved Mattel doll to cinemas in live-action for the first time, Barbie wasn't specifically made for concert screenings. But with a soundtrack filled with Oscar-winning and -nominated tunes, as well as tracks by Dua Lipa, Haim, Dominic Fike, The Kid LAROI, Pink Pantheress and more, it's certain to prove quite the treat when the hit film makes its way around Australia with a live orchestra playing its music.
Yes, Greta Gerwig's (Little Women) take on the iconic toy is returning to the big screen Down Under, this time with Billie Eilish's 'What Was I Made For?', the Ryan Gosling (The Fall Guy)-crooned 'I'm Just Ken' and more performed by the orchestra as audiences watch — all thanks to Symphonic Cinema Presents. Barbie the Movie in Concert's sessions will first kick off in Melbourne at the end of 2025. After that, it's set to tour the country in 2026.
So far, only the Victorian capital gig has announced its details, hitting Plenary Theatre at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday, December 13, 2025. It's a Barbie bonanza in the city of late, given that it is also currently playing host to the Malibu Barbie Cafe's first-ever Australian appearance until the end of summer.
If you're located elsewhere across the nation, you'll need to wait to find out when the event is coming to you — and giving you another date with the box-office sensation of 2023. Whenever and wherever else it pops up, expect Kenergy aplenty.
As viewers already know from the Margot Robbie (Asteroid City)-starring flick, Barbie can be anything. Although screenings of the film can't be President, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a diplomat and a Supreme Court justice, or a mermaid, doctor, lawyer and Pulitzer-winner, they can take many guises, such as movie-and-music events like these upcoming screenings.
Symphonic Cinema Presents is also touring concert sessions of Top Gun: Maverick, Gladiator and The Nightmare Before Christmas if you're keen to see other beloved films with their tunes performed live in the coming months.
Check out the trailer for Barbie below:
Barbie the Movie in Concert is playing Plenary Theatre, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne on Saturday, December 13, 2025 — with ticket presales from 10am on Tuesday, August 5 — and then touring the country in 2026, with dates to be announced. Head to the Symphonic Cinema Presents website for more details.