Drama Theatre
The Drama Theatre is one of our more intimate theatre venues located in the north-western corner of the Sydney Opera House. Home to Sydney Opera House Resident Companies, the Drama Theatre is rarely available for commercial hire.
Venue information
Accessibility
There are a number of wheelchair and companion seating locations in the Drama Theatre.
Commercial hirers
Information for staging a performance
Location and access
The Drama Theatre is located in the north-western corner of Sydney Opera House, best accessed through the Western Foyers.
Upcoming events
The 39 Steps
8 – 30 Aug 2025
The 39 Steps is Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller meets Monty Python madness, now reimagined for a brand-new Australian tour. Directed by Damien Ryan and starring Lisa McCune, Ian Stenlake and The Umbilical Brothers (David Collins and Shane Dundas) it’s a fast, funny, unmissable night of theatre.
Arrkula Yinbayarra (Together We Sing)
5 & 6 Sep 2025
Join us for a night of language, culture and song with Arrkula Yinbayarra (Together We Sing). A celebration of resilience through music, it's performed by the Songwomen from the remote Northern Territory Borroloola community with Dr Shellie Morris AO. These nine performers, along with a live band, will showcase original songs as the reawaken the Yanyuwa, Garrwa, Gudanji and Marra languages. It's a rare chance to experience this ensemble in the heart of Sydney.
The Shiralee
6 Oct – 29 Nov 2025
Bathed in the golden light of an outback sunset, audiences will be swept away into a story as beautiful as the landscape in this adaptation of a classic Australian story. The Australian epic The Shiralee comes to the stage for the first time, adapted by Kate Mulvany, in a ranging and poetic story of life and love on the margins.
