Theatre
Upcoming shows, acts and performances on stage
Julia
After a sell-out season in 2023, Julia remains one of the hottest tickets in town for any theatregoer interested in spectacular acting, first-rate directing, the state of Australian politics, or the stirring story of one woman who changed history.
Australian Poetry Slam ’24
13 Oct 2024
Poets break free from their notebook cages landing on the SOH stage. Cheer, snap and hold-up scorecards in this nation-wide celebration of spoken-wordsmiths.
Yentl
17 Oct – 10 Nov 2024
Religion, gender, sexual politics, and traditional Yiddish culture collide as Yentl finds her truth through faith and love. An award winning new production.
Sunday
28 Oct – 7 Dec 2024
After a sellout, rave-reviewed season in Melbourne, this lush, romantic, and transporting portrait of an Australian art icon – the irrepressible Sunday Reed – is having its Sydney premiere.
The World on Wheels
29 Nov 2024
An inspiring new work by Performing Hearts Theatre, presented by The Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Get ready to laugh, cry and be amazed.
Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern
15 Dec 2024 – 8 Mar 2025
Calling all adventurers! Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s greatest roleplaying game in the most epic way imaginable.
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Bell Shakespeare
Bell Shakespeare returns in 2024 with a selection of some of Shakespeare’s most magnificent works.
Sydney Theatre Company
Where art meets an audience, the awe-inspiring meets the everyday, and where Sydney meets the World. There’s something for everyone in Sydney Theatre Company's 2024 Season, from the hilarious to heartrending, the intimate to operatic, and the international to homegrown.
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Highlights from Boublil & Schönberg’s Do You Hear The People Sing?
Through decades of collaboration, lyricist Alain Boublil and composer Claude-Michel Schönberg have graced world stages with timeless classics such as Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, La Révolution Française, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen.
On The Level with Brian Cox
Candid, in-depth, and always revealing, On The Level is a monthly interview series that catches up with artists during their visit to the Sydney Opera House, discussing their careers, inspirations, and preparations for their performance.
“My sun in dark places”: How theatre saved Hasiba Ebrahimi
Amidst a challenging childhood across three countries, Hasiba Ebrahimi found her calling in theatre and the life-affirming power of storytelling. Now, more than a decade later, Hasiba stars in Dorr-e Dari, a poetic multimedia celebration of love, poetry and classical Persian culture from Afghanistan.
