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The Rest is History Returns

Concert Hall

27 Nov 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

The world’s favourite historians, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, are returning to Australian stages with their wildly popular podcast The Rest Is History live on tour this November and December!

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Synthetic Compositions: Music Made From Artificial DNA Sequences

Utzon Room

12 Aug 2025

  • Contemporary Music
  • Experiences

Musicians perform live with audio generated from genetic data, transforming raw science into structured, expressive music in a unique blend of biology and sound.

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Crying the Land to Life: A Journey into Yolngu Women’s Song Spirals

Studio

5 Sep 2025

  • Talks and Ideas
  • First Nations

Join co-authors Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs and Djawandil Maymuru in conversation with Rosealee Pearson for a powerful discussion on Song Spirals.

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Singing Up Country: Stories, Songlines & Sisterhood

Centre for Creativity

6 Sep 2025

  • Talks and Ideas
  • Workshops
  • First Nations

Step into the world of Arrkula Yinbayarra in this panel presentation blending storytelling, visuals, and live conversation.

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Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios: Live

Concert Hall

12 Nov 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

In a first-of-its-kind global tour, Nick Kyrgios brings his chart-topping podcast Good Trouble with Nick Kyrgios LIVE to the stage, presented by Hana Kuma.

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IGSA Dame Enid Lyons Oratory Competition

Drama Theatre

  • Talks and Ideas
  • School

The Dame Enid Lyons Oratory Competition is the most prestigious Public Speaking Competition for girls in NSW.

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Reflections on David McDiarmid: Paul Yore and Sally Gray

Utzon Room

26 May 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

Free event, tickets essential. Join curator, historian, and executor of the David McDiarmid estate, Dr. Sally Gray, in conversation with artist Paul Yore, to celebrate the launch of McDiarmid’s Lighting of the Sails commission, Kiss of Light.

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Broken Brains

Drama Theatre

4 May 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

Join Jamila and Rosie for a deeply personal conversation, scattered with humour and lived experiences, covering exactly what they wish they’d had at the height of their illnesses: comfort, solidarity and understanding.

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Wayfinders: Ordinary People Changing the World

Concert Hall

13 Apr 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

Unlock your inner strength and ignite real change. Through inspiring stories, music, and meditation, discover how personal transformation sparks a brighter, collective future. Come find your light!

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Tracy Westerman in conversation with Stan Grant

  • Talks and Ideas

In this powerful talk, renowned psychologist and Nyamal woman, Dr Tracy Westerman talks with journalist and Wiradjuri man Stan Grant about the transformation taking place in the treatment of Indigenous trauma.

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