Puzzle
What happens when five circus performers take over the Forecourt?
Event details
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Saturday, 26 September 2026 | 12:00pm |
| Saturday, 26 September 2026 | 2:00pm |
| Saturday, 26 September 2026 | 4:00pm |
| Sunday, 27 September 2026 | 12:00pm |
| Sunday, 27 September 2026 | 2:00pm |
| Sunday, 27 September 2026 | 4:00pm |
| Monday, 28 September 2026 | 11:30am |
| Monday, 28 September 2026 | 1:30pm |
| Monday, 28 September 2026 | 3:00pm |
| Tuesday, 29 September 2026 | 11:30am |
| Tuesday, 29 September 2026 | 1:30pm |
| Wednesday, 30 September 2026 | 11:00am |
| Wednesday, 30 September 2026 | 1:00pm |
| Wednesday, 30 September 2026 | 3:30pm |
| Thursday, 1 October 2026 | 11:00am |
| Thursday, 1 October 2026 | 1:00pm |
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Highly visual. No dialogue.
The Forecourt is wheelchair accessible. For further information on accessibility, please contact our Accessibility team.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
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Why the Wild Things Festival Curator loves this showWe love the cheekiness and fun these performers bring to their athletic performance, and the daring physical journey they take us on.
Meet the cast
Artistic Director of FOCASA Circus. A graduate of the Department of Folk Arts and Acrobatics at the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts and of the Department of Physical Education and Health at the University of Taipei. Exposed to folk sports and acrobatic performance from a young age, he is self-taught in hat juggling and brings rich stage experience and deep circus technique, frequently serving as performance and technical director across the company’s works. In 2011 he co-founded FOCASA Circus with Lin Chih-Wei, and since 2016 he has been the company’s artistic director and senior performer.
Currently Executive Project Manager at FOCASA Circus, she is a graduate of the Graduate Institute of Arts Administration and Management at the Taipei National University of the Arts, and is originally from Hsinchu, Taiwan.
She has previously worked as a theatre program producer at the Cloud Gate Culture and Arts Foundation, production assistant at EX-Theatre Asia, administrative manager at Tsao Yu Tian Dance Theatre, and executive producer at Lai Tsui-Shuang Dance Theatre, across both dance and theatre.
A graduate of the Department of Folk Arts and Acrobatics at the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts; her specialty is the cigar box. A lover of the performing arts, she has taken part in diverse theatre, circus and street-art performances, and treasures the process of connecting with audiences on stage. She hopes to keep exploring herself through performance and to bring joy and feeling to her audiences.
Her past performance has been the touring production German Cultural Knot — Endless Theatre Arts, the presidential inauguration ceremony, PaperWindmill’s 368 Children’s Art Project and the Tini Tinou International Circus Festival.
A graduate of the Department of Physical Education and Health at the University of Taipei. He joined FOCASA in 2021, specializing in handstands and chair-balancing, and is also skilled in juggling, diabolo and a range of acrobatic disciplines. He has taken leading roles in many FOCASA productions.
A graduate of the Department of Folk Arts and Acrobatics at the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts. He has been immersed in the performing arts since the fifth grade of elementary school and has accumulated more than twelve years of professional training and stage experience. He focuses on contemporary circus and object manipulation, holding a deep and distinctive understanding of the movement and rhythm of juggling objects in relation to the body.
A Taipei native and a graduate of the Department of Dance at Taipei National University of the Arts. From 2014 to 2023 he was a full-time dancer with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, spanning the tenures of artistic directors Lin Hwai-Min and Cheng Tsung-Lung; he performed in numerous works, often in leading roles, and toured worldwide with the company. Since leaving in 2024 he has remained active and continued to broaden his performance range. He is currently a freelance dancer, dance teacher and director of the company Bai Dao Chang.
A graduate of the Department of Folk Arts and Acrobatics at the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts, specialising in contortion and aerial hoop. She has appeared in several FOCASA Circus productions and also performed in dance productions showcased at the 3rd Edition of Stray Bird Dance Platform, a work later invited to the New Dance for Asia festival in South Korea.
A graduate of the Acrobatic Dance Division, Department of Sports Arts, at the University of Taipei. He joined FOCASA in 2023 and specializes in cube and acrobatic body skills. His stage credits include A Dialogue between Technology and Art (2019), the Sports Arts School annual performance Prime Numbers (2019), the Department of Sports Arts annual performance Double Happiness (囍, 2020) and the circus duo work Cosmic Adventure (2023).
A graduate of the Department of Dance at Taipei National University of the Arts. She joined FOCASA in 2024. Previously, she has toured with the company to the United States and Canada. She has also performed in the Chien Wen-Pin × Helen Lai Piazzolla operetta The Forgotten María, the World Dance Alliance’s Drifting (Palmer Mathews) and Kaohsiung City Ballet’s Dancing Shoes series.
About FOCASA Circus
Founded in 2011, FOCASA Circus is Taiwan's first professional contemporary circus company, dedicated to advancing the art of contemporary circus. Since 2017, the company has been recognised for nine consecutive years by the National Culture and Arts Foundation as a recipient of the TAIWAN TOP Performing Arts Group.
Over the past fifteen years, FOCASA Circus has pioneered and cultivated the contemporary circus scene in Taiwan, transforming the island into fertile ground for the genre's growth. The company stages over 100 performances annually, both at home and abroad, and has toured 98 cities across 25 countries. Their presence has been featured on major international stages, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Festival OFF d'Avignon.
In 2023, FOCASA launched Taiwan's first circus arts festival, attracting over 80,000 audience members and featuring international companies from 8 countries. The second edition in 2025 expanded to three circus tents, hosted an even broader range of international companies, and welcomed 250,000 audiences.
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Attending this event
Practical information about this event, ticketing and visiting. If you have questions or need help, see our general terms and conditions for tickets and events or contact us.
Ticket information
If you have further questions or need help, please refer to our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events or contact a member of our team on 1300 SOH TIX.
A resale restriction is in place, meaning it is unlawful for a person to resell their ticket for more than 110% of the face value. In all cases, it is advisable that tickets are only purchased from authorised channels, to protect your rights should the event be cancelled or postponed and to be sure you receive all necessary communications.
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A booking fee of $8.95 applies per transaction. Prices are correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times. Babies aged 0-2 years old at the time of a performance may be seated on an adult’s lap. Children two years and older will need to hold a standard ticket.
Please contact Box Office on 1300 SOH TIX as soon as possible if you are unable to attend.
eTicket or postal delivery should be used wherever possible. Tickets will be emailed three days prior to the event. Download your e-Ticket and have it ready on your mobile device for scanning before you queue to enter the venue.
At the venue
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lift access to the main and western foyers.
There will be food trucks and a fully licensed bar operating on site from when gates open until shortly before the end of the concert. Vegan and vegetarian options, as well as both non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks will be available for purchase.
No BYO alcohol, beverages, food or glass. Ticketholders are welcome to bring their own water bottle (as long as it isn’t made of glass). Refillable water stations will be available on site.
There is no cloaking facility on the forecourt. Please check conditions of entry for more information about what cannot be brought into the event and leave these items at home.
For the safety of everyone at the event, certain items not permitted. No strollers, chairs, laser pointers, sparklers, professional cameras or recording devices or selfie sticks, sharp knives or objects. No oversized items larger than an A4 piece of paper including extra-large backpacks, briefcases and suitcases. All bags will be checked on entry, your cooperation is appreciated. Please check conditions of entry for more information about what can and cannot be brought into the event.
There are no ATM facilities available on the Forecourt. Please bring a credit or debit card for any purchases to keep transactions quick and queues short.
Cashless payment methods are strongly recommended. Please bring a credit or debit card for any purchases to keep transactions quick and queues short.
Yes. The safety and security of our visitors, patrons and staff is our highest priority. Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags on entry. Please travel lightly and do not bring items that are not permitted as per our conditions of entry.
For safety and security reasons there will be no pass-outs at any of the forecourt events. You won’t be able to re-enter once you have left the venue.
There is high demand for tickets to the forecourt events and many are expected to sell out. To avoid disappointment, we highly recommend purchasing your tickets online before travelling to the Opera House. A temporary box office on the Eastern Side, near the ticket scanning point, will be open approximately 30 minutes prior to gates opening each day.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy. The Opera House has also developed a Child-friendly Code of Conduct to engage with our youngest visitors.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House is a smoke-free site. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
The safety and security of patrons, visitors and staff is our highest priority. Entry to venues inside the Opera House including theatres, the Utzon Room, the Centre for Creativity and Bennelong Restaurant is via a single entry point located under the Monumental Steps.
In line with our venue security procedures, all ticketholders must present their bags and personal belongings for visual inspection or x-ray screening prior to entering the building.
We hope all our audience members, including those children with us, have a wonderful time. Please keep disturbances to a minimum. Ticketholders who interfere unreasonably with another’s enjoyment may be asked to leave.
If your child becomes unsettled during the performance, we ask that you step outside with them until they settle. Note that you may not be readmitted until there is a suitable break in the performance.
Filming and photography is not permitted inside the venue, unless expressly authorised by us. You must switch your mobile phone off or to silent while in the venue.
Refreshments are available to purchase from our theatre bars, with foyers open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
The Opera House has a range of restaurants and bars on site. Explore our venues.
Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show. It is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly. Larger items – including handbags bigger than A4-size, backpacks, umbrellas, suitcases and prams – are not permitted inside the venues and must be cloaked.
Yes, pram parking is available outside our theatres. All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers.
Foyer doors are usually open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 120 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Theatre doors will open 30 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 15 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
If you’re collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts.
We’ll aim to seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat.
Where an event has a lock-out period, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
Location and access
Forecourt
Set below the famous white sails the Forecourt is located at the base of the Monumental Steps, between the Opera House and the Royal Botanic Gardens.