PLAY ME, I'M YOURS

ALL DAY PARRAMATTA AND SYDNEY CBD

The streets of Parramatta and Sydney's CBD will sound more joyous this January, as British artist Luke Jerram populates the streets with 30 pianos.

EAT DRINK TALK ART

1:00pm THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT

Dig deeper into the Festival through our series of lunchtime interviews and forums with the creative forces behind this year's shows at The Famous Spiegeltent.

THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE

2:00pm, 2:30pm, 3:00pm, 3:30pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm AADA PILGRIM THEATRE

Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as Ontroerend Goed digs into your pleasures, fears, desires and memories.

ST. VINCENT

5:30pm THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT

Multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter St. Vincent's swirling indie-pop is a distinctly elegant fusion of the classical and experimental, the quirky and sophisticated.

THE NARGUN AND THE STARS

7:00pm RIVERSIDE THEATRE, RIVERSIDE THEATRES

Combining visual spectacle with warmth and humour, this is a story not only of adventure and discovery, but also of respect for indigenous culture, land and folklore. A stunning visual feast, featuring large scale puppets, live actors and digital animation.

NO DICE

7:00pm ABRAHAM MOTT HALL

Seven fearless souls take 100 hours of taped phone conversations and transform them into a mighty, sweaty and exhilarating celebration of the struggle of daily life.

THE WAR OF THE ROSES - PART 2

7:00pm SYDNEY THEATRE AT WALSH BAY

The Sydney Theatre Company Actors Company presents The War Of The Roses, an audacious epic of language and history. Joining the cast is STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett, on stage in Australia for the first time in almost five years.

FAITH HEALER

7:30pm PARADE THEATRE

Arguably Brian Friel's greatest play, Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre. A faith healer accepts that he must return home to Ireland, a destiny he can no longer postpone. The narrative makes up a mosaic that is both seductive and terrifying.

FANFARE CIOCARLIA

8:00pm STATE THEATRE

Fanfare Ciocărlia are the world's foremost Gypsy brass band. This explosive ensemble creates a furious Balkan funk that excites a fan base stretching well beyond world music.

THROWING MUSES

8:00pm HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUM

Throwing Muses' extraordinarily textured, tempo-shifting music, alongside Hersh's intuitive, dexterous singing, joins the dots between elliptical post-punk, harmonious folk jangle pop and rockabilly thunder.

THE PIANIST

8:00pm BELVOIR ST THEATRE

Acclaimed concert pianist Mikhail Rudy read Szpilman's memoir, The Pianist, and dreamt up a dramatic retelling of his journey. The Pianist is a duet for two Szpilmans: Rudy on piano and a solo actor recounting the story.

THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE

8:00pm, 8:30pm, 9:00pm, 9:30pm AADA PILGRIM THEATRE

Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as Ontroerend Goed digs into your pleasures, fears, desires and memories.

BEING HAROLD PINTER

8:00pm Q THEATRE

Q THEATRE: Wild, anarchic theatre at its purest. Scenes from Pinter's plays and extracts from his Nobel Prize speech transform into a harrowing account of real life in Europe's last dictatorship. Performed at Q Theatre Penrith.

MOVIES IN THE OVERFLOW

8:30pm THE OVERFLOW, SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK

Sydney Olympic Park is offering a fabulous range of free films under the stars this January.

ENTER THE DRAGON WITH KARSH KALE AND MIDIVAL PUNDITZ

8:30pm COCKLE BAY, DARLING HARBOUR

New York City based composer, multi-instrumentalist and Bruce Lee fanatic Karsh Kale joins forces with New Delhi based electronica producers, The MIDIval Punditz, to perform their incendiary new live score of the 1973 martial arts classic Enter the Dragon.

DESERT ISLAND DANCES

9:15pm, 7:00pm BOSCO THEATER

Inspired by the popular BBC Radio program, Desert Island Discs, this work incorporates dance and spoken word into a warm-hearted and often funny exploration.

LA CLIQUE

9:30pm, 7:30pm THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT

An inspired melange of cabaret, new burlesque, circus and contemporary vaudeville, La Clique is sexy, funny and dangerous.

LATE AT THE GARDEN

11:30pm THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT

Late at the Garden's unpredictable collection of music's most eclectic offerings could not be more at home than in the Samsung Mobile Festival Garden. Keep the Festival party going well into the night.