| 25 August | David Sedaris NPR Humorist and Best-selling Author David Sedaris performs live in the Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House on Monday 16 January. More | |
| 25 August | Gang Gang Dance Sydney Opera House by arrangement with Penny Drop presents Gang Gang Dance in The Studio on Saturday 10 December.More | |
| 19 August | ARTiculate Sydney Opera House presents a new, free monthly series of casual conversations about the arts. More | |
| 15 August | The Gruffalo Adored by children around the world, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s award-winning picture book The Gruffalo will be brought to life, in a musical adaption next school holidays, from 24 September – 8 October, as part of the Kids at the House program. More | |
| 2 August | Festival of Dangerous Ideas Sydney Opera House today announced the program for 2011 Festival of Dangerous Ideas which will take place over the long weekend, October 1-2. More | |
| 28 July | Gotye: second show on sale now Sydney Opera House today announced a second concert for Gotye: An Animated Album preview on Sunday 21 August as part of Graphic Festival. More | |
| 19 July 11 | Alan Ball: Vampires, Death and the Mundane Hear the creator of True Blood, Six Feet Under and American Beauty in-conversation with Wil Anderson. More
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| 18 July 11 | Media Release: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs Mike Daisey, the man dubbed ‘the master storyteller’ by the New York Times will return to the Sydney Opera House Studio for an intimate staging of his newest production The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.More | |
| 7 July 11 | What Makes A Good Life Join three speakers from diverse backgrounds with different perspectives on life and hear them discuss what exactly does make for a good life and how it can be achieved. More | |
| 5 July 11 | Just for Laughs at Sydney Opera House: Second Annoucement Sydney Opera House today announced that Martin Short, Demetri Martin and Russell Howard will join the international, all-star line up of comedians performing at Sydney Opera House in September this year, as part of Australia’s first Just for Laughs festival. More | |
| 4 July 11 | Kursk Inspired by the tragic story of the Russian submarine Kursk that suffered a huge explosion underwater in 2000, this production will take its audience on the imagined journey of a British submarine sent to spy on the Russians. More | |
| 28 June 11 | John Waters selects Double Features from Hell John Waters is coming to Sydney this October to curate a film festival like no other – Double Features from Hell, from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 October at the Sydney Opera House. More | |
| 27 June 11 | eighth blackbird The Grammy Award-winning sextet and ultimate ambassador for new music, eighth blackbird, today announced their first ever Australian concert. More | |
| 23 June 11 | GRAPHIC Animation Competition opens Sydney Opera House today announced the return of the global GRAPHIC animation competition as part of the GRAPHIC 2011 festival of storytelling, animation and music. More | |
| 09 June 11 | Just For Laughs Sydney Opera House today launched a three-year partnership with the world’s biggest comedy festival, Just for Laughs, and Australia’s best-known comedy presenter Adrian Bohm, that will attract the brightest, funniest and finest names in international comedy to the Australian stage. More | |
| 7 June 11 | Little Big Shots Little Big Shots returns to Sydney Opera House for a sixth year over the weekend of 30 – 31 July with a brand new program of Australian and international short films, animations and documentaries for 2 – 15 year olds. More | |
| 31 May 11 | Peter Singer Once labelled the most dangerous man on the planet, Peter Singer is one of the world’s best-known thinkers and a controversial moral philosopher who will discuss the topic of Ethical Issues in an Online World in his Sydney Opera House debut. More | |
| 31 May 11 | Thomas Friedman Thomas Friedman is one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals. He has long been an outspoken commentator on global affairs with a unique ability to focus on the social, economic and political trends that are shaping our world. More | |
| 30 May 11 | Spring Dance 2011 Sydney Opera House today unveiled a rich and varied program for its third annual Spring Dance - Australia’s only international, contemporary dance festival. More | |
| 27 May 11 | Vivid LIVE Update Sydney Opera House today launched its first ever iPhone App for Vivid LIVE. Available for download from iTunes now, features include live streaming of the Lighting the Sails, program information, ticket purchases, a photo application and more. More | |
| 26 May 11 | Chris Cornell Solo Acoustic Performance Chris Cornell, the Grammy winning rock icon and one of the greatest male voices of our time, brings his solo acoustic “Songbook” tour to Sydney Opera House on Saturday October 22. More. | |
| 18 May 11 | GRAPHIC 2011 Program Revealed Sydney Opera House today announced the program for the second annual GRAPHIC festival, a weekend of graphic storytelling, animation and music on August 20 and 21. More | |
| 16 May 11 | Biz Markie joins Yo Gabba Gabba! Biz Markie will join DJ Lance and the Gabba Gang, along with special guests, Art vs Science for the live stage version of the hit American children’s television series, YO GABBA GABBA! for Stephen Pavlovic’s Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House. More | |
| 10 May 11 | Chris Cunningham - Second Show Sydney Opera House today announced that a second performance by award-winning video-art pioneer Chris Cunningham has been added to Stephen Pavlovic’s Vivid LIVE program on Sunday 5 June at 5pm. More | |
| 6 May 11 | The Cure "Reflections" One of the world’s most enduringly influential bands, The Cure will perform for Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House on May 31 and June 1. More | |
| 4 May 11 | Israel and Palestine in the New Middle East With popular democratic revolutions holding sway in Egypt and Tunisia, and large-scale civil unrest in Libya, Syria, and the Gulf States, the political fundamentals that have underpinned the Middle East have irrevocably shifted the potential endgames. More | |
| 4 May 11 | The Rational Optimist Taking an original, engaging and optimistic sweep through human history, evolution, genetics and economics, Dr Matt Ridley argues that the human capacity to exchange objects and ideas has created the resilience and innovation that will equip us to come to terms with the challenges of the future. More
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| 19 Apr 11 | Lah-Lah's Big Live Band Lah Lah's Big Live Band will perform in the Concert Hall, the biggest and grandest Sydney Opera House venue from 25 - 26 June as part of the new Family Proms series in the Kids at the House 2011 program. More | |
| 7 Apr 11 | Havana Rakatan From the heart of Cuba, to four sell-out seasons in London’s West End and playing to packed houses all over the world, the smash-hit Cuban dance spectacular Havana Rakatan finally comes to Sydney. More | |
| 6 Apr 11 | Message Sticks Message Sticks returns to Sydney Opera House from 12-15 May 2011, showcasing the best of Indigenous cinema from Australia and around the world. Launching at Sydney Opera House, the festival then tours nationally from May to August.More | |
| 5 Apr 11 | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra From 29 September to 7 October 2011, the Vienna Philharmonic returns to Australia following the Orchestra’s first ever Australian concerts at Sydney Opera House in 2006. More | |
| 29 Mar 11 | Vivid LIVE From May 27 – June 5, Vivid LIVE features an astounding line up of local and international artists, all hand-picked by Stephen Pavlovic of Modular. More | |
| 11 Mar 11 | Café Rebetika! Café Rebetika! is an epic story of the heart. It is a passionate and uplifting theatre production telling a dramatic story against the backdrop of 1930s urban Greek slums that maps the rise of rebetika, the ’Greek blues’. More | |
| 9 Feb 11 | UNKLE Sydney Opera House will present electronic luminaries, UNKLE, for one spectacular live performance accompanied by strings, in the Concert Hall on Monday, 9 May 2010. More | |
| 9 Dec 10 | Vivid LIVE Vivid LIVE 2011 will be curated by Stephen “Pav” Pavlovic, founder of the hugely successful Sydney-based record label, touring company and international brand, Modular People. More | |