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Upcoming shows, acts and performances on stage

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.
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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.
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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.
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  • Sydney Theatre Company
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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.
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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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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.
  • Musical Theatre

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.
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“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.