A Forest in the City
16 – 19 July 2024
In the Studio
Kids & Families
Ages 4+ | Create an imaginary city through projections and play! This interactive performance uses full scale colourful projections, digital technology and dance, and comes direct to Sydney Opera House from Italy. Children are invited join two dancers onstage and step inside a magical green city and help to create an exciting new world, where insects appear, the seasons change, and the city gets bigger, busier, and more complex.
| Date | Time |
| Tuesday 16 July 2024 | 9.45am, 12.15pm, 2.45pm |
| Wednesday 17 July 2024 | 9.45am, 12.15pm, 2.45pm |
| Thursday 18 July 2024 | 9.45am, 12.15pm, 2.45pm |
| Friday 19 July 2024 | 9.45am, 12.15pm, 2.45pm |
| Ticket | Price |
| Carpet Floor Seating* | $39 |
| Premium | $39 |
| A Reserve | $35 |
*PLEASE NOTE: Only children seated on the carpet floor seating will get onstage as part of the show. However all ticket holders are welcomed onstage after the performance to 'play' with the interactive technology.
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The authorised agency for this event is Sydney Opera House. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
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Wheelchair accessible
There are a number of wheelchair and companion seating locations available.
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Participation
Only children seated on the carpet floor seating will get onstage as part of the show. However all ticket holders are welcomed onstage after the performance to 'play' with the interactive technology. No one is required to get onstage should they not wish to.
Run time
The duration of this event is 50 minutes.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
Suitable for all ages 4+
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy
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Help create a new green city through projection and dance
Explore all the possibilities of a new green city in this immersive and interactive work for young audiences from the team who brought you Saltbush.
Join two dancers onstage to help create a magical green city. The ‘architect’ dancer observes the landscape and draws the city with houses and streets full of light and colour, whilst the second dancer loves the earth, and greens the streets by drawing grass, trees and fabulous nature.
An imaginary city develops and grows by combining the two dancers strengths and characteristics. The newborn city becomes a living environment as children come onstage to populate the city with colour and light. The audience will be part of the city’s growth and learn that urban and green can co-exist in harmony when creativity and imagination come together.
This unmissable Australian premiere flies in from Italy to the Sydney Opera House stage to give your kids the best interactive dance and projection work from across the globe!
Sydney Opera House presents Compagnia TPO production of A FOREST IN THE CITY
10am - 3pm 6 - 21 July 2024
Seed Bracelet Workshop
Free creative play in the Western Foyer
To compliment the Forest in the City performance, create your very own Seed Bracelet. Look, feel, smell and create with seeds and flowers on your bracelet. The seeds will grow into flowers that attract bees, insects and butterflies. Plant it in your backyard or balcony. Give it good care, feel the soil if it needs some water, whisper kind words to it and wait, wait and see!
Artist to Artist Masterclass
Creating Performances with Digital Projections
18 July
Join the artists and technician from Italy’s famed Compagnia TPO, on the occasion of their Sydney Opera House season of their interactive dance and projection performance for young audiences, A Forest in the City.
Compagnia TPO
Creators of A Forest in the City
Italy’s Compagnia TPO (Teatro di Piazza o d’Occasione) is an internationally renowned, pioneering, multidisciplinary performance group that melds music, dance, art, sculpture, digital media, lighting and sound into a one-of-kind, interactive experience. Their work has been described as ‘visual, emotional, tactile and immersive’. They specialise in using digital designs to create ‘sensitive environments’ where art and play can be experienced, in dialogue with players in motion, individual dancers or children. Images and sounds interface with moving bodies onstage, transforming live gestures and virtual landscapes into interactive art environments. The TPO Company’s work is directed by a versatile and tight-knit team composed of Davide Venturini, Francesco Gandi, (artistic direction), Elsa Mersi (visual design), Spartaco Cortesi (sound design), Rossano Monti and Martin von Günten (engineering).
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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.
Covid-safe information
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We’re committed to making your experience safe, comfortable and enjoyable, with a number of measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. We remind our audiences and visitors to please stay home if you feel unwell. If you need to discuss your ticketing or booking options, contact our Box Office team on 02 9250 7777.
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We have a number of safety measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. While face masks are no longer required, we ask all our patrons and visitors to practise good hygiene.
The Sydney Opera House no longer requires patrons to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times. Babies aged 0-2 years old at the time of a performance may be seated on an adult’s lap. Children 2 years and older will need to hold a standard ticket.
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 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. Opera Bar, Opera Kitchen and Portside are also available for you to enjoy.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and Western Foyers. The public lift to the 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.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
The Opera House has also developed a Child-friendly Code of Conduct to engage with our youngest visitors.
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