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Theatre

LACRIMA

Caroline Guiela Nguyen

One dress. Four countries. An audience of billions.

22–25 JAN

Roslyn Packer Theatre

$89 – $139 + BF

Cabaret

Wake

THISISPOPBABY

Glitter, beats and banging tunes – this Irish WAKE is the ultimate celebration of life.

14–24 JAN

Carriageworks

$69 – $109 + BF

SELLING FAST

Theatre

Mama Does Derby

Clare Watson & Virginia Gay

A high-octane ode to family and finding your people.

15–22 JAN

Sydney Town Hall

$44 – $109 + BF

Theatre

Nowhere

Khalid Abdalla | Fuel

A story of revolution, counter-revolution, friendship and loss.

13–17 JAN

Roslyn Packer Theatre

$79 – $119 + BF

Dance

Garabari

Joel Bray

Dance, gather and connect in this joyous, high-energy corroboree.

9&10 JAN

Sydney Opera House

$59 + BF

Music

Hot Chip

Joy In Repetition

London’s most lovable party band is back to spark joy.

14&15 JAN

Sydney Opera House

$89 – $129 + BF

Music

Lonnie Holley

The visionary artist in the eye of a musical storm.

9 JAN

ACO On The Pier

$59 + BF

SELLING FAST

Music

Paris Paloma

A fearless feminist voice on the rise.

9&10 JAN

City Recital Hall

$79 + BF

Theatre

Live On Hickson Road: Efectos Especiales

Luciana Acuña & Alejo Moguillansky

Lights. Camera. Action on Hickson Road.

10 JAN

Hickson Road

FREE

ART & INSTALLATION

Held

Lucy Simpson

Where art holds ceremony

8–25 JAN

Barangaroo Reserve

FREE

Workshop

Workshop: Serious Dances for Ridiculous Problems

Eun-Me Ahn

Learn from one of Korea's most celebrated choreographers.

7 JAN

Sydney Dance Company, Neilson Studio

$10 + BF

Theatre

Burgerz

Travis Alabanza

Burgers and bile with a side of blistering bite.

7–18 JAN

Carriageworks

$64.50 + BF

ART & INSTALLATION

Observer, Observed

Julia Phillips

Where you can be the spectator and the spectacle. 

Pyrmont Bridge

Get swept up in an inflatable ocean adventure.

8–18 JAN

Bondi Pavilion

FREE

LAST TICKETS

Music

Kankawa Nagarra

A Blak blues legend with global reach.

8 JAN

ACO On The Pier

$49 + BF

Theatre

Dear Son

Thomas Mayo, Isaac Drandic & John Harvey

Blak dads, Blak sons,
Blak grandfathers,
Blak love.

8–25 JAN

Belvoir St Theatre

$78 – $98 + BF

Dance

Post-Orientalist Express

Eun-Me Ahn

Joyfully subversive dance from the enfant terrible of Seoul.

8–10 JAN

Roslyn Packer Theatre

$79 – $129 + BF

Dance

Garrigarrang Badu

Peta Strachan & Jannawi Dance Clan

Through Dharug women, Country comes alive.

9&10 JAN

Sydney Opera House

$59 – $89 + BF

Workshop

Masterclass: Cabaret is Crafting

Salty Brine

Salty Brine teaches the tricks of the cabaret trade.

10 JAN

Roslyn Packer Theatre

$100 + BF

LAST TICKETS

Music

Lonnie Holley with Kankawa Nagarra

A rare collaboration between two visionary artists.

10 JAN

ACO On The Pier

$59 + BF

Music

Lonnie Holley with Yasmina Sadiki

A rising soul star collaborates with a master improviser.

10 JAN

ACO On The Pier

$59 + BF

Theatre

Live on Hickson Road: The Kick On

Shut down the street; wind up the heat.

10 JAN

Hickson Road

FREE

Talk

An afternoon with Lonnie Holley

Hosted by Kelly Lovemonster

A conversation on art, fracture and liberation.

11 JAN

Chau Chak Wing Museum

$25 + BF

ART & INSTALLATION

Conflictorium

Step inside Sydney’s new salon of dissent.

14–25 JAN

Carriageworks

FREE

Family

Rothar

Miquel Barceló & Moisés Mas García

A bicycle repair shop becomes a wondrous dreamscape.

14–18 JAN

Sydney Opera House

$39 + BF

Cabaret

Bigmouth Strikes Again (The Smiths Show)

Salty Brine

A bewitching literary mixtape from cabaret’s mad genius.

14–18 JAN

Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre

$59 – $99 + BF

Music

BLACKTOWN GARAGE PARTY

Edith Amituanai, Salote Tawale & Sione Monu

Pull up a milk crate and open your heart, cuz.

15&16 JAN

The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre

FREE

Dance

Save the Last Dance for Me (Palm Grove)

Alessandro Sciarroni

An Italian spin on love and desire.

15 JAN

Palm Grove, Darling Harbour

$39 + BF

Cabaret

Bad Hand

Natalie Abbott

You can’t choose the hand you’re dealt.

15&17 JAN

Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre

$49 – $79 + BF

BLAK OUT

Redfern Renaissance

Angeline Penrith

The celebration of National Black Theatre returns.

15–24 JAN

Belvoir St Theatre

$25 + BF

Music

Opera for the Dead 祭歌

Mindy Meng Wang & Monica Lim

Come alive in this grand sonic ritual of remembrance.

15–18 JAN

Bell Shakespeare, The Neilson Nutshell

$59 + BF

Music

Turandot

Opera Australia & the Opera Conference

Ancestral trauma haunts Puccini’s spectacular epic.

From 15 JAN

Sydney Opera House

$108 – $399 + BF

Dance

EXXY

Dan Daw

The cost of being true to yourself is always high.

15–18 JAN

Sydney Opera House

$59 – $99 + BF

LAST TICKETS

Immersive

Death By PowerPoint

Harriet Gillies, Xanthe Dobbie, Victoria Spence & Thom Smyth

Two things in life are unavoidable: death, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

16–18 JAN

Life Rites Funerals

$39 + BF

Music

Tenzin Choegyal with Tenzin Kunsang

Whispering Sky

Soaring harmonies will lift you into a whispering sky.

16 JAN

Bankstown Arts Centre

$33 – $39 + BF

Cabaret

enGORGEd

Reuben Kaye

A fearless voice soars bigger than ever before.

16 JAN

Sydney Opera House

$69 – $119 + BF

SELLING FAST

Music

ENJI

Mongolian jazz from a truly original voice.  

16 JAN

ACO On The Pier

$49 + BF

Music

Emma Donovan

Take Me To The River

One of Australia’s finest talents reimagines soul classics. 

16 JAN

City Recital Hall

$49 – $89 + BF

ART & INSTALLATION

Searchers: Graffiti and Contemporary Art

National Art School

Artists united by a single electrifying medium – spray paint.

From 17 JAN

The National Art School

FREE

Free

Sydney Symphony Under the Stars

50 Years of Music and Pictures

A special birthday edition of our beloved musical tradition.

17 JAN

Tumbalong Park at Darling Harbour

FREE

Music

Tenzin Choegyal with Wytchings

Between Two Realms

Soaring harmonies will lift you into a whispering sky.

17 JAN

Bankstown Arts Centre

$33 – $39 + BF

Music

CHAII

Step into a fast-rising star’s kaleidoscopic world.   

17 JAN

ACO On The Pier

$39 + BF

Dance

Echo Mapping

Azzam Mohamed & Jack Prest

A cathartic live duet of sound and movement. 

17–19 JAN

Sydney Town Hall

$39 – $49 + BF

Music

Nooriyah & DJ Habibeats

Dress to sweat for this club-ready double-bill. 

17 JAN

City Recital Hall

$69 + BF

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Workshop

Workshop: Do You Mean It?

Exploring why we say what we don't really mean.

18 JAN

Carriageworks

$10 + BF

Workshop

Musicians' Workshop with Tenzin Choegyal and Tenzin Kunsang

Soaring harmonies will lift you into a whispering sky.

18 JAN

Bankstown Arts Centre

$25 – $29 + BF

Music

Ursula Yovich Sings Nina Simone

Puts a Spell On You

21–25 JAN

Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre

$59 – $99 + BF

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Workshop

Workshop: Cooperative Play for The Gameful Revolution

Milton Lim & Laurel Green

Learn how game design is shaping the future of storytelling.

22 JAN

Carriageworks

$25 + BF

Theatre

The Censor

Cassandra Fumi & Vidya Rajan

Their stage, their rules, your turn to listen.

22–25 JAN

ATYP, The Rebel Theatre

$49 + BF

Music

Disco Never Dies

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Disco’s biggest hits get an orchestral makeover.

22 JAN

Hordern Pavilion

$121 – $134 + BF

Music

Undercurrent

The future of music burns in the heart of Western Sydney.

22–24 JAN

Riverside Live at PHIVE

$19 + BF

Cabaret

A Night of Rock and Roll with Bogan Villea

Ben Graetz

Blak, bogan, and queer as Queen.

22–24 JAN

Sydney Theatre Company, Wharf 1 Theatre

$59 – $99 + BF

Music

Mare Advertencia & Inkabee

A hip-hop double bill for all ages.

23 JAN

ACO On The Pier

$59 + BF

Dance

SISA-SISA

Murtala | Alfira O’Sullivan

An intimate double bill of Indonesian dance solos.

23&24 JAN

Bankstown Arts Centre

$39 + BF

Music

Raf-Saperra

Punjabi heat from a South London sensation.

23 JAN

City Recital Hall

$79 + BF

Music

Milan Ring

the sound of rain on dust

A sonic meditation on release and renewal.

24 JAN

ACO On The Pier

$49 + BF

Interactive Gaming

Asses.Masses

Patrick Blenkarn & Milton Lim

A collective video game experience played by the audience.

24&25 JAN

Sydney Opera House

$69 + BF

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Workshop

Workshop: Conflicts Inside-Out

Can we separate the outer world from the inner self?

24 JAN

Carriageworks

$10 + BF

BLAK OUT

Vigil: Belong

Nardi Simpson, Lucy Simpson & Uncle Matthew Doyle

Rising smoke, song and ceremony at sunset.

25 JAN

Barangaroo Reserve

FREE

Workshop

Workshop: Save the Last Dance for Me (Palm Grove)

Gianmaria Borzillo & Giovanfrancesco Giannini

An Italian spin on love and desire.

14 & 15 JAN

Palm Grove, Darling Harbour

FREE

Dance

Save the Last Dance for Me

Alessandro Sciarroni

An Italian spin on love and desire.

15 - 23 JAN

Multiple Locations

$39 + BF

Workshop

Workshop: Save the Last Dance for Me

Learn the Polka Chinata, a daring courtship dance conceived in Bologna.

14 - 23 JAN

Multiple Locations

FREE

Immersive

Wansolmoana Lunar Assembly

Ocean, moon, water, womb. Let the tide wash over you.

18 & 19 JAN

Multiple Locations

$35 + BF

BLAK OUT

THE BOGONG’S SONG: A CALL TO COUNTRY

Even the smallest creatures have a vital role to play.

15 – 20 JAN

Multiple Locations

$29 + BF

Family

Garden of Sound

Play your part in this innovative symphony.

7 – 17 JAN

Multiple Locations

$25 + BF

Immersive

Festival Commons

Sydney Festival

A bold new initiative supporting the next generation of festival-makers, curators and cultural conveners.

COMING SOON

FREE

Talk

Opera for the Dead 祭歌: Post-Show Talk

Mindy Meng Wang & Monica Lim

Hear from lead creatives Mindy Meng Wang and Monica Lim.

15 – 18 JAN

Bell Shakespeare, The Neilson Nutshell

Talk

Dear Son: Post-Show Talk

Thomas Mayo, Isaac Drandic & John Harvey

Join Director Isaac Drandic and Co-Adaptor John Harvey for a post-performance conversation.

13 JAN

Belvoir St Theatre

Talk

Nowhere: Post-Show Talk

Khalid Abdalla

Stick around after the performance for a conversation with lead writer and performer Khalid Abdalla.

13 – 17 JAN

Roslyn Packer Theatre

Dance

EXXY: Post-Show Talk

Dan Daw

Dan Daw, Artistic Director and lead Performer, joins audiences after select performances for a post-show talk.

17 JAN

Sydney Opera House

Talk

Garrigarrang Badu: Post-Show Talk

Peta Strachan & Jannawi Dance Clan

Stick around after the performance for a special Dharug Knowledge Panel, facilitated by Cathy Craigie.

10 JAN

Sydney Opera House

Talk

Mama Does Derby: Post-Show Talk

Virginia Gay & Clare Watson

Multi-award-winning artists Clare Watson and Virginia Gay discuss the co-creation of their roller derby romp.

15 – 22 JAN

Sydney Town Hall

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