The Gospel According to Paul Final term. Final chance. Final tickets.
4 – 23 Jun 2024
In the Playhouse
Theatre
Australia’s master of political satire, Jonathan Biggins is Paul Keating — visionary, reformer and rabble-rouser. Due to popular demand, this unmissable one-man comedy is returning to office for a final term following a critically acclaimed sell-out season.
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 4 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Wednesday 5 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Thursday 6 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Friday 7 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Saturday 8 June 2024 | 2:00pm |
| Saturday 8 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Sunday 9 June 2024 | 3:30pm |
| Sunday 9 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Tuesday 11 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Wednesday 12 June 2024* | 7:00pm |
| Thursday 13 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Friday 14 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Saturday 15 June 2024 | 2:00pm |
| Saturday 15 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Sunday 16 June 2024 | 3:30pm |
| Tuesday 18 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Wednesday 19 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Thursday 20 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Friday 21 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Saturday 22 June 2024 | 2:00pm |
| Saturday 22 June 2024 | 7:00pm |
| Sunday 23 June 2024 | 3:30pm |
*Closed Captions
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | $94.90 |
| A Reserve | $84.90 |
| Concession* Full-time Australian Student Pensioner Card holders (Aust. only) | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | n/a |
| A Reserve | $74.90 |
| Under 30s | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | n/a |
| A Reserve | $54 |
| Insider Members Artist Presale Past Purchasers Presale | Price |
|---|---|
| Premium | $84.90 |
| A Reserve | $84.90 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
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9am, Tuesday 5 March 2024
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9am, Wednesday 6 March 2024
General Public tickets on-sale
9am, Friday 8 March 2024
In English
Closed Captions
Wednesday 12 June 7:00pm
Captions are text descriptions that display the session's dialogue, identify speakers, and describe other relevant sounds that are otherwise inaccessible to people who are deaf or have hearing loss. Captions will be available via your personal device (phone), to access the captions on your personal device (phone), scan the QR Code on the sign displayed at the entry to the venue.
Wheelchair accessible
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Run time
This show runs for approximately 90 minutes, without interval
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
Recommended for 15+ due to strong language
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy
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“Biggins almost out-Keaters Keating” Crikey
In a hilarious, insightful and poignant portrayal of Paul Keating, The Gospel According to Paul tells the story of the man that – as he tells it – single-handedly shaped contemporary Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald claims you’ll “spend most of the time helpless with laughter at the barbed wit coupled with the completeness of the performance”.
Jonathan Biggins, co-creator and star of Sydney Theatre Company’s The Wharf Revue, paints a sympathetic but uncompromising picture of one of Australia’s most compelling and enigmatic leaders.
Showcasing Keating’s eviscerating wit, rich rhetoric and ego the size of Everest, Biggins distils down the essence of Keating — visionary, reformer, rabble-rouser, and the Bankstown boy who treated economics as an artform, demanded we confront the wrongs of our colonial past and who quickly realised that to get things done in political life it’s better to be needed than loved.
Beyond the canny impersonation, Biggins asks the questions; is today’s lack of leadership a product of our times? And what can we learn from this singular politician?
Presented by Sydney Opera House in association with Soft Thread Enterprises.
Sydney Morning HeraldBiggins’ finest work
LimelightHilariously funny, astute, inspiring show
StagenoiseA rare treat
A note from the Former Prime Minister Paul KeatingFor me; a touch of irony, some hint of self-deprecation and the fun of throwing Liberals around like rag dolls – saved one from the deadening experience of dealing with earnest careerists, corner-cutters and consummate under-achievers.
Fantasy and imagination were the sole liberators - influences the great bulk of the colleagues could neither measure, catalogue, box or most of all, emulate.
Peter Pan-like, flying above, around and through the jostling scrum, while leaving behind a trail of gold for ordinary folk and true believers was always my idea of what the job was about. And doing it all with as much mocking and hilarity as one could reasonably get away with.
Jonathan earnestly seeks to do me justice and has sharply picked up upon the compelling trait of needing to do good – the trait that has always electrified me – given it all a purpose.
Other information
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six minute walk to the Opera House.
Covid-safe information
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We’re committed to making your experience safe, comfortable and enjoyable, with a number of measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. We remind our audiences and visitors to please stay home if you feel unwell. If you need to discuss your ticketing or booking options, contact our Box Office team on 02 9250 7777.
The health and wellbeing of everyone attending the Opera House is our top priority. We have a number of safety measures in place including regular cleaning of high-touch areas, air conditioning systems that maximise ventilation, and hand sanitiser stations positioned in all paths of travel. While face masks are no longer required, we ask all our patrons and visitors to practise good hygiene.
The Sydney Opera House no longer requires patrons to show that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
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Please contact Box Office on 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues. Opera Bar, Opera Kitchen and Portside are also available for you to enjoy.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
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