Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett Is Having An Encore Season In North Melbourne This April!

MELBOURNE – APRIL 2026: From mid April, North Melbourne’s historic Meat Market will again be taken over by the critically acclaimed global sensation that is Club Kabarett! Led by the undisputed Weimar kabarett punk provocateur, Bernie Dieter, this show promises unfiltered, debaucherous chaos, featuring Bernie’s immense vocal talent showcased through her powerful original songs, and much loved show stopping anthems, alongside her talented live haus band. 

Over the last ten years, this Mistress of Mayhem has masterfully captivated, shocked and inspired audiences and critics across the globe. Inspired by the burgeoning 1920s pre-war Weimar kabarett scene in historic Berlin, Club Kabarett is a modern-day interpretation of these historic Berlin dens of iniquity—an inclusive, untamed, bohemian, gender-bending space that celebrates freedom and difference.

Bernie Dieter said, “This show encapsulates all that is truly wonderful about Melbourne in so many ways. Australia’s culture capital really personifies all that this show represents, freedom, expression, individuality and of course the ability to throw a bloody good party! I was overwhelmed by the response to our show last year, so we are so looking forward to bringing it back for even longer this time!”

Club Kabarett  recently collected three Green Room Award nominations for their 2025 Melbourne Meat Market season, including Outstanding Production Design and Outstanding Production and won Outstanding Ensemble.

Club Kabarett stars the deliciously salacious and wildly talented, Bernie Dieter, alongside her band of legendary misfits and mischief makers including show favourites, Soliana Erse, a world class contortionist whose moves defy the limits of the human body; the human heatwave known as Jacqueline Furey, a purveyor of the beautiful and bizarre, whether she is swallowing swords or breathing fire; the avante garde drag cabaret artiste, Iva Rosebud, whose work spans Cabaret, Music Theatre, Drag, Burlesque and Performance Art; and the world renowned circus performer, Jarred Dewey, whose grace and skill as an aerialist have seen him perform on some the most prestigious stages in the world. Joining this immensely talented group of Club Kabarett favourites in Melbourne this year will be international tap dancer Caleb Cameron, who has been dazzling the stages of the Crazy Horse in Paris with his astonishing dance moves; and the hair suspension viral TikTok sensation, Melissa Lee, fresh from the stages of London’s West End.

The show will play from Tuesday to Sunday, welcoming people from all walks of life to Meat Market.

'Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett is an intoxicating whirlwind riot that pushes the boundaries of cabaret as you know it. It truly is not to be missed!'

★★★★★ THE SCOOP

'Dieter is a force of nature, seemingly having her own internal radiance that powers a voice and presence like no other... Club Kabarett is something to experience as an artistic and emotional journey. A show you will genuinely never forget' 

Glam Adelaide

★★★★★ 

‘A riotous night of circus, cabaret and defiant glamour... Dieter sends us to the barricades and, even if it’s just for a couple of hours, makes us believe that change is possible.’

The List

★★★★★ 

‘A riot of talent and joy! A full-trottle punk-rock, gin-soaked fever dream that grabs you by the collar and doesn’t let go’

Edinburgh Festivals Magazine

★★★★★ 

Bernie Dieter has cemented herself as one of the standout kabarett artists of her generation, consistently earning raving reviews hailing her as an ‘ the grand Weimar dame of debauchery, the ringmaster of risqué’ (Limelight Magazine). Blending sequins, satire, and a cut-throat wit, Club Kabarett is an international sensation! In the last few years, this cabaret icon and her international assortment of bombastic bohemians have headlined the Auckland Festival, and Sziget Festival in Budapest. They also enjoyed a critically acclaimed three-months in London’s West End and a sell-out 2025 season at Melbourne’s Meat Market and most recently a critically acclaimed season as the headline show in The Garden of Unearthly Delights in Adelaide.

But be warned, this limited season will sell-out fast, so please don’t be left crying into your feather boas – secure your seats now! Tickets are available now via https://clubkabarett.flicket.io/ 

For further information, obtain media tickets or to request interviews for Bernie Dieter – please contact Aisling Brady e: aisling@aecreativecomms.com.au m: 0424 520 345.

Tickets:  Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett – https://clubkabarett.flicket.io/ 

Dates:  17 April 2026 - 24 May 2026

Venue:  Meat Market, 3 Blackwood Street North Melbourne, VIC 3051

CAST LIST:

Bernie Dieter EmCee/Vocalist

Soliana Ersie Contortionist

Mel Lee Hair Hang / Pole

Jacqueline Furey Fire & sword swallowing

Lachlan Bartlett Iva Rosebud

Jarred Dewey Aerial Trapeze

Caleb Cameron Tap

FOLLOW BERNIE DIETER 

Bernie Dieter – Facebook | Instagram | Spotify 

Velvick Productions – Website 

ABOUT BERNIE DIETER 

“When it comes to cabaret, few can match the decadence and brilliance of Bernie Dieter” (The Herald, UK). 

Bernie Dieter is one of the most electrifying cabaret artists of her generation. She has stunned, seduced and scandalised audiences from Berlin to Hong Kong with her gin-soaked, lascivious charm — fusing dangerously funny original songs, sequins and satire with cut-throat wit and a deviant appetite for debaucherous mayhem. The undisputed Queen of Weimar punk kabarett, Bernie can mesmerise with a haunting ballad one moment, then bring the house down in raucous laughter the next.

Born in Köln, Germany, Bernie grew up on Oma's wild stories of life in a travelling circus in East Germany — and the daring escape west, smuggled in a caravan beneath piles of sequinned costumes. Inspired by the Weimar Republic’s dens of iniquity, gender-bending freedom and celebration of difference amid political upheaval, Bernie embodies the modern Weimar kabarett diva in all her dangerously satirical, gin-drinking, gloriously promiscuous splendour.

Bernie has performed to sold-out audiences across the globe, from London’s West End to Spiegeltents throughout Australia, Europe and Asia. Her acclaimed solo show Weimar Punk has toured internationally, including standout seasons at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, while her notorious variety productions — Little Death Club, Berlin Underground and the now world-famous Club Kabarett — have taken the world by storm, earning multiple awards and phenomenal critical acclaim. 

Most recently, Club Kabarett collected three Green Room Award nominations for their 2025, Meat Market season, including  Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Production Design and Outstanding Production.