Sydney Opera House

The wildly imaginative and whimsical world of Seussville will be brought to life in the Western Foyers with a special free retrospective exhibition of Dr. Seuss artworks, exclusively as part of GRAPHIC Festival from November 2-11.More

Sydney Opera House today announced that all talks from Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2012 are available to stream, free from the Sydney Opera House website. More.

With mischievous humour and madcap style, The Cat in the Hat introduces his new friends to a crazy afternoon. More

Noel Fielding will bring his trademark brand of psychedelic humour to the small stage in two intimate performances as he warms-up for his sold-out Melbourne season. More

Following a recent sell-out Australian tour, First Aid Kit will bring their magnificent folk-pop to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. More

Monty Python veteran and travel addict Michael Palin shares his stories from across the world on November 10 for Ideas at the House. More

Charlie Pickering, Judith Lucy, Rich Fulcher and more join the line up for Just for Laughs at Sydney Opera House. More

As part of the much anticipated Summer at the House season, the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall will play host to the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular. Fans will encounter the series’ most fearsome monsters against the backdrop of Murray Gold’s score performed by the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and a 60-strong choir. More

Prepare for an uproarious Christmas when Sydney Opera House presents 'trAnnie', an adults-only panto from the writing team of Phil Scott and Trevor Ashley. trAnnie will premiere at the Studio, Sydney Opera House playing an exclusive season from 5 to 23 December 2012. More

Sydney Opera House today announced their program for the third annual GRAPHIC festival, a weekend of graphic storytelling, illustration, comics, animation and music on November 10 and 11. More

Spiritualized return to Sydney Opera House to play the Concert Hall on Sunday 2 December, performing songs from their latest album, Sweet Heart, Sweet Light. More

Sydney Opera House today announced another exciting addition to the Just for Laughs 2012 line up. Superstar comedian Aziz Ansari will open the festival on 12 October with his solo stand up show Buried Alive in the Concert Hall. More

Just for Laughs, will return to Sydney Opera House in October for its second Australian season. The program, curated for local audiences, will feature a stellar line up of international and Australian comedians, bringing more artists to more venues across the House in a series of star-studded galas, solo shows and comedy club nights. More

This October Sydney Opera House and BBC Earth will present the Australian premieres of two spectacular film events: Planet Earth in Concert and The Blue Planet in Concert. More

The Festival of Dangerous Ideas is more dangerous than ever, bringing important questions to light as a catalyst for sharp debate and vibrant discussion.  Traversing a broad terrain, the festival features a host of international and local speakers. More 

New York glam-queens the Scissor Sisters will bring their infectious dance floor anthems to Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Sunday 27 September. More

 In a special one-off concert, Grammy award-winning neo-soul singer, Macy Gray will play the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House on Sunday 16 September. More

Sydney Opera House will present award winning Canadian author John Ralston Saul in the Concert Hall on Sunday 26 August to discuss the current state of the world – It’s Broke: How can we fix it?More

Sydney Opera House presents An Evening with Nitin Sawney, a special, one-off concert showcasing the career of one of the world’s most influential composers and performers, in the Concert Hall on Tuesday 4 September. More

Acclaimed soprano Angela Denoke engaged to step in for concert with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & new chief conductor Sir Andrew Davis. More

In the bicentenary year of Charles Dickens’ birth, Sydney Opera House will pay homage to one of the greatest writers of the English language with a talk by Simon Callow CBE. More

For the first time ever in Australia, London’s The School of Life comes to Sydney Opera House on Sunday 15 July.More

For the first time in the southern hemisphere, Sydney Opera House and Sundance Company present National Geographic Live, in association with National Geographic Channel.More

Sydney Opera House today unveiled a vibrant and eclectic program for Spring Dance 2012 – Australia’s only international festival of contemporary dance – curated by Rafael Bonachela.More

More Fun Than a Wii is a playful, naughty, fun and 'Goon-like' comedy for children and families. More

Sydney Opera House, in partnership with Google, will stream selected performances on a dedicated YouTube channel during Vivid LIVE. More

Sydney Opera House and ILBIJERRI Theatre Company will present CORANDERRK: We Will Show the Country  and a series of accompanying debates and discussions from 28 June – 1st July. More

Sydney Opera House today announced the full line-ups for the Vivid LIVE Parties, to be held in The Studio and presented by local music industry promoters and labels during the 10-day Vivid LIVE festival. More

There’s something for all ages at Sydney Opera House in May, with two seasons that are designed to introduce children to the magical world of music. More

Due to popular demand, a third and final concert of Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and Sufjan Stevens’ Planetarium has been added for Vivid LIVE on Tuesday 29 May. More

Sydney Opera House is delighted to present a special one-off intimate performance by “America’s favourite mezzo” (Gramophone) Susan Graham. More

American bestselling author and journalist Michael Pollan will make his Sydney Opera House debut this July. More

Sydney Opera House has announced the program for Vivid LIVE 2012.More

The Studio at Sydney Opera House will be transformed into a hazardous mysterious island this April school holidays for Escape From Peligro Island. More

Sydney Opera House presents The Four Seasons, the first Babies Proms performance of 2012 that will introduce toddlers to the excitement of live performance. More

Sydney Opera House today announced a new Festival Director for Vivid LIVE, its 10-day celebration of ambitious popular music within the city’s annual Vivid Sydney festival of light, music and ideas running from 25 May to 11 June 2012.

Esteemed choreographer and Sydney Dance Company Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela will curate Spring Dance - Australia’s only annual international festival of contemporary dance - for three years starting in 2012. More

The world’s pre-eminent dramatic soprano Deborah Voigtmakes her Australian debut in June, singing the music which has taken her to the highest levels of opera stardom. More

In April 2012, Sydney Opera House will stage The Composers: Steve Reich in Residence - an ambitious program that will celebrate the work of one of the most original composers of our time. More

The world's preeminent atheist, scientist and bestselling author, Richard Dawkins, returns to Sydney Opera House this April. More

Due to overwhelming demand, Sydney Opera House has announced a second and final season extension for La Soirée until March 11. More

Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Emily Barclay will bring a piece of New York City to the Sydney Opera House stage this autumn, with Kenneth Lonergan’s seminal play This is Our Youth – a darkly funny play about coming of age in New York in the 80s. More

Message Sticks returns to Sydney Opera House from 27th March – 1st April 2012 for a festival of music, talks, dance, story-telling, exhibitions and film screenings, showcasing the best of Indigenous film, music and performing arts in Australia. More    

One of the greatest forces in African music Angelique Kidjo returns to Sydney Opera House along with the multi-Grammy Award-winning American blues singer/guitarist and songwriter, Keb’ Mo’ in his first Australian tour with full band.More

One of the great cult bands of Australia, The Necks, will play the Opera Theatre at Sydney Opera House on Monday 18 March.  More 

Sydney Opera House has announced a two week extension for La Soirée. The hit show will now run until Sunday 26 February in The Studio at Sydney Opera House. More

London based choir and orchestra ensemble The Sixteen will perform at Sydney Opera House on Monday 27 February. More

In 2012, Sunday afternoons will be transformed as the House hosts some of the world's finest classical musicians as part of the Utzon Music Series. More 

Due to popular demand, the season for both Angelina Ballerina’s Big Audition and Hairy Maclary and Friends at Sydney Opera House has been extended. More

Sydney Opera House today announced the 2012 Kids at the House season, a year-long program of theatre, music, multi-media, dance and creative play for children aged 2 – 15 years.More

Sydney Opera House has announced two more acts – a mind-reader and an escapologist – to join the already stellar line up of the 2012 ‘Summer at the House’ headline show The Illusionists. More 

With a reputation for pin-drop live performances, the Concert Hall will make the perfect setting for Laura and band to debut songs from her most ambitious album yet, 2011's critically acclaimed A Creature I Don't Know.More

Australian rock stalwarts, Dirty Three will play Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Wednesday 21 March. More

Summer just got a little more exciting with the Big Summer Sleepover – a special invitation from Sydney Opera House for families from NSW and around the country to sleep beneath the world famous sails on Thursday January 19 and Friday January 20, 2012.More

Joining Sydney Opera House’s packed Summer at the House program, will be Celebrity Autobiography – the international smash-hit comedy where the unintentionally hilarious real-life stories of the A-list are presented verbatim, live on stage by a rotating, ensemble cast of local stars. More

 Brisbane-based performers Circa return to the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre this January with a bold new vision of contemporary circus. In this exquisite cabaret of the senses, seven performers of unbelievable ability bend the very fabric of reality. More

The world's most popular philosopher returns to the Sydney Opera House to talk religion. And it's religion with a twist in Alain de Botton's new book; Religion for Atheists. More

One of America’s most beloved singer-songwriters, Will Oldham AKA Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy will play Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on 5 March. More 

In her first ever headline Australian tour, get set to be blown away by the extra-ordinary Queen of Neo-Soul, Grammy Award winning artist, Erykah Badu with 10-piece band.More

Headlining this year’s sizzling ‘Summer at the House’ season, will be the world premiere of The Illusionists – a grand and spectacular celebration of the art of magic by the most innovative illusionists working today. More 

La Soirée takes over The Studio from 6 January.  Outrageous, sexy and hilarious, La Soirée is an ever-changing feast of cabaret, new burlesque, circus sideshow and contemporary vaudeville acts. More

Beirut will bring their world-weary indie-folk to Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on Thursday 5 January. More

Seattle’s Fleet Foxes will play Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on January 2 and 3 in what will surely be an early contender for gig of the year.  More

Bon Iver will play three nights at Sydney Opera House Concert Hall on 11, 12 and 13 March, 2012, returning to Australian shores to celebrate the release of Bon Iver, Bon Iver, their highly-acclaimed, second full-length record, out now via Jagjaguwar / Inertia. More

 NPR Humorist and Best-selling Author David Sedaris performs live in the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House on Monday 16 January. More