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Generations and Dynasties

  • Contemporary Music
  • Talks and Ideas

Four extraordinary First Nations creative and musical families will share their stories, talents, and legacies through captivating conversations and powerful performances.

Bunna Lawrie (Coloured Stone) and Family

Utzon Room

14 May 2025

  • Contemporary Music
  • Talks and Ideas
  • First Nations

Join Bunna Lawrie & his extraordinary family - Jason Lee Scott, Jhindu-Pedro Lawrie, Yirgjhilya and Catherine Satour as they share the stage for an evening of music, culture, conversation and storytelling.

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They Still Take the Children Away

Yallamundi Rooms

9 Mar 2025

  • Talks and Ideas

Hear the call to action from one of Australia’s most powerful voices advocating for human rights as Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts exposes the injustice inside systems that claim to protect First Nations children.

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Talks & Ideas

Upcoming talks, ideas and conversations.

David the Medium

Playhouse

4 Aug 2024

  • Experiences
  • Talks and Ideas

Psychic medium David The Medium hosts his first-ever live audience show in Sydney.

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Climate Change and what is a Green Touring Model?

Playhouse

27 Jul 2024

  • Workshops
  • Talks and Ideas

Join Edgell Junior and Andy Packer of The River That Ran Uphill to explore the development process behind this unique production and learn more about the impact of climate change in Vanuatu. 

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People in a blue room with a blue light, creating a serene atmosphere.

Julia Gutman: Artist Talk

Concert Hall Northern Foyer

27 May 2024

  • Contemporary Music
  • Talks and Ideas

Join Archibald Prize winning artist Julia Gutman in conversation with Sydney Opera House’s Curator, Contemporary Art, Micheal Do to mark the opening of Julia Gutman’s Lighting of the Sails commission, Echo.

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Side By Side - Angela Goh & Corin (2021)

  • Dance
  • Talks and Ideas

Dancer Angela Goh and composer/musician Corin talk about their collaboration on new work Sky Blue Mythic that premiered at Sydney Opera House. Sky Blue Mythic is a haunting, mesmerising solo dance work by one of Australia’s most daring choreographers and captivating performers, Angela Goh. This strikingly precise performance is charged with time warping and viscerally impactful musical compositions performed live by Corin Ileto.

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Reimagining Spaces for Learning

Centre for Creativity

20 May 2024

  • Talks and Ideas
  • Talks and Ideas
  • Workshops

Join the SOH BUILD team in a night of conversation with a futurist, an architect and artists to explore design and creating new spaces, both physical and virtual, to encourage deep engagement with learning.

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Édouard Louis

Utzon Room

13 Mar 2024

  • Talks and Ideas
  • Talks and Ideas

Join Édouard Louis in his first appearance in Sydney and discover how a young gay man from the working class French provinces transformed both himself and the contemporary conversation in France and all over Europe about class, power and inequality.

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