Robert Hofmann burst onto the Australian cabaret scene winning Best Cabaret (WA) at Perth Fringe in 2014, taking adult audiences on a wild ride with his unique raucous combination of comedy and music. This grew out of his 20 years experience as a freelance opera and concert singer often working with West Australian Opera and Opera Australia.

Robert’s cabaret show, Desperately Young at Heart won the Cabaret Award (WA) at Perth Fringe World 2014 in its world-premiere sell-out season and toured to Sydney and Melbourne to critical acclaim. His follow-up show, It Ain’t Vot You Do It’s Ze Vay You Do It! premiered at Perth Fringe World 2015 with a rave review in The West Australian, a nomination for best cabaret and a sold-out season. Robert is taking Desperately Young at Heart to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2015 in a special Edinburgh version which blends the best of both shows featuring his four comic alter-egos. Audiences in Perth, Australia get a unique chance to see this show before it hits Edinburgh in atwo night season at Downstairs at The Maj on July 3 and 4two night season at Downstairs at The Maj on July 3 and 4.

Robert has sung many roles with the West Australian Opera including Koko in The Mikado, Dulcamara in The Elixir of Love, Falke in Die Fledermaus, Hobson in Peter Grimes and John Styx in Orpheus in the Underworld as well as concert soloist in Opera Under the Stars in Broome and Opera in Albany. For the past five years Robert has toured to Western Australia’s regional centres and around the Perth Metropolitan area with the company’s Opera in Education Program.

Since 2011 Robert has performed in the hit show Divalicious, Opera Rocks! around Perth and Western Australia’s regional centres and this year at Adelaide Fringe and the Sydney Opera House receiving rave reviews.

Robert is also an experienced concert soloist and has has performed Bach’s St Matthew Passion, St John Passion and Mass in B minor, Carmina Burana, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem and Mass in C minor, Vaughan William's Five Mystical Songs, and Messiah with the St Georges Cathedral Consort/Choir in Perth, Australia under the direction of internationally acclaimed organist Joseph Nolan.

Robert studied singing at Sydney Conservatorium (Diploma of Opera 2003), The University of Western Australia (Bachelor of Music Education 1996) and in private studios in London and Munich. He now teaches classical voice at the internationally renowned Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.