Centre for Creativity
The Centre for Creativity is a purpose-built home for hands-on creative experiences. The centre is home to our children, families and creative learning program, along with new and expanded programming including STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) and other initiatives. Thank you to our Centre for Creativity major donors: our founding donor Yarranabbe Foundation; Ove Arup Foundation; Turnbull Foundation; Boyarsky family; and The Greatorex Fund. And to all our Opera House donors who enable so much of what we do.
Venue information
Location and access
The Centre for Creativity is located at the end of the Western Foyers, next to the Drama Theatre. Best accessed through the Western Foyers entry.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are 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).
Upcoming events
Theatre Set Design and Stagecraft Workshop
Years 5 – 12, Stage 3 – 6 | Learning areas: Creative Arts, Drama, Visual Design
Puppetry and Complicity
17 Aug 2025
Join Irish artist and director Dan Colley, exploring his contemporary and multi-disciplinary approaches to making theatre, as seen in A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings. Dan Colley’s performance making sensibilities have been described as deeply thoughtful, deeply empathetic, darkly theatrical and displaying a playful theatricality.
Architecture Meets Nature
Term 1 – 4
A creative learning workshop following Sydney Opera House’s architect Jørn Utzon’s designs and his inspiration from natural forms, students create building models inspired by nature to combat climate change. In this creative workshop students will learn how to create their own natural buildings using recycled and sustainable materials, taking inspiration from the ingenuity of the natural world.
