SSI Homelands Chameleon
Event details
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Saturday, 18 July 2026 | 7:00pm |
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Unreserved Seating | $15.95 |
No booking fee applies for this performance
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
The only authorised ticket agencies for this event are Sydney Opera House. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
General Public tickets on-sale
9:00am, Tuesday 16 June 2026
For those requiring assistance, wheelchair or companion seating, accessible seating locations are available. Bookings can be made by calling the Box Office on +61 2 9250 7777 or by email.
This performance will be filmed and may contain strobe lighting and smoke machines.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
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.
Tsoof Baras, Chameleon creatorThis show was born out of my exploration of cultural identity. One layered with the acknowledgment that the search for belonging is a universal one.
About the artists
Tsoof Baras
Chameleon Creator, Director, Composer and Producer
Tsoof Baras is a Brisbane-based composer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist whose career spans orchestral percussion, traditional global drumming and major commercial productions. A graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, Tsoof’s unique artistry blends classical training with deep immersion in West African, Afro-Cuban and Middle Eastern hand percussion traditions - including intensive study in Conakry, Guinea.
An accomplished session musician, his diverse performance credits include national musical theatre productions such as Hamilton and Mamma Mia! at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, alongside collaborations with world-fusion ensembles like MZAZA and PanAlchemy.
As the director and chief composer of the professional drumming ensemble SoundStruck, Tsoof specializes in large-scale rhythmic spectacles, having directed and produced massive percussion events for the Commonwealth Games and the NRL Dolphins halftime show. Equally dedicated to education and literature, he has served as a sessional percussion tutor at the Queensland Conservatorium since 2017 and is the author of How to Get Good and The Percussion Blueprint. His current creative focuses include original commissions for theatre and the development of Chameleon, an ambitious new contemporary ballet score.
Rani Luther
Creative Collaborator and Choreographer
Rani Luther is a choreographer, creative producer and former professional dancer whose distinguished international career spanned nearly two decades, performing with renowned companies including Netherlands Dance Theatre 1 and 2, The Australian Ballet and Sydney Dance Company. A Gold Medal winner at the Sanlam International Ballet Competition and Green Room Award nominee, Rani has worked with some of the world’s most celebrated choreographers.
Rani served as Ballet Mistress and Creative Associate for Queensland Ballet, where she led and contributed to a range of artistic and interdisciplinary initiatives. Drawing on her extensive performance experience, she creates contemporary ballet works that fuse technical and musical excellence, with emotional depth and powerful storytelling. Her choreographic credits include works for Queensland Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company PPY, CIRCA and Opera Queensland.
Credits
Chameleon Creator, Director, Composer and Producer Tsoof Baras
Creative Collaborator and Choreographer Rani Luther
Musicians
Musical Director, Percussion Tsoof Baras
Double Bass, Percussion Elias Kokkoris
Woodwinds, Percussion Luke Cuerel
Viola, Percussion Julia Hill
Guitar, Percussion Matthew Teakle
Piano, Percussion Crystal Smith
Dancers
Emil (Father) Michael Braun
Oren (Son) Jayden Grogan
Snake Rafaela Morel
Ancestor Madeleine Semple
Young Sugar Glider Zara Strelen
Sugar Glider Matthew Erlandson
Attending this event
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 7-10 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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Location and access
Studio
The Studio is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.