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Why your next computer may be a lab-grown brain

We interview Dr Brett Kagan, Chief Scientific Officer at Cortical Labs, a Melbourne-based biological computing startup trying to revolutionise the AI industry by replacing current computer chip technology with biological alternatives, offering far more processing power for significantly less energy usage.

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Yellow purple and red cortical cells spread out against a dark background grown by Cortical Labs Melbourne

Surfing at the Opera House: An Unexpected History

  • Cinema

Discover the hidden origins of Cinema at the Opera House and its connection with countercultural surf films.

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Love List: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Sunset Boulevard star Ashleigh Rubenach picks her favourite songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a titan of musical theatre. Listen now - don't fight the music of the night - for her picks from The Phantom of the Opera, Evita and more.

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There’s Something in the Wata

Paul Grabowsky has spent two decades exploring ways to combine ‘Western’ musical tradition with the traditions of the world’s oldest-continuing culture. With Wata, which receives its Sydney premiere this July, he has arrived somewhere new, old, familiar and unique all at the same time.

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How to spend 24 hours in Sydney

Join us as we spend a day in Australia’s beautiful city.

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Jacaranda trees in full bloom in Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.

La Traviata

Joan Sutherland Theatre

7 Feb – 27 Mar 2025

  • Opera

Glamour, riches and a tragic secret: this is the story of a courtesan falling in love. Classic opera with stunning costumes and outstanding music.

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Woman in gold ballgown stands away from other partygoers

The Pacific tales given a modern dance spin in MĀUI

  • Dance
  • First Nations

Direct from Aotearoa and created by Fresh Movement Collective comes MĀUI, a contemporary dance reimagining of Pacific storytelling. The production focuses on tales revolving around the heroic demigod, Māui. It vibrantly explores his many sides, from pulling down the sun to lifting the islands out of the water, and more.

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Cheat Sheet: Horizon

  • Dance
  • First Nations

Here's your cheat sheet to the stories behind Bangarra's exquisite Horizon. Learn all about the choreographers and their country across the seas from the Torres Strait Islands to Lake Taupō, Aotearoa.

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Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Concert Hall

12 Feb 2025

  • Classical Music

Marking their Australian debut, the spectacular Singapore Symphony Orchestra will light up the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall with a headline performance by teenage violin prodigy Chloe Chua, plus star cellist Ng Pei-Sian.

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A Singaporean man and woman play the cello and violin respectively next to an older white man holding a conductor's baton, all basked in a red light filter.

Operation Ouch

Concert Hall

20 & 21 Jan 2025

  • Kids & Families
  • Theatre

Ages 5+ | TV’s favourite doctors return to Australia this January with a gigantic new show. Join the twins on a dino-mite adventure to unearth the most dangerous, most powerful, most important fart in history—the Jurassic Fart!

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Two men and a skeleton look surprised. There are dinosaurs and mist in the background.
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