Rinse
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Event details
| Date | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 10 September 2026 | 7:00pm | |
| Friday, 11 September 2026 | 7:00pm |
Auslan Interpreted |
| Saturday, 12 September 2026 | 7:00pm |
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | $59 |
| Concession | $49 |
Buy 2 Package | $47.50 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
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Auslan Interpreted performance
Friday 11 September 2026 7:00pm
Experienced Auslan interpreters stand to the side of the stage and translate what the actors are saying or singing into Auslan. A block of seats is reserved for users of this service to ensure a good view of the interpreter and the stage. Book this performance.
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 contains strobe lighting and haze effects, loud sound, simulated blood, partial nudity, use of toy firearm, and some coarse language.
Recommended for ages 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.
The State of the Arts (UK)Moments of seriousness, moments of hilarity, moments of contemplation and tenderness, but it all felt beautifully deliberate.
About the artists
Amrita Hepi
Amrita Hepi (Bundjulung/Ngāpuhi) is a multidisciplinary artist & choreographer based in Naarm and Bangkok.
Her interest as an artist is in the idea of archive; particularly in relation to the body and how it is organised by ancestry, people, events and environment.
By coalescing fact and fiction, memoir and ethnography, the local and the singular into the performance/artwork she makes.
Amrita trained at NAISDA & Alvin Ailey NYC. A critically acclaimed artist she has twice been the winner of the people choice award for the Keir Choreographic Award, was a Forbes 30 under 30 for artist, and has shown and been commissioned nationally and internationally.
Amrita is a Triad member of performance company APHIDS, on the board of directors and artistic associate for RISING festival and part of the Artistic Associate group for STRUT dance. Her commitment to collaboration and kinship are key tenets to her
Mish Grigor
Mish is a performance maker, writer, and performer. She is Co-Artistic Director of APHIDS with Lara Thoms, and one-third of POST with Zoë Coombs Marr and Natalie Rose.
Mish enjoys connecting tangible everyday dilemmas with larger political and philosophical concepts using humour, facts and fiction. Her work is based in collaboration and thinking collectively to scrutinise the often unacknowledged pressures, delights and paradoxes of the performance situation.
Recent work includes directing at Festival d'Avignon, performing at Lincoln Center for Under the Radar Festival (NYC), a residency at the National Theatre (UK) and a Power Institute fellowship at Cité Internationale des Arts Paris.
Mish has presented her work at Sydney Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Festival, Belvoir St Theatre, Art Gallery of South Australia/Adelaide Biennial, Artshouse, FTA Montreal, Performance Space, Brisbane Powerhouse, Darwin Festival, Brisbane Festival, PICA, Battersea Arts Centre (UK), Taipei Performing Arts Centre and La Mama (New York). She has also worked with Pan Pan Theatre (Ireland), Reckless Sleepers (Belgium) and Forest Fringe, amongst others.
Credits
Co-Writer, Choreographer and Performer Amrita Hepi
Co-Writer and Director Mish Grigor
Sound Design & Composer Daniel Jenatsch
Lighting Designer Matt Adey
Produced by Performing Lines
Rinse is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts investment and advisory body, the NSW Government through Create NSW and APHIDS. It was co-commissioned by Performance Space and the Keir Foundation. The project has been supported by Supercell: Festival of Contemporary Dance through the Makers Program, Carriageworks, Dancehouse and the Keir Foundation for the 2020 Keir Choreographic Award.
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.
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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
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The Playhouse is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.