What’s on

Contemporary Music

Northern Lands

3 Oct 2026

Utzon Room

Contemporary Music

Moorambilla Voices

3 Oct 2026

Concert Hall

A group of roughly twenty people wearing black shirts standing in a field with their arms by their sides.

Talks and Ideas

Octavia Butler Told You This Would Happen

4 Oct 2026

Yallamundi Rooms

Two images side by side. The first is a black silhouette of a person. The second is a book being flipped through with a hand.

Talks and Ideas

Caligula on the Potomac

4 Oct 2026

Drama Theatre

A dark stormy sky above the American White House. The American flag can be seen on top of the building among the storm and there is lush greenery and a fountain in the front garden.

Talks and Ideas

Magda Szubanski

4 Oct 2026

Concert Hall

Magda Szubanski wearing glasses with one hand resting on her face

Talks and Ideas

Bonfire of the Murdochs

4 Oct 2026

Drama Theatre

A bright orange and red fire against a black backdrop

Talks and Ideas

Sami Tamimi’s Garden

4 Oct 2026

Yallamundi Rooms

Sam Tamimi smiling

Classical Music

Za Górami

4 Oct 2026

Utzon Room

Three people sitting in a warmly lit setting behind a window, smiling softly.

Talks and Ideas

Where’s the AI Off Switch?

4 Oct 2026

Drama Theatre

Yellow background with pictured close up-shot of an eye and pictured hand sketching on paper

Talks and Ideas

Can it Happen Here?

4 Oct 2026

Drama Theatre

Two people walking, wearing the Australian flag on their back as if it were a cape.

Talks and Ideas

One Revolution After Another

4 Oct 2026

Yallamundi Rooms

An old sepia family portrait. A man is seen with his arm around a woman. The man has an infant on his back, and a toddler stands between them.

Opera

Great Opera Hits 2026

28 Sep – 26 Oct 2026

Joan Sutherland Theatre

An opera singer standing on the sails of the Opera House.

Contemporary Music

Ichiko Aoba

5 Oct 2026

Concert Hall

Japanese musician Ichiko Aoba sits on a wooden floor wearing a long faded green garment over the top of a red one that can only be seen near her feet and hands.

Kids & Families

Volatile Ombré

6 – 9 Oct 2026

Utzon Room

Silhouetted figure with a feathered headdress sits among intricate foliage and seed pods, illuminated by a warm backlight in a shadow-puppet style scene.

Kids & Families

Les moutons

7 – 11 Oct 2026

Forecourt

A performer dressed in a sheep costume is eating lettuce from a trough.