Stories that Stir

  • Talks and Ideas
  • Utzon Room

Raw and personal stories shared from the heart

Treat yourself to an evening of leaning in and listening to raw and personal stories from six ordinary yet extraordinary people. Their stories will be linked to the theme INFINITE POSSIBILITIES, in all its shapes and forms. 

Meet your storytellers: 

• Freedom to Dream – Rox Cooper Lee – Founder Blue Guitar Project 

• Paper Cuts – Dr. Casey Sullivan – Aboriginal Woman of the Year 2024 

• A L.O.V.E. Story – Rugare Gomo – Leadership Coach, Motivational Speaker, Author 

• Beyond Grief – Marie Alessi – Author, Grief Advocate and Speaker 

• Hate to Harmony – Ernest Friedlander OAM – Moving Forward Together Foundation 

• Dreamweaver – Adam Axford – Magician and Wordsmith 

• ‘There’s a Place’ – performed by Sally Westaway and Dan the Underdog from Alice Springs 

Meet your Hosts: Monica Rosenfeld and Joram van der Starre

Presented by Monica Rosenfeld

Event details

What it means to be human, to stand in another’s shoes and see the world through their eyes.

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are 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).

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