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Megan Cope and Raven Chacon

Utzon Room

20 May 2025

  • Talks and Ideas
  • First Nations

Quandamooka artist Megan Cope and Diné winning composer and artist Raven Chacon explore how First Nations cultural work can work in defiance of Indigenous erasure, reasserting indigenous knowledge and processes.

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Max Lamb and Martino Gamper

Utzon Room

26 Mar 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

Industrial designers Max Lamb and Martino Gamper centre their firebrand humour, and lifelong friendship, in a thoughtful discussion on how the design process can poetically remake the built world.

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James Nguyen and Guadalupe Maravilla

Utzon Room

27 Jan 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

Focusing on art, ritual and activism, Australian-Vietnamese artist James Nguyen and American-El Salvadorian Guadalupe Maravilla delve into how ancestral knowledge can be channelled to heal the body, mind and spirit of trauma.

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Angela Tiatia and Julianknxx

Utzon Room

27 Nov 2024

  • Talks and Ideas

Filmmakers and artists Angela Tiatia and Julianknxx discuss how their creative work as artists can heal and repair social, cultural, and historical fissures.

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An Evening with Graham Norton

Concert Hall

19 & 20 Mar 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

Beloved Irish comedian and TV legend Graham Norton is bringing his first-ever Australian live tour to the House.

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The value of independence: Lessons learned from Timor-Leste’s path to freedom

Concert Hall

8 Oct 2024

  • Talks and Ideas

Join José Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste and a Nobel Peace Laureate, for an evening on the value of independence. He has dedicated his life to fighting for Timorese freedom from oppression.

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All About Women

8 – 9 Mar 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

All About Women is the Sydney Opera House’s centerpiece talks festival about gender, justice, and equality, held annually in the week of International Women’s Day. For over a decade, the celebrated event has filled our venues with inspiring moments and buzzy, agenda-setting conversations.

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Brainstorm with Richard Scolyer

Joan Sutherland Theatre

17 Nov 2024

  • Talks and Ideas

Join us to hear co-Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer take us on his remarkable journey from world-leading melanoma doctor, helping save thousands of lives, to brain cancer patient fighting for his own with world-first experimental treatment.

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An Exclusive Evening with Elle Macpherson

Concert Hall

8 Sep 2024

  • Talks and Ideas

Aussie icon Elle Macpherson shares powerful life lessons learned through living with passion and purpose.

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