From 6 – 28 August 2021, Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House will welcome some of the most ambitious and innovative artists to the nation's most famous stages in a contemporary music takeover. Presale opens 12pm Wednesday 26 May, sign-up for presale access now!
Musical Theatre
22 Jul 2021 - 15 Aug 2021
Based on the cult-classic John Waters film, Cry-Baby The Musical follows star-crossed lovers in a rock n roll romance of hilariously absurd proportions. Drenched in pastel-coloured glamour and classism of the 1950s, Cry-Baby is a provocative satirical comedy exploring beauty myths and the nuclear family in a unique, strange and totally endearing musical.
Making her Sydney Opera House debut for Vivid LIVE, ARIA-nominated multi-instrumentalist G Flip lights up the Joan Sutherland Theatre with her anthemic synth pop.
Opera
22 Jun 2021 - 13 Aug 2021
This is a story of a love so strong it defies enemy lines. This is a story of a kingdom in triumph and a nation in chains. This is a story of betrayal.
Dance
10 Jun 2021 - 10 Jul 2021
Bangarra Dance Theatre presents SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert. Under the vast Kimberley sky, the red pindan dust stretches across the desert homelands of the Walmajarri, where the ancient knowledge of People and of Country is preserved through Songlines that have endured for hundreds of generations.
Musical Theatre
03 Jun 2021 - 27 Jun 2021
Power. Privilege. Psychopathy. Meet Patrick Bateman, the man with it all; the Wall Street job, the raging ego and, of course, the secret serial murders. Step into his office as this pitch black comedy enters the deranged world of an original psycho killer.
Classical Music
14 Jul 2021 - 17 Jul 2021
Premiered in 1953 after the death of Stalin, Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony is a bumpy ride of emotion and inner turmoil.
06 Aug 2021 - 19 Nov 2021
Our introduction to live music is just right for your toddler and you!
This winter as part of Sydney Solstice, join us as we transform the Opera House's Mounumental Steps with live contemporary and classical music performances, and poetry readings in celebration of the nightly First Nations sails lighting Badu Gili.
Tours from Thursday to Monday
Venture under the sails and into the heart of Australia’s greatest building on a Sydney Opera House Tour.
