Festival Stories

Stories

Festival Stories is where we go deeper on the shows and artists appearing at Sydney Festival.

Bookmark this page for interviews with the artists, behind the scenes stories, top picks from Festival programmers and arts critics, videos, podcasts, playlists and more.

It’s your window into the world of Sydney Festival.

Ernie Dingo announced among stellar cast for Bran Nue Dae

A hotshot cast for the iconic musical's 30th birthday revival

Sydney Festival 2020 Dates Announced

Start planning your summer now

Counting & Cracking wins seven Helpmann Awards

The #sydfest 2019 world premiere sweeps the board

Sydney Festival Director speaks to Radio National about the power of Indigenous storytelling

Hear the panel discussion

Resilience and Recovery

What role can the arts play?

Setting the agenda for 2020

Indigenous Australia and Captain Cook

Watch Orquesta Akokán in the Spiegeltent

Performing La Cosa

Listen to Neneh Cherry's #sydfest performance

Recorded by Double J

Thanks for joining us at #SYDFEST 2019!

Thank You from Wesley Enoch

Sydney Festival 2019: adventurous stories for a culturally diverse city

An op-ed by Wesley Enoch

Watch mini-talks from UTS experts about Sydney Festival 2019 shows

Plus free UTS Big Thinking Forums

Nakhane on spiritual rebirth, Grace Jones and the “underbelly of sex”

Catch him in the Spiegeltent while you still can

We made you a playlist of Sydney Festival 2019 music

A 20 song tour of the music program

What tickets to get everyone you know for Christmas

Look cultured & save money

Gotye's homage to Jean-Jacques Perry

Love our free events? Help make them possible

Support Sydney Festival

That's a wrap on #sydfest 2018!

Thanks from Wesley Enoch

Watch Wesley Enoch in conversation with Fez Faanana from Briefs

“It’s about finding our people.”

How to tackle Sydney Festival 2018's opening weekend

We made you an easy itinerary

The 11 best free things to do at Sydney Festival

Stacked with interactive art, free music and free classes

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