Welcome to the Sydney Opera House

We’re thrilled to be open and we can’t wait to welcome you back.

COVID-19 health update as of Wednesday 15 December, 2021 Advice for patrons and visitors attending the Opera House

The Opera House has reopened with a range of live performances, delicious food and Sydney’s best views at Opera Bar, Opera Kitchen, Portside and Bennelong, and guided tours exploring the magnificent building.

Find out more about upcoming events here, and for restaurant and tour bookings click here.

The health and safety of everyone at the Opera House is our top priority. In line with the NSW Public Health Order, a number of COVID safe measures are in place for the safety and wellbeing of everyone on site. Please check this page prior to attending the Opera House for the most up-to-date information.

What’s on

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Musical Theatre

SIX the Musical

19 Dec 2021 to 2 April 2021

Re-introducing the six wives of Henry VIII - six rebellious heroines take to the mic to remix over 500 years of history and heartbreak in a celebration of girl power. The global pop musical phenomenon is coming, and set to take Sydney by storm.

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all about women

12 – 13 mar 2022

An annual festival that marks International Women's Day and celebrating extraordinary artists and thinkers, All About Women is a vibrant day of stimulating debate about the big ideas important to women, non-binary people and their allies.

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Musical Theatre

A Chorus Line

11 Feb 2022 - 06 Mar 2022

Dive into a world of sweat, sacrifice and sensational choreography when Broadway’s iconic dance musical comes to Sydney.

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Kids & Families

Magic Beach

04 Jan 2022 - 21 Jan 2022

Alison Lester AM's classic book comes to life on stage in a wonderful world of text, song, light, shadow and movement.

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Opera

La Bohème

04 Jan 2022 - 04 Feb 2022

Set among the fishnets and fairy lights of 1930s Berlin, this is the final season of one of Opera Australia’s most popular productions.

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School Holiday Workshop

Hidden House Puppets

18 Jan 2022

Led by the artists from our Summer performance Scaredy Cat, you're invited to bring an object from home and transform this everyday household item into a superstar secret celebrity of the domestic world!

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Kids & Families

Scaredy Cat

06 Jan 2022 - 22 Jan 2022

Can you help Scaredy overcome her fears? Join Helpmann Award-winning company Terrapin Puppet theatre for the world premiere of Australia's bravest cat.

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UK/AU Digital Season

On Stream

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Badu Gili

Badu Gili: Wonder Women

Every Day

Badu Gili - meaning 'water light' in the language of the traditional owners of Bennelong Point, the Gadigal people - is a free daily experience that explores First Nations stories in a spectacular six-minute projection on the Opera House’s eastern Bennelong sails.

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Tours and Experiences

Daily

Venture under the sails and into the heart of Australia’s greatest building on a Sydney Opera House Tour.

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New to Stream in Summer

As we head into summer and return to something resembling normal, we’re seeing out the year with a bumper crop of online offerings including the UK/AU Digital Season featuring works from an array of unique and diverse British voices exploring themes of identity and community

Stream | Theatre

National Theatre of Scotland: Adam

Adam tells the remarkable story of a young trans man and his struggle across genders and borders to be himself.

Stream | Dance

Stopgap Dance: Artificial Things

Open a window into a parallel world where human interdependence, strength, and vulnerability play out with poetic realism.

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New to Stream in November

This month’s Stream is all about the transformative power of movement, from classic ballets reimagined to a celebration of Indigenous dance; from a little owl’s cultural journey to a choreographer’s uncanny fusion of the familiar and the alien.

Stream | Dance

Matthew Bourne Dance Season

One of the world's most popular choreographers and directors presents five of his groundbreaking repertoire. Rent the Season Bundle to watch all films for a discounted price now.

Stream | Kids & Families

Witladla by June Mills

Witladla lost his necklace! How will he get it back on his own? Meet, sing and dance with Witladla and friends as he discovers that together we can do anything.

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New to Stream in October

With the excitement building ahead of our long-awaited reopening, what better way to prepare than with a selection of performances captured at the city’s most iconic arts venue?

Stream | Music

Global Citizen at Sydney Opera House with Delta Goodrem

The worldwide concert where musicians joined voices to defend the planet and defeat poverty. Watch Delta perform next to the sails for this important moment.

Stream | Music

Shortwave: DeepFaith | A DEEPFAITH DIGITAL ODYSSEY - ACT 1 - UNTIL WE FLY

Travelling to a new Verse, we begin our story… A coming of age for this neo-outsider. A tragedy to some, a new hope for others. As she moves from her post-life-apocalypse. We extend an open invitation to anyone who wants to be their best.

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New to Stream in September

From change-making conversations and world-exclusive launches to musical cabaret, cinematic visions and club culture, September’s Stream lineup will take you on a journey through the mind, body and spirit.

Stream | Talks & Ideas

Antidote on demand

Catch-up on all talks from the 2021 festival of ideas, action and change featuring a line up of inspiring conversations and creative solutions that respond to our turbulent moment.

Stream | Cabaret

Bigger & Blacker

Comedy cabaret guaranteed to get you laughing, thinking and shimmying in your chair.

Online puzzle

The Disappearing Act: A Virtual Escape Room

When a friend is kidnapped during an Opera House magic show, it's up to you to work out what's going on. In this our second virtual escape room, the stakes are even higher as you're challenged to #EscapeTheHouse.

Art

The case for everyday creativity

Meditation teacher and academic Nadine Cameron writes on casting aside the “fear of the quality of output” and finding fulfilment in everyday acts of art and imagination.

Musical Theatre

The viral musical you’ve probably never heard of

When it opened in 2017, SIX The Musical enchanted a new generation of musical theatre fans with its homages to pop music and progressive take on Tudor history. Now, having just debuted on Broadway, the viral musical has its sights set on a wider audience.

Contemporary Art

Giant Bonsai – A photographic project by Garry Trinh

Artist Garry Trinh’s Giant Bonsai (2011 -) is an ongoing photographic project, digitally presented for Antidote, that celebrates the incidental charms of creative urban vegetation pruning in Sydney.

Kids & Families

Stage Direction: Grug & Magic Beach

How does a treasured childhood classic become a living, breathing three-dimensional theatre tale? Lenny Ann Low looks at the art of adapting two iconic picture books for the Opera House stage.

Community

A career in sails – My first NYE

Leonie Bell started her career as a chef-apprentice for Bennelong Restaurant when she was 15, working on Sydney's first-ever world-famous NYE fireworks show in 1976. Still at the Opera House, Leonie discusses what it was like leading up to that fateful night.

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Stay Covid Safe

To ensure a safe and comfortable environment for everyone, we’ve made some changes to the way we operate.

Transport

By bike, bus, car, ferry or train. Learn more about how to visit us.

Accessibility

Our goal is to provide barrier-free access, making the site, building and experiences offered accessible to everyone.

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COVID-19 health update as of Wednesday 15 December, 2021 Advice for patrons and visitors attending the Opera House

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The Sydney Opera House honours our First Nations by fostering a shared sense of belonging for all Australians, and we acknowledge the Gadigal, traditional custodians of Tubowgule, the land on which the Opera House stands.

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