About the festival
All About Women is the Sydney Opera House’s festival of ideas about gender, justice and equality, held annually in the week of International Women’s Day. Enormously successful and celebrated, it fills our venues with buzzy, inspiring and agenda-setting conversations.
Now in its 14th year, the festival brings international and Australian artists, thinkers and storytellers together to explore the big ideas important to women, gender diverse people and their allies.
This year’s festival is curated by Head of Talks and Ideas Chip Rolley, Director of Programming Brenna Hobson and Senior Producer Fleur Mitchell.
Values
Each year All About Women welcomes an outstanding line-up of international and Australian artists, thinkers and storytellers, exploring the ever-evolving big ideas important to women and their allies.
Since it opened in 1973, the Sydney Opera House has promoted creativity, diversity, environmental sustainability, cultural rights and respect for heritage, both on and off its stages.
For thousands of years, Tubowgule, the land on which the Opera House stands, has been a place of gathering and belonging for the Gadigal people. The Opera House carries on this legacy by embracing and celebrating the culture of Australia’s First Peoples.
In 2019, the Opera House joined a growing collective of global and Australian companies, governments and community organisations becoming the first major Australian arts institution to announce their commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which provide a roadmap to address the world’s most pressing challenges by 2030.
Our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging strategy aligns with our core mission to be Everyone’s House.
All About Women embodies these values, both within the program and through a number of accessibility and inclusion initiatives.
Environmental Sustainability
All About Women supports our commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by keeping printed materials to a minimum, recycling signage and using sustainable materials where possible.
Find out more information about sustainability at the Opera House.
Lgbtiq+
Since opening in 1973, the Sydney Opera House has celebrated and supported the diversity of our rainbow communities, including presenting brilliant work featuring many queer artists and their stories. All About Women is proud to continue this tradition.
Reflecting its mission to “inspire and strengthen the community through everything we do”, the Sydney Opera House is also a frequent participant in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade.
As in previous years, All About Women will provide all-gender bathrooms for staff and patrons.
Dive deeper into All About Women
All About Women 2025
In 2025, its 13th year, the festival brought international and Australian artists, thinkers and storytellers together to explore the big ideas important to women, gender diverse people and their allies.
10 Years of All About Women
Since the first All About Women was presented in 2013, more than 72,000 people have attended the festival and millions more have watched the talks... online. Just as the community has evolved, so too has the program.
Ideas at the House
Talks and conversations from the Sydney Opera House featuring the world’s greatest minds and culture creators.
