Sydney Opera House

Book now for Iceland's BAFTA-winning pianist, composer and musician Ólafur Arnalds in the Concert Hall this November. Featuring a uniquely wired ensemble of a string quartet, percussion and Ólafur’s playground of pianos and synthesisers, don't miss the live debut of compositions from his highly anticipated fourth album, 're:member': http://bit.ly/2MbwJiL

Zoë Coombs Marr, Natalie Rose & Mish Grigor sure do talk a lot. First loves, sexuality, bowel movements, and birthing moans - they’ve tackled it all together, and it’s all on tape.
Acclaimed performance collective post are known for fiercely intelligent and entertaining theatre. This time round it’s a quintessentially funny coming of age story that sees a single conversation span a decade of friendship. Part comedy, part political commentary, part epic drama, these three women unravel their history in an embarrassing, hysterical and oh so nostalgic night of conversation.
Presented by Sydney Opera House.

Perhaps the most talked-about dance event of 2017, Split confirms Lucy Guerin’s status as one of Australia’s most fearless artists and original choreographers.
Space is getting tight and time is getting shorter. Two women – clothed and unclothed - move in synchronicity while the tension escalates and the allotted dance space shrinks. Are they the same person? Are we witnessing an aggressive power struggle within a relationship? Or do they represent the way we all negotiate m...odern pressure, time, and demands while our space to manoeuvre seems to endlessly reduce.
Split makes it's Sydney debut after receiving a prestigious Helpmann Award for Best Dancer (Lilian Steiner) as well as numerous other award nominations. Coupled with the intricately layered percussive score by UK composer Scanner, this mesmerising physical drama is not to be missed. Presented by Sydney Opera House.
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From the Royal Danish Theatre, this special international production starring acclaimed Danish actors Stine Stengade and Morten Kirkskov goes beneath the façade of a once happy marriage to reveal a battlefield of victories and defeat, happiness and turmoil, tenderness and rage.
Originally a groundbreaking Swedish television miniseries by filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, this contemporary stage adaptation places a timely twist on tale shrouded in controversy when it initially aired... in 1973.
In this riveting take on the original story, the gender roles are reversed as Marianne and Johan re-live moments of a once perfect marriage. From scene to scene, frustrations fester as they spiral further into a world of deceit, conflict and rage.
Will Marianne and Johan continue to live as two people drawn to mutual misery, or will they search for love and meaning elsewhere?
Performed in Danish, with English surtitles.
On-Sale Times: What’s On e-newsletter pre-sale – 12pm, 1 August 2018 General Sale - 9am, 3 August 2018
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Just Announced: The Betoota Advocate are hitting the road. In a brutally honest 90-minute presentation, editor Clancy Overell and editor-at-large Errol Parker—along with a very special guest—will treat audiences to a no holds barred live show in true Betoota-style, filled with their trademark wit and humour.
Sign up to our What’s On newsletter before Tuesday 11:59PM AEST to access pre-sale tickets for this event. http://bit.ly/betoota

Touch, feel, smell, sense. The climate science is clear. Yet our collective capacity as communities, governments and industry to absorb or act on the data has failed.
Join artists Cat Jones, Emily Parsons-Lord, Latai Taumoepeau and Angharad Wynne-Jones as they share their approach to exploring the imminent impacts of climate change. With no maps, charts or diagrams – they create intimate physical and sensory experiences for audiences to better imagine and prepare for our fut...ure on this planet.
Featured Works: Stitching up the sea by Latai Taumoepeau Century's Breath by Cat Jones What Stirs the Wind (an unstable luxury) by Emily Parsons-Lord
This is a free talk event. Registration is required.
Presented by the Sydney Opera House.
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The Sydney Opera House Seal has no opposable digits, but LOVES to chat.
Talk mammal to mammal on Facebook Messenger to find out more about our furry friend, what's on at the Opera House and much more: m.me/sydneyoperahouseseal

Sydney doesn't suck, and neither does the Opera House. From August we're ditching single-use plastic straws, saving 1.3 million straws every year. #waronwaste #SydneyDoesntSuck #strawnomore

Is Opera Bar's margherita pizza on your must-eat list this weekend? 🍕🍺

Ben Howard, July 26, Concert Hall
Photos by Prudence Upton

Join Paul Willis, Toby Walsh, Ellen Broad and Hae Won Park as they discuss a future where we live with intelligent machines. If robots can be everything from carers to warriors, what will this mean for human lives?
We are heading into a world where robots will be an increasingly important part of our lives. This won’t just have an impact on the future of work, but on the future of everything. What will it mean if robots are our toys, our pets, our friends and our partners? If... robots can be everything from carers to warriors, what does this mean not just for human lives, but for the way we understand human intelligence, human values, and humanity itself? If we want technology to create a better future for people all over the world, what do we need to do right now to make sure that we can steer these extraordinary developments in the right direction and avoid a dystopian future?
Presented by Sydney Opera House and UNSW’s Centre for Ideas.
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CAMP COPE working their magic in the concert hall last night.
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LIVE STREAM: Badu Gili 2018 Premiere
Tune in at 6:25pm AEST on Tuesday July 24 to be among the first in the world to see new artwork for Badu Gili by six First Nations artists.
Badu Gili, which means ‘water light’ in Gadigal language, celebrates the ancient stories and rich contemporary culture of Australia’s First Nations.
... Badu Gili 2018 blends the diverse voices of established artist and community leader Djambawa Marawili AM, vibrant watercolour painter Mervyn Rubuntja, internationally renowned artist and prestigious Telstra NATSIAA awards finalist Mabel Juli, painter, lecturer and traditional healer Patricia Ansell Dodds, ceramicist Penny Evans and emerging printmaker Aiona Tala Gaidan, with an original soundscape by Damian Robinson.
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Don't forget that Badu Gili 2018 premieres tonight. Watch the live stream on Facebook from 6:25pm.

First loves, sexuality, bowel movements, and birthing moans. Zoë Coombs Marr, Nat Rose & Mish Grigor have tackled it all together, and it’s all on tape.
Don't miss this embarrassing, hysterical and oh so nostalgic night of theatre.
Aug 15 - 19: http://bit.ly/2uzXohx

Meet Bailey Haggarty, the Assistant Director of Seagulls at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Today Bailey paid us (and the seagulls) a visit!

Come on an impossible voyage to find the mythical snark in the wonderful world of Lewis Carroll 🌊
This side-splitting, fast-paced musical comedy adventure will have you clapping your hands and stomping your feet. The whole family is sure to love this fantastic fable, on now until Sunday: bit.ly/2mx0tvu

This is not your typical Lamington. Made of cherry jam coconut cream ice-cream and sponge, surrounded by chocolate ganache, sitting in a sea of liquid nitrogen coconut milk parfait, Bennelong Restaurant’s Lamington will be available this Saturday – National Lamington Day. And the best bit – all Lamington proceeds will be donated to R U OK: bit.ly/2zRblh7

Touring for the first time in 16 years to rapturous acclaim, British post-punk luminaries The The will make their Opera House debut for a two-night Comeback Special performing fan favourites from across their 35-year career. Alongside singer-songwriter Matt Johnson, the line-up features long term members hand selected from each world tour.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear one of the most brilliantly original bands of the modern era in the beautiful surrounds of the Concert Hall this October.

Tomorrow our Major Partner Etihad Airways and the Special Olympics turn the sails red to celebrate 50 years of transforming the lives of people with intellectual disabilities through sport. You can catch the lighting of the sails from 6pm 🔴

Attended the Paul Weller show no Sunday night ...no staff or security in sight.

We were harassed by a group of very drunk yobbos throughout the show and when I finally found a staff member they had a brief chat to them...things got worse after that and the staff disappeared.

We were told these people had standing room tickets and were allowed to crowd around us as they could stand where they wanted!

Why is the opera house selling standing tickets right behind the seated areas??? This led to large groups of drunks hanging around causing trouble ...are you that desperate for $$??

These aggressive drunks threw drinks over people in our section, swore repeatedly, clapped extremely loudly right above our heads and next to our ears all with no staff or security to deal with it!!



Why are you selling more tickets than seats????



Very disappointed in our experience and the way it was handled...or rather not handled!

Attended the Paul Weller show no Sunday night ...no staff or security in sight.

We were harassed by a group of very drunk yobbos throughout the show and when I finally found a staff member they had a brief chat to them...things got worse after that and the staff disappeared.

We were told these people had standing room tickets and were allowed to crowd around us as they could stand where they wanted!

Why is the opera house selling standing tickets right behind the seated areas??? This led to large groups of drunks hanging around causing trouble ...are you that desperate for $$??

These aggressive drunks threw drinks over people in our section, swore repeatedly, clapped extremely loudly right above our heads and next to our ears all with no staff or security to deal with it!!



Why are you selling more tickets than seats????



Very disappointed in our experience and the way it was handled...or rather not handled!