Kids Dream It Up

A group of children are running along a black floor with a wooden wall behind them.
  • Kids & Families
  • Workshops
  • Wild Things
  • Centre for Creativity
  • 120 minutes, workshop Subject to change
  • Suitable for 8+

A new program to support children’s creative voices

Got ideas? Big ones? Weird ones? Brilliant ones? Good. We want to hear them.

For kids aged 8–12 who like dreaming, making and imagining.

In this drop off interactive workshop, artist and comedian Matt Kelly (The Listies) will help you to explain, explore and EXPLODE your ideas. Through drawing, games and storytelling. Your imaginings don't just get heard, they get built on, developed and taken seriously.

You’ll step into the role of thinkers, shapers, makers and story-builders (and anything else you feel like being) as we explore how new creative experiences for kids and young audiences can be made.

This is a first-time opportunity to get inside the ideas behind new artistic projects at Sydney Opera House and help shape what gets made next. You’ll also be part of a video for our new international kids festival, to ask more kids what ideas big and little, they want to see at Sydney Opera House.

Maybe you are a budding programmer, producer or artist…?

So... what would you create if you were in charge?

Presented by Sydney Opera House

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Centre for Creativity

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).

Location map

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