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UnWrapped at Sydney Opera House

Dates: (5/8/2022 - 6/11/2022 )

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Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House

Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000
Sydney,New South Wales 2000

Tickets: $30-$45

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The Sydney Opera House presents new work responding to the ever-evolving landscape as part of the latest season of UnWrapped. Out-of-the-box and stimulating, UnWrapped includes the Sydney premiere of Patricia Cornelius gritty and far-reaching theatrical piece RUNT; Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and artist Lynette Wallworth tells her gripping and personal tale of cultish extremism, as she speaks to her visual masterpiece HOW TO LIVE (After You Die); Sunny Kims poetic response to motherhood, MotherTongue, MotherLand; and re:group performance collectives nostalgic work Coil. Launched in 2018 and curated by Sydney Opera House Director of Programming Fiona Winning, UnWrapped provides a platform for independent Australian artists and small-to-medium companies to showcase new, risk taking work spanning across dance, music, live art and theatre.

News About UnWrapped at Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House Announces Latest UNWRAPPED Lineup
Sydney Opera House Announces Latest UNWRAPPED Lineup
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MOTHERTONGUE, MOTHERLAND By Sunny Kim Will Premiere in the Utzon Room in February 2023
MOTHERTONGUE, MOTHERLAND By Sunny Kim Will Premiere in the Utzon Room in February 2023
December 13, 2022

The Sydney Opera House announced the rescheduled date for MotherTongue, MotherLand – Korean-born vocalist improviser and composer Sunny Kim's immersive and poetic response to motherhood. Following its postponement in May, the work will have its premiere in the Utzon Room on Sunday 12 February, 2023 as part of the bi-annual season of UnWrapped.

Sydney Opera House Unveils Latest UNWRAPPED Line-up Platforming Independent Voices And Contemporary Australian Work
Sydney Opera House Unveils Latest UNWRAPPED Line-up Platforming Independent Voices And Contemporary Australian Work
November 03, 2022

The Sydney Opera House has unveiled five works created by diverse and multi-disciplinary artists responding to our fast-changing world, as part of the latest installment of its bi-annual season of UnWrapped.

Latest UnWrapped Line-up Platforms Independent Voices and Contemporary Australian Work
Latest UnWrapped Line-up Platforms Independent Voices and Contemporary Australian Work
August 23, 2022

The Sydney Opera House has unveiled five works created by diverse and multi-disciplinary artists responding to our fast-changing world, as part of the latest installment of its bi-annual season of UnWrapped.

Sydney Opera House Announces UNWRAPPED Lineup For May and June
Sydney Opera House Announces UNWRAPPED Lineup For May and June
March 24, 2022

From May – June, the bi-annual event will feature work from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and artist Lynette Wallworth as part of a world premiere season of HOW TO LIVE (After You Die), and the critically acclaimed RUNT, a gripping and gritty theatrical piece by long time collaborators Patricia Cornelius, Susie Dee and Nicci Wilks (SHIT, Sydney Festival). 

Sydney Opera House Announces May 2021 UnWrapped Lineup
Sydney Opera House Announces May 2021 UnWrapped Lineup
April 22, 2021

 The Sydney Opera House today unveiled the latest instalment of live music, First Nations cabaret, contemporary dance and digital performance works-in-development as part of its biannual UnWrapped season of diverse, rarely seen and critically acclaimed work.

Sydney Opera House Announces Digital Season of Five New Dances For Now
Sydney Opera House Announces Digital Season of Five New Dances For Now
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This Saturday 8 August, Sydney Opera House presents Unwrapped: Dances for Now as part of the 2020 digital season From Our House to Yours.

Sydney Opera House Announces UnWrapped 2020 Season
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February 16, 2020

The Sydney Opera House today announced a new season of UnWrapped, a bi-annual celebration of diverse, boundary-pushing works from some of Australia's most admired independent contemporary performance-makers, selected from critically acclaimed debut seasons.

Sydney Premiere Of Malthouse Theatre's Radical Reimagining Of WAKE IN FRIGHT
Sydney Premiere Of Malthouse Theatre's Radical Reimagining Of WAKE IN FRIGHT
December 03, 2019

The Sydney premiere of Malthouse Theatre's radical reimagining of Kenneth Cook's cult Australian novel Wake in Fright comes to the Sydney Opera House Playhouse this February as part of its UnWrapped series. Under the direction of Declan Greene (Sisters Grimm, Pompeii, L.A., Blackie Blackie Brown) audiences will be transported to an unsettling, visceral evocation of claustrophobia in the outback.

THE IRRESISTIBES Comes To Sydney Opera House
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From some of Australia's most innovative and daring young theatre-makers comes the Sydney premiere of The Irresistible as part of the Sydney Opera House's UnWrapped series this September.

Sydney Opera House Presents HIGH PERFORMANCE PACKING TAPE
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Branch Nebula's mind-bending one-man show High Performance Packing Tape  will take The Studio by storm from 18-22 September as part of the UnWrapped September series. The season follows a critically acclaimed, sold-out premiere at Liveworks 2018 and comes to the Sydney Opera House after an international premiere at HomoNovus Festival in Riga in September, and will also tour to Melbourne Festival in October.

Sydney Opera House Presents Festival UnWrapped
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