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Ben Schwartz & Friends

3 May 2025

In the Concert Hall

Comedy

US comedy powerhouse Ben Schwartz is bringing his live improv show Ben Schwartz & Friends to the Sydney Opera House.

Improv king Ben Schwartz makes history

TimeOut NYC

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Ben Schwartz & Friends

Ben can be seen starring in the Universal Pictures’ horror comedy Renfield. You can also catch him starring opposite Kevin Hart and John Cena in Die Hart 2: Die Harter, the second season of Roku’s hit action comedy. Ben has leading roles in Lord & Miller’s AppleTV+ miniseries The Afterparty, as well as the second season of Greg Daniels and Steve Carell’s Netflix series Space Force, in which he stars opposite stars Carell and John Malkovich. Ben is also the voice of Sonic The Hedgehog in both the original and sequel films for Paramount.  

Previous credits include the Disney feature Flora and Ulysses, based on the popular novel, the indie feature Standing Up, FallingDown for which Ben received rave reviews for his lead performance opposite Billy Crystal; Night School opposite Kevin Hart for Universal; Happy Aanniversary, written and directed by Jared Stern for Netflix; This is Where I Leave You directed by Shawn Levy, and many others. 

Ben starred opposite Don Cheadle and Kristen Bell in the Showtime comedy series House of Lies and acted alongside Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt and Aziz Ansari as Jean Ralphio on Parks & Recreation. He co-created and stars in three improv specials on Netflix entitled Middleditch & Schwartz and has lent his voice to various animated shows such as Ducktales and Rise of the TMNT. As a writer, Ben has published four books and written television shows and movies for many major studios. 

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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.

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