Australian Festival of Arts and Music
East meets West A festival in 100 minutes Acclaimed musicians and artists from China and Australia come together for one afternoon only for this unique festival...
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000Sydney, New South Wales 2000
Upcoming Shows
Macbeth
I FEEL NOW THE FUTURE IN THE INSTANT— Lady Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5By William ShakespeareDirected by Peter EvansDesigned by Anna TregloanSound and Composition by...
REVIEW: Yve Blake Gives Shakespeare’s Tragedy Of Macbeth A Contemporary Teen Treatment With MACKENZIE
by Jade Kops - June 14, 2026
An hilarious homage and caution about teenage fame and unchecked egos, the Tragedy Of Macbeth is transformed in MACKENZIE....
REVIEW: IZZARD: THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET Is A Phenomenal Solo Retelling Of Shakespeare’s Play
by Jade Kops - June 11, 2026
Suzy Eddie Izzard brings her one woman show IZZARD: THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET to stun Sydney audiences....
REVIEW: Brilliantly Insane, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Is A Clever Classic Comedy Musical
by Jade Kops - June 08, 2026
Rebecca McNamee (Director) delivers a fabulous new production of David Yazbek (Music and Lyrics) and Jeffrey Lane’s (Book) musical adaptation of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS....
Review: The Musical Adaptation of TOOTSIE Is The Latest Fun Filled Offering At Teatro At The Italian Forum
by Jade Kops - May 31, 2026
Heartwarming and hilarious, the musical theatre adaption of TOOTSIE has its Australian Premiere at Teatro At The Italian Forum. ...
Review: You'll be walking the plank if you miss Hayes' THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
by Kym Vaitiekus - May 18, 2026
Ship Ahoy the Masterful HMS Hayes and THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. A bountiful night of shenanigans, merriment, and joy....
REVIEW: Reuben Kaye Delivers Another Intelligent And Insightful Cabaret with His Latest Show HARD TO SWALLOW
by Jade Kops - May 17, 2026
HARD TO SWALLOW is the latest cabaret from Reuben Kaye and it is everything audiences have come to expect from the incredibly intelligent performer who blends ‘no holds barred’ political and social commentary with clever new music and a liberal dose of fabulously funny filth. ...
REVIEW: The Power Of Female Friendship Features In STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by Jade Kops - May 17, 2026
Set in the late 1980’s, Robert Harling’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS expresses the enduring power of the sisterhood in helping face the challenges of life. ...
REVIEW: THE OTHER SIDE OF ME - identity destroyed, history revealed, healing in motion
by Kym Vaitiekus - May 07, 2026
THE OTHER SIDE OF ME delivers a powerful triple threat: sublime choreography, an emotional story and impassioned performers. identity destroyed, history revealed, healing in motion...
REVIEW: Disney’s THE LION KING Returns To Sydney To Delight A New Generation With Julie Taymor’s Award Winning Production
by Jade Kops - April 25, 2026
Almost 30 years since it’s Broadway premier in 1997, THE LION KING still brings gasps of awe as Julie Taymor’s musical theatre adaptation of Walt Disney Animation’s 1994 film returns to the Sydney stage. ...
Review: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! - a theatrical pitch you can't miss
by Kym Vaitiekus - April 17, 2026
A sharp, hilarious musical about the chaos of creating GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!...
Past Shows
Sheltering
Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful...
ChorusOz Aida
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs is thrilled to present its annual ‘big sing’ ChorusOz, an extraordinary weekend of community and music-making, featuring one of the most spectacular...
Temple of Desire
Temple of Desire is a dance performance by Australian South Asian company Karma Dance, rooted in classical Bharatanātyam and centred on queer, trans and women's...
Julius Caesar
LET'S CARVE HIM AS A DISH FIT FOR THE GODS— Brutus, Act 2, Scene 1By William ShakespeareDirector Peter EvansSet Design by Peter EvansLighting Designer Amelia...
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Sydney
Embarking on its 29th year of touring, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience continues its universally acclaimed adaptation of the iconic TV series Fawlty Towers. As...
Opera Up Late
Opera Up Late returns to the Sydney Opera House with Reuben Kaye as the irreverent host for a night filled with drama and flair. This...
Songs of the Bulbul
Songs of the Bulbul features acclaimed dancer-choreographer Aakash Odedra in a solo performance inspired by an ancient Sufi myth. The production explores the poignant story...
RENT
The musical that rocked Broadway is back!Experience Jonathan Larson’s electrifying, multi-Tony® Award winning musical, in this electrifying, critically-acclaimed new production.Step into the vibrant streets of...
The 39 Steps
4 ACTORS, 130 CHARACTERS AND 100 MINUTES OF HILARITYMix Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller with a dash of Monty Python-style chaos, and you get THE...
The Lost Things
Scott Silven's latest work, The Lost Things, premieres at the Sydney Opera House in June 2025. This new show blends mentalism with storytelling, exploring themes...
Henry 5
Bell Shakespeare presents one of the most famous war plays of all time, Henry 5
Opera Up Late
International comedy and cabaret star Reuben Kaye is back for a bigger, better and naughtier Opera Up Late, with a brand-new line up of re-imagined...
China National Symphony Orchestra Chorus Australian Tour
The China National Symphony Orchestra Chorus Sydney 2025The China National Symphony Orchestra Chorus embarks on their highly anticipated Australian Tour in 2025. Join over 120...
The Opera Gala Concert
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Sydney Opera House, with a showstopping performance by Opera Australia, combining exquisite music with a stunning harbour-side setting and...
Horizon
There is a place between the sea and the sky – a sacred realm, where the sun rises and falls, and the light is new.In...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare’s classic comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem.Love is in the air in Athens –...
Twelfth Night
HIDDEN IDENTITIES AND UNREQUITED LOVEViola is shipwrecked and believes her twin Sebastian lost to the ocean.Washed up in a strange new land, determined to survive,...
La Gioconda In Concert
Jonas Kaufmann – “The world’s greatest tenor” (AFR) – returns to Australia.Luscious melodies transport us to Venice, where carnevale is in full swing. A furtive...
Mad Scenes with Jessica Pratt
Feel the wind on the wing of madness.A soprano – solo in the spotlight – vocally and emotionally crumbles into madness before your eyes. Favoured...
Sydney International Piano Competition – Finals
The Sydney International Piano Competition is thrilled to announce the return of the world-renowned competition from 5th to 22nd July, with 32 of the finest young...
Sydney Comedy Festival Gala – Sydney Opera House
Catch the hottest acts of the Sydney Comedy Festival all in one incredible show!Sydney’s biggest month of comedy kicks off in grand style with the...
Simone Young conducts Beethoven’s Fidelio
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will present Beethoven’s Fidelio as an opera-in-concert, collaborating with internationally-renowned artists from across the globe. Sydney Symphony Orchestra Chief Conductor Simone Young...
James Ehnes performs Beethoven
Grammy-award winning James Ehnes, one of the world’s most sought-after violinists, returns to perform his masterly interpretation of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Sydney Symphony...
Compassion: Lior & Nigel Westlake
Australian singer-songwriter Lior and acclaimed composer Nigel Westlake team up to present “Compassion” with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.Based on Hebrew-Arabic text, “Compassion” is a symphonic...
Meremere
An award-winning performance documentary from renowned dancer and performer Rodney Bell Ngti Maniapoto, Meremere draws on Bells Maori culture, creating a richly layered work of...
UnWrapped
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...
La Boheme
"On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends lives change forever.Experience the romance of the original bohemian...
La Juive
From her to oblivionCan love ever drive out hatred?A young couple begin a dangerous, passionate affair. In their world, a Jew cannot love a Christian....
Maria Stuarda
A throne is not made for two Which Queen will rule her country and his heart?Every aria demands greatness. Some interpretations transcend talent to reach...
Otello
Good or evil. Life or death.A flawed hero. An innocent woman. A masterful villain.Verdi takes the best bits of one of Shakespeares most famous works...
Turandot
As the moon rises, a death cry wails through imperial Peking. Torture and death mean nothing. Freedom means everything. Can the princess win her hearts...
The Marriage of Figaro
A chaotic whirlwind of mistaken identities makes the wedding day of Figaro and Susanna a lesson in hilarity.With a witty, fast-moving libretto and hum-along melodies,...
New Year's Eve at the Sydney Opera House
On a freezing Christmas Eve, love sparks. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends lives change forever.Dress up to the nines, kick up...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeares classic comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream, is reawakened in this breathless production brimming with magic, mirth and mayhem. Love is in the air in...
Hamlet
Originally programmed for Bell Shakespeares 30th anniversary season in 2020, Peter Evans critically acclaimed production of one of Shakespeares most iconic and tragic works returns...
One Man In His Time: John Bell and Shakespeare
If I had my life again, I would choose no other course John BellSpend an evening with John Bell, a man who believed that Australians...
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
This 'outrageous, ingenious' show ( scenestr) makes its triumphant return for the 9th season to the one and only Sydney Opera House in March 2020...
Natives Go Wild
World premiere of First Nations cabaret Natives Go Wild at Sydney Opera House.Step right up into a wild world of mystery. A mistold tale of...
Natalia Osipova’s Pure Dance
In an Australian exclusive, one of ballets biggest superstars balances the old and the new, and spins an ode to an art form. Witness Osipovas...
Junior Adventure Tour
Uncover mysterious secrets and unusual facts with this jam-packed journey through the Sydney Opera House. The Junior Adventure Tour is filled with interactive activities and...
The Gauntlet
Part of Antidote 2018, The Gauntlet is a tonal experiment like no other. Formations of singers will create musical phrases and tones that echo around...
Snow White
Featuring costumes by legendary haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier, lavish sets by Thierry Leproust and music by Gustav Mahler, this wickedly dark retelling of...
The Miss Behave Gameshow
Direct from Las Vegas and following sold out seasons around the globe, this smash-hit show starring London’s queen of cabaret, Amy Saunders (La Soiree, La...
Limbo Unhinged
Plunge into an exciting world of deeply seductive acts and other-worldly talent in this fast-paced, kaleidoscopic experience. The atmosphere is charged and the air itself...
Operation Ouch!
The stars of the hit ABC Me series Operation Ouch! have been hard at work, creating more incredible medical stunts and even crazier experiments. Returning...
Three Sisters
What if you could start life over again, knowing what you do now? What if it were all a rough draft waiting to be rewritten?...
Green Day's American Idiot
Winner of two Tony Awards® and the Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot is the explosive new musical featuring the entire Green...
Dinner
Paige is a socialite extraordinaire with a nasty streak that runs a mile deep. Tonight, she is reluctantly celebrating her husband’s best-selling book. The usual...
Choir of Hard Knocks 10th Anniversary ‘Hope and Inspiration’ Tour
Choir of Hard Knocks 10th Anniversary ‘Hope and Inspiration’ Tour Melbourne Street Choir Inc presents Choir of Hard Knocks With Founding Artistic Director Dr Jonathon...
Cinderella
Cinders is getting a brand-new dress! Alexei Ratmansky, formerly artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet and now resident choreographer of American Ballet Theatre, is creating...
La Sylphide
Act I James, a young Scottish farmer, dozes in an armchair. The Sylphide, a woodland sprite, kneels by his side. After flitting around the room,...
South Pacific
After 7 Tony Awards ® and sell-out seasons on Broadway and the West End, the Lincoln Centre Theater’s stunning production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South...
Tosca
ohn Bell directs a stark, monumental staging of Puccini’s riveting drama of love, jealousy and sacrifice set in Mussolini’s Italy in the 1940s. Two true...
Verdi’s Requiem: Robertson Conducts 1
In his Requiem, Verdi brought together his theatrical instincts, his gift for vocal writing and a whole life’s experience to create a musical work that...
Blak
In 2013, internationally acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre presents Blak. Choreographed by Artistic Director Stephen Page and emerging choreographer and company dancer Daniel Riley McKinley, Blak...
Vanguard
To celebrate the centenary of the magnificent Ballets Russes, I have embarked upon generating a diptych: two contrasting yet complementary ideas produced on two sides...
Don Quixote
Don Quixote is on a quest: to find the idealised beloved of his age-addled dreams. The mettlesome lovers Kitri and Basilio are also on a...
Frankenstein
Thrilling, moving, scary and beautiful – a man born as an adult has to survive on his wits, learning fast. This is a rollercoaster ride...
Orpheus in The Underworld
Sparkling melodies, cartoonish delights, pyrotechnics and fast-paced dance routines make this production of Offenbach’s operetta a treat for all ages. The worlds of musical theatre...
Dancestry
One of the highlights of the Message Sticks Festival is the daily Dancestry grounds, where traditional ceremony is performed each day. This year’s gathering in...
Carmina Burana
Carmina Burana is fated to be one of the most famous and recognised of all choral works on the strength of just one number. But...
Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto: with Joyce Yang
Tchaikovsky always wears his heart on his sleeve, whether in the exhilarating brilliance of his most popular piano concerto or in his youthful and very...
Yes, Prime Minister
The much loved BBC hit TV series is now a hilarious new stage play and has become London’s biggest hit comedy in decades. Enter Jim...
Swan Lake
Swan Lake, the world’s most beloved ballet, returns to its roots in a new traditional production by The Australian Ballet. Created especially for our 50th...
Videos
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Carousel Foundry Theatre (10/15-10/17) |
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Balloon Dog Merrigong Theatre Company (7/01-7/05) |
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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Pokolbin Hunter Farm & Adventure Centre (5/07-10/22) |
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Inner Landscapes City Recital Hall (7/15-7/15) |
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Afterglow Belvoir Street Theatre (7/09-7/25) |
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Anastasia - The Broadway Musical - Captioned Performance Sydney Lyric (7/12-7/12) |
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Pride Fest Qtopia Sydney (6/01-6/30) |
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Haydn’s Creation Sydney Philharmonia Choirs (7/04-7/04) |
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La Stupenda: A Joan Sutherland Celebration Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House (8/20-8/22) |
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Uked! The first play-along Ukulele musical Bondi Pavilion Theatre (6/18-6/28) |
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