UnWrapped
An ongoing series dedicated to uncovering the best independent creators. UnWrapped hands over the stage and introduces audiences to an eclectic panorama of the finest original performances by groundbreaking and unique local artists.
2023 Program

Hot Brown Honey THE REMIX
Rise and Shine Motherlovers! Hot Brown Honey are back with THE REMIX - Fierce! Femme! Global First Nations! Everything you love about the smash hit show, with extra sweet treats of radical fierce love and joyous rage - Centrestage.

Three Marys
Terror. Survival. Hope. Experience this hauntingly beautiful chamber opera, which tells the powerful story of three women’s journey at sea in exile from their homeland.

Empty Voices
Multi-ARIA award nominee composer and Tar (Iranian lute) virtuoso, Hamed Sadeghi brings together 6 world-class musicians for Empty Voices. Influenced by Persian Sufism philosophy, this spellbinding work explores the notion of love.
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Guide to UnWrapped 2023
Unwrapping the latest performances by the independent artists of UnWrapped 2023.

UnWrapped: Dances for Now | From Our House To Yours
Explore the contemporary dance works of five Sydney choreographers. On the Joan Sutherland Theatre stage, each artist dances their own choreography, responding to a soundtrack that has inspired them to reflect on this moment, its challenges and transformative possibilities.

Shortwave: Eugene Choi | A Burning House
Shortwave is a series of new digital commissions, designed to platform a diverse cross-section of emerging or early career interdisciplinary Australian artists working at the forefront of digital performance.

Shortwave: HORIZON Dance Crew | THE BOYZ (더보이즈) "No Air" Dance Cover
Shortwave is a series of new digital commissions, designed to platform a diverse cross-section of emerging or early career interdisciplinary Australian artists working at the forefront of digital performance.

Returning
Responding to our collective moment in time, Returning is a digital contemporary art project which offers succinct mediations on the events, experiences and propositions prompted by the pandemic. Experience artworks by Yu Araki (Japan), Caroline Garcia (Australia), Cherine Fahd (Australia) and Koki Tanaka (Japan) on Stream now.