Oleum A Sydney Opera
23 January 2025
In the Playhouse
Cinema
Australia | 2024 | English | Opera | Unclassified 15+
Commissioned by Sydney Opera House, and conceived by creative studio Subversus, Oleum is a provocative reframing of opera for the screen. This unique short film follows the journey of a wounded mechanic as he strives to hear the plaintive song of a local waitress one last time.
| Date | Time |
| Thursday 23 Jaunary 2025 | 5pm |
This is a Free Event By invitation only.
Registration Required.
The only authorised ticket agency for this event is Sydney Opera House. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
In English
Wheelchair accessible:
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Run time
The total duration of this event is 30 minutes including a 15 minute introduction.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
The advertised start time is the event start time. Venue doors will open approximately 15 minutes before the advertised start time. Seating will be unreserved, general admission.
Age
This film in Unclassified 15+
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
Useful information:
Private Preview Screening
Oleum reframes and reconstructs opera for the screen, moving beyond the walls of the Opera House, shooting in and around Sydney to spotlight the city and its creatives on a global stage.
Featuring alt-r&b star, Maina Doe and frontman of post-punk / hip hop project Shady Nasty, Kevin Stathis, with original composition by the internationally acclaimed Corin Ileto, Oleum serves as a collision point for a gamut of flourishing Sydney creatives.
Directed by VERSUS (Tanya Babić and Jason Sukadana), the Oleum creative team includes award-winning cinematographer, Tyson Perkins; renowned theatre and opera designers, Charles Davis and Emma White; and interdisciplinary fashion designers Injury (Dan Tse & Eugene Leung).
Enabled by Sydney Opera House donor Professor Ross Steele AM, The Skrzynski Foundation and New Work Now donors.
Sydney Opera House & Subversus Present
Cast and credits
Featuring
Maina Doe
Kevin Stathis (Shady Nasty)
Composer
Corin Ileto
Director
VERSUS (Tanya Babić & Jason Sukadana)
Director of Photography
Tyson Perkins
Production Designers
Charles Davis
Emma White
Costume & Styling Injury
Eugene Leung
Dan Tse
Plan your visit
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six minute walk to the Opera House.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered reliable. If you purchase tickets from a non-authorised agency such as Ticketmaster Resale, Viagogo, Ticketbis, eBay, Gumtree, Tickets Australia or any other unauthorised seller, you risk that these tickets are fake, void or have previously been cancelled. Resale restriction applies. For more details, please refer to our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Attendance at Events.
Please contact Box Office on +61 2 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
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