GUIDE
PREVIEW
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Amber Haines
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Ruby Sam Clark. Design: Green Peas for Breakfast
Katie Bennett
Sydney Festival acknowledges the 29 clans of the Eora Nation, the Traditional Owners of the land on which the Festival takes place.
We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and recognise the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities.
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For a city that works hard, Sydney Festival marks a moment when Sydney downs tools and celebrates. The Festival brings our city to life each summer delivering a burst of cultural expression and artistic activity. A night out at Sydney Festival has that rare quality, a sense that anything could happen as the night unfolds. Enjoy!
The City of Sydney is a proud partner of Sydney Festival. The Festival is a bold cultural celebration that enlivens and transforms Sydney with the highest quality art and big ideas. We look forward to welcoming Sydneysiders and visitors to enjoy more than 100 shows in our beautiful city.
The Hon. John Graham
Clover Moore AO
Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music
Lord Mayor of Sydney
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OUR GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
Welcome to Sydney Festival’s exhilarating summer of art. From saltwater and freshwater stories to tales of Sydney Harbour and the weaving of 1,000 local and international artists’ voices. We invite you to discover our city. Stretching across the best harbourside location in the world, Walsh Bay and its many theatres and unique spaces will play host to a full-swing Festival takeover. The Thirsty Mile is a cheeky throwback to Sydney’s working wharf history and your new spot this summer. Our 2024 highlights include II Tabarro — Puccini’s brooding one-act opera performed aboard Sydney’s Carpentaria lightship, White Gold by Cambodia’s Phare Circus and Summerground — a brand new threeday music festival presenting the best soul, funk, roots, R&B and indie rock from across the globe. In Parramatta, Sydney Symphony Under the Stars will perform Pictures in the Sky, featuring the masterful talents of William Barton, Aunty Delmae Barton, Iva Davies AM and legendary sitar player Anoushka Shankar, while at Riverside Theatres we’re proud to present BANANALAND, a brand new musical comedy by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall (Muriel’s Wedding The Musical). Exquisite dance, spellbinding theatre and free events for the whole family presented right across Greater Sydney will once again move, delight and entertain audiences this January. I would like to acknowledge Jacob Nash, Sydney Festival’s Creative Artist in Residence, for curating this year’s Blak Out program, which has three world premieres including rock’n’roll musical Big Name, No Blankets by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, GURR ERA OP by Torres Strait Islander storyteller Ghenoa Gela and Vigil: The Future, a thoughtprovoking song cycle about tomorrow’s Australia, performed by First Nations youth. My sincere thanks to Sydney Festival’s principal philanthropic supporter Peter Freedman AM and our principal government partners the State Government through Create NSW and Destination NSW, and the City of Sydney. I would also like to thank our community of artists, audiences, staff and supporters who make the Festival possible. We look forward to welcoming you in January on what always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
Olivia Ansell Festival Director
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Loud, live and full of vibe. Kick off the year with a three-da
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BECKAH AMANI • CIMAFUNK • DOJO CUTS • ELECTRIC FIE FULL FLOWER MOON BAND • THE TESKEY BROTHERS • TIANA KHASI •
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DANTÉ KNOWS • DEM MOB ELDS • FANTASTIC NEGRITO JUDITH HILL • KING STINGRAY • WORLDS COLLIDE FEAT. STIFF GINS
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Artwork by Pablo Espinosa
Darling Harbour
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Puccini’s one-act opera masterpiece on the harbour A nautical noir opera under the stars, staged aboard the historic lightship the Carpentaria in 1930s Sydney. Puccini’s one-act masterpiece (the first opera in Puccini’s II Trittico) is a darkly romantic tale of passion, desperation and heartbreak. Featuring exceptional Australian talent and a live orchestra, this is a free event — but bookings are essential.
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All photos by Wendell Teodoro
OPERA
Australian National Maritime Museum 9–13 January
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Jacquie Manning
A full-swing Festival takeover by the water Stretching across one of the most knockout harbourside locations in the world with theatres, bars, an exhibition space and a thumping club, The Thirsty Mile is a cheeky throwback to Sydney’s working wharf history and your new spot this summer. If you’re thirsty for change, thirsty for culture, or simply thirsty for a big night — come early, stay late. And drink it all in.
VARIOUS
Walsh Bay Arts Precinct
5–28 January
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THE THIRSTY
Look out for the life ring for events along The Thirsty Mile
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IMMERSIVE Night Songs at Coney Island SYDNEY PHILHARMONIA CHOIRS WORLD PREMIERE
Ceremony of innocence A deeply moving work in an iconic Sydney location. This immersive choral music experience takes over Coney Island, featuring artists from the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, soloists Peter ColemanWright AO and Cheryl Barker AO, a children’s ensemble, and chamber orchestra performing music by Poulenc, Stravinsky and Mahler — capturing the darkness and light. Luna Park
22–25 January
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Kate Disher-Quill
Jason Cheetham
MUSIC
A’amar
SPIN
BUKJEH | WORLD PREMIERE
ANNA SEYMOUR | UK
Join Melbourne-based Palestinian artist, activist and theatre-maker Aseel Tayah for a sensory evening of food, poetry, song and storytelling from her family’s homeland. Immerse yourself in a four-course Arabic meal, as Tayah and fellow musicians take you on a journey that celebrates cuisine to honour friendship, love and new beginnings.
An interactive guided dance event with three Deaf hosts and a DJ, SPIN celebrates connection, escapism and hedonism while shaking up assumptions about who belongs in the rave realm. Experience the joys of moving together — everyone is welcome!
THEATRE & FOOD
DANCE & PARTY
Riverside Theatres
25–28 January
Moonshine Bar
17–21 January
Alex Cousins
FR EE
Hi–Vis MICHAEL SHAW | UK AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
Art invades architecture on a grand scale Michael Shaw’s sinuous sculpture is taking over a Walsh Bay wharf — literally. The British sculptor uses the building like a mould to form and inform the geometry of his vibrant 46-metre-long installation. Hi-Vis subverts the use of public space and encourages you to see things a little differently.
Moonshine Bar
5–28 January
Anna Kucera
ART INSTALLATION
Sculptured Riddims AZZAM MOHAMED | WORLD PREMIERE
Dance takes shape in a transformed space Art meets music and dance in Sculptured Riddims. Dance artists share their creative responses to Michael Shaw’s Hi-Vis installation, taking shape over three nights in the Moonshine Bar. Each event showcases different communities, cultures, music genres and dance styles — from street to club to Afro dance styles — offering a totally immersive and inclusive experience.
DANCE
Moonshine Bar
11–25 January
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LISA REIHANA | NEW ZEALAND
Rising to the surface
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Te Wheke–a–Muturangi: The Adversary
The giant female octopus Te Wheke-a-Muturangi takes up residence in Sydney Harbour, telling another side to the story of the Polynesian navigator Kupe who, it is said, discovered Aotearoa New Zealand. Scan the QR code on-site to hear Te Wheke’s remarkable story, or hit the harbour for a kayak tour. You can’t miss her.
ART INSTALLATION
Watermans Cove, Barangaroo
5–28 January
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Arka Kinari
FILASTINE & NOVA | INDONESIA AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Subversive, immersive and partially submerged A globally touring music production moved by the wind, powered by the sun, and shared freely on public waterfronts, Arka Kinari is dropping anchor. Message meets method on this floating stage promoting sustainability, shared knowledge and hope for our future.
Sydney Harbour
17–19 January
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Theresa Harrison
Ben Blankenship
MUSIC
House of Fast Fashun
Sunrise Yoga
FAST FASHUN ART COLLECTIVE Join a truly interactive performance in which you’re the fashion designer, maker and runway model. There’s a tonne of discarded fashion and fabric to work with. Scissors, safety pins and sound advice are on hand. And there are only 59 minutes until your catwalk show!
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FASHION & ART
Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour
20–21 January
Sun salutations, Sydney. Bask in the early-morning rays, soak in the ambient tunes and stretch out those nine–to– five aches and pains with an energising yoga session by the water. There’s no better way to start your Festival day.
YOGA & MUSIC
Wharf 4/5
12–27 January
BLAK OUT
Olivia and I are proud to reveal the Blak Out program, bringing together some of Australia’s most talented First Nations artists to share their incredible stories. These artists will challenge, inspire and truth-tell, setting the Blak agenda. The program features stories of rock’n’roll legends from the desert, of climate change in the Torres Strait, friendship and sisterhood in the big smoke, and truths past and present. Straight from Yellamundie Festival we present a play reading of one of the newest, deadliest Blak works in the country, whilst Vigil looks to the future through the eyes of those who will inherit it, as we listen to the next generation through song and ceremony. We look forward to seeing you in January.
Jacob Nash
Daniel Boud
Creative Artist in Residence
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Listen to the next generation
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Vigil: The Future This year’s Vigil is about hope, empowering young voices and giving them a platform to share their messages to the people of Australia. A large-scale installation at Barangaroo Headland will come to life with a choir of First Nations young people, as they sing of their dreams, realities and hopes for the future.
MUSIC & CEREMONY
Barangaroo Reserve
25 January
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Big Name, No Blankets ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY WORLD PREMIERE
From the desert to big cities, a rock music legacy A theatrical tribute to music icons the Warumpi Band, who made history as the first rock’n’roll group to sing in Aboriginal languages. From the NT desert to global stages, they sent Aboriginal culture worldwide in the 80s and 90s. Co-created with founding member Sammy Butcher, and family members of the band.
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MUSIC & THEATRE
Roslyn Packer Theatre
10–14 January
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Artwork by Oumoula Mckenzie
Tiddas LA BOITE THEATRE & BELVOIR
Women, sisterhood and solidarity Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books, lovers and the jagged bits of life in between. But each woman carries a complex secret and one weekend, without warning, everything comes unstuck. Anita Heiss’ own adaptation of her much-loved novel heads to Sydney.
Belvoir St Theatre
13 Jan–4 Feb
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Joel Deverux
Ashley de Prazer
Morgan Roberts
THEATRE
Camp Culture
GURR ERA OP
DALE WOODBRIDGE BROWN & CLUSTER ARTS
FORCE MAJEURE & ILBIJERRI THEATRE COMPANY WORLD PREMIERE
No gammin summer camp — this is an interactive circus show full of culture and campfires, tricks and flips. Circus star and completely unqualified camp leader Dale Woodbridge Brown can’t use a compass, but proves everyone can earn their badge for being their most authentic self.
Join four mainland-born Torres Strait Islander women as they battle the rising tide threatening their home, culture and identity. GURR ERA OP (“the face of the sea” in Meriam Mir) is a celebratory sharing of culture and a call to action in the face of climate devastation, interweaving contemporary storytelling, movement and spoken word.
CIRCUS & FAMILY
DANCE & THEATRE
Seymour Centre
12–14 January
Bangarra Dance Theatre, Studio 1
13–19 January
Mutiara MARRUGEKU WORLD PREMIERE SEASON
Revealing Broome’s hidden history Intercultural dance theatre company Marrugeku bring to life the buried, haunting story of Broome’s pearling industry, and the bond between seafaring Malay peoples and First Peoples of the Kimberley. Reflecting on early colonial times of racism, slavery, and stolen children, Mutiara honours a deep connection that often led to love and lifelong companionship.
Seymour Centre
19–21 January
Living Sculptures: How the Birds got their Colours Imagination takes flight
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ARC CIRCUS CO.
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Katie Bennett
Michael Jalaru Torres
DANCE & THEATRE
Created by Queensland’s Arc Circus Co. in collaboration with Luther Cora and the Yugambeh Dancers, this visually stunning, Indigenous-led circus performance is inspired by a famous Dreamtime story. Fusing First Nations dance and storytelling with incredible acrobatics and a mesmerising score, it will delight the whole family.
CIRCUS & DANCE
Various Outdoor
10–14 January
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DANCE
“Nothing short of miraculous”
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Sammi Landweer
FINANCIAL TIMES
Encantado LIA RODRIGUES COMPANHIA DE DANÇAS BRAZIL | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
The enchanted and disenchanted in a jubilant dance The celebrated Brazilian choreographer Lia Rodrigues summons healing spirits in a joyous dance work designed to re-enchant the world. With eleven incredible dancers and 140 brightly coloured blankets, Encantado builds from stillness to a shape-shifting crescendo of freedom.
DANCE
Sydney Opera House
5–10 January
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GöteborgsOperans Danskompani SWEDEN | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
A double bill of Skid by Damien Jalet & SAABA by Sharon Eyal A Swedish double-bill of cutting-edge contemporary dance. In Damien Jalet’s Skid, 17 dancers battle gravity on a vertiginous, 34 degree slope — sliding, swaying, struggling back to the top. In Sharon Eyal’s SAABA, an intoxicating dancefloor with thumping beats sees dancers pushing traditional movements to the robotic extreme.
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Lennart Sjöberg
DANCE DOUBLE BILL
Roslyn Packer Theatre 23–28 January
Nat Cartney
Remi Angeli
Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus
Wolverine
OONA DOHERTY | UK
DANCE MAKERS COLLECTIVE WORLD PREMIERE
Masculinity, social class, football allegiance — the id of the Northen Irish chav is broken down and raised again in Oona Doherty’s dexterous choreography. It’s a swaggering, loving tribute to a group rarely afforded space in contemporary dance.
A solo work by Emma Harrison that turns the need to carry your keys in your fist at night, like Wolverine, into a cycle of transformation — subverting and appropriating feminine archetypes, mythology, wolves, pop culture and self-defence.
DANCE DOUBLE BILL
Sydney Dance Company, Studio 5
10–13 January
Wayfinder DANCENORTH AUSTRALIA
Exhilarating dance with score by Hiatus Kaiyote In a kaleidoscopic fusion of dance, music and art, Dancenorth Australia joins forces with three-time Grammy nominated Australian band Hiatus Kaiyote, sound artist Byron J. Scullin and Japanese-Australian visual artist Hiromi Tango for a sublime new performance.
The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre, Sutherland
19–20 January Amber Haines
DANCE
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★★★★★ THE GUARDIAN UK
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World THE JAVAAD ALIPOOR COMPANY & NATIONAL THEATRE OF PARRAMATTA | UK
Multimedia murder mystery An investigation into the nature of investigations, with the unsolved murder of Iranian pop icon Fereydoun Farrokhzad at its centre. Take a dive down the rabbit hole of Wikipedia and murder mystery podcasts in this thrilling multimedia theatre experience about a case you’ve never heard of.
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Chris Payne
THEATRE
Sydney Opera House
19–21 January
Mirjam Devriendt
THEATRE
Are we not drawn onward to new erA
★★★★★ TIME OUT UK
ONTROEREND GOED | BELGIUM AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
A palindromic call to action From the makers of the powerful World Without Us (Sydney Festival 2018), this unique work captures a crucial moment in history: the world on the brink, humanity poised at the crossroads of salvation and downfall. An award-winning, palindromic call to action that will devastate and amaze.
THEATRE
Roslyn Packer Theatre
16–20 January
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Masterclass BROKENTALKERS & ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT | IRELAND
A satire that stings Say goodbye to your reverence for the old masters. Ireland’s Brokentalkers and New York’s Adrienne Truscott unpack the cult of male genius in Masterclass, a slapstick comedy that stings. It’s fun. It’s familiar. There are wigs.
Sydney Opera House
12–16 January
Ste Murray
THEATRE
Overflow DARLINGHURST THEATRE COMPANY
Keeping her head above water “Club toilets have taught me more about sisterhood than any book.” From one of the UK’s most prominent trans voices, Travis Alabanza (Burgerz), this future classic returns after a rave-reviewed 2022 season at Darlinghurst Theatre Company.
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Robert Catto
THEATRE
Eternity Playhouse
17–27 January
Ode to Joy
(How Gordon got to go to the nasty pig party)
STORIES UNTOLD PRODUCTIONS & JAMES LEY | UK | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
A hilarious celebration of hedonism Scottish public servant Gordon is coming to terms with the idea he might be deadly dull. That is until he meets Marcus and Tom — AKA Cumpig and Manpussy — at a chemsex orgy in Berlin. Invited to the biggest gay party at Berghain, Gordon attempts to unleash his inner sex pig in this riotous rite-of-passage story set to a pumping techno soundscape.
Bell Shakespeare, The Neilson Nutshell
16–21 January Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
THEATRE
Saplings AUSTRALIAN THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE & YOUTH ACTION
Stories from the law and justice system Would you risk breaking bail for a packet of Mi Goreng? Yuwaalaraay playwright Hannah Belanszky and Kalkadoon director Abbie-lee Lewis present a collection of hilarious and heartbreaking stories born from workshops with young people in conflict with the law and justice system, performed by four talented young actors.
ATYP, The Rebel Theatre
24 Jan–4 Feb
Clare Hawley
THEATRE
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BANANALAND BRISBANE FESTIVAL & QUEENSLAND PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
Worst rock band, best kids’ band Australia’s least-loved punk rock protest band Kitty Litter has hit a wall. After four years they’ve accumulated one fan. But that’s about to change when one of their avant-garde anthems becomes an accidental hit on the kids’ music charts. Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall and Simon Phillips (Muriel’s Wedding The Musical) bring their romping musical comedy with a knockout score to Sydney.
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Jo Duck
MUSIC THEATRE
Riverside Theatres
3–14 January
“Glorious, fun-packed” ARTSHUB
THEATRE
MUSIC
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Orpheus & Eurydice OPERA AUSTRALIA, OPERA QUEENSLAND & CIRCA
Circus meets opera in this genre-busting production
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Jade Ferguson
Journey to the underworld and back. Gluck’s heartbreaking opera follows the grieving Orpheus into the jaws of Hades to rescue his beloved Eurydice. Awe-inspiring acrobatics meets exquisite music in this contemporary reimagining. Projections seamlessly integrate surtitles into the action on stage, as brilliant singers come together with the trailblazing circus artists of Circa.
OPERA & CIRCUS
Sydney Opera House
12–31 January
“Captivating” THE CONVERSATION
MUSIC
Soliloquy GENEVIEVE LACEY & GIDEON OBARZANEK
A radical reinvention of the solo recital Devised by musician Genevieve Lacey and featuring a rare performance from contemporary dancer Stephanie Lake, Soliloquy invites 30 untrained participants on stage to create a living music-dance ritual, as a recorder virtuoso brilliantly executes Telemann’s Twelve Fantasias for Solo Flute amidst it all. A truly unique Festival experience.
MUSIC & DANCE
City Recital Hall
17–18 January
Pia Johnson
MUSIC & DANCE
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Sydney Symphony Under the Stars Pictures in the Sky SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & GREATER SYDNEY PARKLANDS
A soaring new program for a Festival favourite The starlit summer concert you love is back with a soaring new program to lift this park picnic into the stratosphere. Enjoy original works featuring the didgeridoo magic of William Barton, joined by Aunty Delmae Barton, Véronique Serret and Iva Davies AM, and the transportive sitar playing of Anoushka Shankar. All supported by Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conductor Benjamin Northey, who will bring it home with traditional classics and a big sparkly bang.
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Jacquie Manning
MUSIC
The Crescent, Parramatta Park
20 January
Temperament Bach and beyond JS Bach is a true avant-gardist. Temperament — a week-long celebration and deconstruction of Bach — pays homage to the revolutionary advances his music enabled and its influence on modern composers. Featuring an exceptional program of local and international artists and ensembles including Bach Akademie Australia, Korkmaz Can Sağlam, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Bukenya: Bach in Colour, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Benjamin Skepper and Ensemble Apex.
ACO, The Neilson
23–28 January
Giovanni Gastel
MUSIC
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Anoushka Shankar
★★★★★ THE TELEGRAPH UK
UK | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
The world’s finest sitar player returns The singular queen of sitar Anoushka Shankar returns with her unique Indian classical and contemporary music. Back in Sydney after her 2018 standout shows, this time she brings a dynamic five-piece of London instrumentalists to perform her hypnotic and achingly beautiful neoclassical approach.
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Laura Lewis
MUSIC
Sydney Opera House
12 January
Mitch Stoehring
Jão Vicente
Amaro Freitas
Conic Rose
BRAZIL | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
GERMANY
Fusing jazz with the Afro-Brazilian music of his homeland, the multi-talented pianist and composer Amaro Freitas has helped redefine Brazilian jazz. His percussively unique sound draws equally upon maracatu, frevo and baião, and John Coltrane, Charlie Parker and Thelonius Monk.
Led by trumpeter Konstantin Döben, Conic Rose’s mesmerising compositions are linked to the band’s hometown of Berlin. Their debut album, Heller Tag, begins from jazz foundations, then weaves in indie-pop, electronica, soul and ambient. Don’t miss this spellbinding live show.
MUSIC
MUSIC
ACO, The Neilson
12–14 January
Anne Valeur
12–14 January
Paulo Vitale
ACO, The Neilson
Harold López-Nussa
LILJA
GRÉGOIRE MARET CUBA | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
NORWAY | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, Harold López-Nussa has become one of the most accomplished pianists and composers in the world of Latin jazz. Performing with his acclaimed quartet, he’ll share songs from Timba a la Americana, his first album on the legendary Blue Note Records.
Sydney’s hot summer nights get a dose of cool Norwegian jazz. Guitarist and composer LILJA brings her band and multifaceted musical vision — spanning jazz, folk and an array of rich global influences — to Australia for the first time.
MUSIC
MUSIC
ACO, The Neilson
10–13 January
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Brett Whiteley Studio Sessions
INDIA
BRETT WHITELEY FOUNDATION & ART GALLERY OF NSW
Formed in India’s cacophonous capital of New Delhi, Peter Cat Recording Co. defies easy categorisation. Led by the bewitching baritone of founder and frontman Suryakant Sawhney, the five-piece earned rave reviews and won over new fans with their 2019 album Bismillah.
The studio sessions are back and a whole lot bigger. Musicians Anoushka Shankar, Harold López-Nussa, Tim Freedman, Jo Davie, Judith Hill and Rizo are raring to share their response to the work of one of Sydney’s most iconic visual artists at the Brett Whiteley Studio.
MUSIC
MUSIC
ACO, The Neilson
17–18 January
Courtney Barnett Ordinary moments made wondrous One of Australia’s most beloved and acclaimed singer-songwriters gives a special two-part performance. First, the arrival of a gorgeous new chapter from Barnett with the release of her instrumental album, End of the Day (music from the film Anonymous Club), performed and improvised with collaborator Stella Mozgawa. Then, Barnett sings from her incomparable back catalogue.
Pooneh Ghana
MUSIC
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Vikram Kushwah
McCray Sutherlin
Peter Cat Recording Co.
City Recital Hall
20 January
Brett Whiteley Studio
6–27 January
Hollie Cunningham
Late Nights at The Thirsty Mile
Lisa O’Neill IRELAND
Dance after dark amidst wild art installations at our supercharged club nights. Serving up a vast range of electronic genres from across the world, with parties hosted by Astral People, Wavyland and Finely Tuned, plus a huge closing night with South African DJ Mo Laudi.
Ireland’s Lisa O’Neill is one of the most striking folk singers performing today. Her voice is raw, evocative and laden with emotion. Renowned for her transporting live shows, don’t miss O’Neill as she lets her wild loveliness rip.
MUSIC
MUSIC
19 January
Claudio Raschella
City Recital Hall
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Danish Ravi
12–28 January
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Moonshine Bar
New Beginnings Festival
Edge of Reality:
SETTLEMENT SERVICES INTERNATIONAL & AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
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From First Nations to newcomers and everyone in between, New Beginnings Festival is where you belong. Back after a fantastic 2023, immerse yourself in fresh sounds and tastes, and conversations on inclusivity and equity in the arts.
Created by Paul Grabowsky AO and starring Australian performers Joe Camilleri and Deborah Conway, Edge of Reality is a unique tribute to Elvis Presley with heartfelt, re-imagined renditions of the King’s greatest hits.
MUSIC
27 January
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Australian National Maritime Museum
Elvis Presley Songbook
Alana Valentine
Michael Doucett
Rizo: Prizmatism
Send for Nellie
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WORLD PREMIERE
A glamour-puss chanteuse and a powerhouse vocalist, GRAMMY® Award-winning cabaret superstar Rizo brings a dose of love, glitter and radical optimism. Enter her prism of lust, heartbreak and life’s beauty via vintage pop, rock’n’roll and ridiculous high jinks.
Sydney, 1931. Singer Nellie Small puts on a top hat and tails at a little Oxford Street venue and a cabaret legend is born. Send for Nellie recreates in story, song and Nellie’s own words the tale of the most impressive career in Australian entertainment you’ve probably never heard of.
CABARET
24–27 January
Sydney Theatre Company
10–14 January
Shanynn Higgins
Sydney Theatre Company
John McRae
CABARET
Prinnie Stevens:
Lady Sings the Blues Volume II
Alma Zygier WORLD PREMIERE
WORLD PREMIERE R&B soul songstress Prinnie Stevens (The Bodyguard) returns with more heart-wrenching ballads and soul-stirring pop stories of the greats, with a setlist spanning Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner.
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CABARET
Sydney Theatre Company
16–17 January
A bewitching jazz and blues performer, Alma Zygier’s voice is a compelling mix of raw emotion, velvety nuance and grit. Hear her spin on classics from Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. CABARET
Sydney Theatre Company
19–20 January
CABARET Smashed:
The Nightcap Photo: Ruby Sam Clark. Design: Green Peas for Breakfast
HEY DOWLING | WORLD PREMIERE
A lively lock-in of delicious cabaret Your favourite brunch crew is cruising back to the Wharf. With your host, cabaret queen Victoria Falconer, this world-class femme-fronted ensemble is serving tasty cabaret, exquisite drag, jaw-dropping circus and a live-n-kickin’ dive band so hot they’ll blow your wig off, plus a smuggled-in selection of Festival headliners. Get ready to kick on.
CABARET
Sydney Theatre Company
6–27 January
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Michelle Brasier: Average Bear
MICHAEL GRIFFITHS
CENTURY ARTISTS
Helpmann Award-winner Michael Griffiths takes us on a very personal, funny and sometimes melancholy deep dive into the songs of pop superstars the Pet Shop Boys, musical beacons for gay men growing up and coming out.
Comedy star Michelle Brasier’s all-singing, all-joking, all-heartbreaking show has been a rocket to acclaim. After scoring multiple awards at Sydney and Melbourne comedy festivals, and sold out runs in London and Edinburgh, the phenomenally successful cabaret returns to Sydney.
Songs of Love and Shame
Sydney Theatre Company
12 January
Steve Ullathorn
CABARET
An Evening Without Kate Bush HEY DOWLING & SARAH-LOUISE YOUNG | UK
Celebrating an incandescent genius An award-winning cult cabaret paying glorious tribute to the music, fans and mythology of Kate Bush, one of the most influential voices in pop culture. UK performer Sarah-Louise Young helps you release your inner Bush and celebrate at this joyful and unique show. Come howl with the Hounds of Love.
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Nick Robertson
Claudio Raschella
It’s a Sin:
Sydney Theatre Company
18–21 January
CABARET
Sydney Theatre Company
25–26 January
The Chosen Haram TURTLE KEY ARTS | UK AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
Circus, desire and forbidden love “Haram” is anything forbidden by Islam. But what if it applies to the essence of who you are? Performed on Chinese poles, this emotionally candid take on contemporary circus by Sadiq Ali charts the relationship of two gay men, stacked with physical humour, pain, joy and a thumping soundtrack.
Seymour Centre
16–21 January
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Inept Gravity
PHYSICAL THEATRE
THEATRE
PHYSICAL
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All photos by Ranuth Yun
PHYSICAL
White Gold PHARE CIRCUS | CAMBODIA AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
Unmissable Cambodian circus Feed your soul and savour Cambodia’s heritage with a spectacular circus celebrating healing, joy… and rice. Be astonished by hypnotic dance, mesmerising music, live painting and circus arts (juggling, tumbling and teeterboard) dating back 1,200 years.
CIRCUS
Seymour Centre
9–21 January
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The King of Taking THOM MONCKTON NEW ZEALAND
Royally funny physical theatre Roll out the red carpet! Seriously — the petulant king is allergic to normal flooring. Thom Monckton, the comic genius behind The Artist (Sydney Festival 2023) delivers a cackle-inducing physical comedy that shows what happens when the joint is run by clowns. This is your chance to curry favour with the entitled imbecile in power.
Bell Shakespeare, 12–14 January The Neilson Nutshell
Melissa Banks
FAMILY
PHYSICAL THEATRE
Sugung–ga: The Other Side of the World MOKSUNG THEATRE COMPANY SOUTH KOREA | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
A charming turtle and hare fable Korean pansori and Czech puppetry combine in the charming story of Sugung-ga, where a turtle must persuade a hare to give up his liver to an underwater dragon king. Live cello music, playful puppetry and witty storytelling colour this all-ages gem from South Korea’s Moksung Theatre Company.
ATYP, The Rebel Theatre
10–14 January Sanghoon Ok
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PUPPETRY & THEATRE
Rendha Rais.
A Bucket of Beetles PAPERMOON PUPPET THEATRE INDONESIA | AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
Friendship, adventure and magical bugs Yogyakarta’s world-renowned Papermoon Puppet Theatre spins an all-ages tale of a friendship between a little boy named Wehea and the creatures he loves. Featuring exquisite puppetry, this is a show about the small things in life that help us understand the bigger things.
PUPPETRY & THEATRE
Seymour Centre
9–13 January
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Boaz Arad/ SHF. Mir Nach! (Follow me!) Designed by Noa Haim of Collective Paper Aesthetics, for and with the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
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Daniell Flood
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Seagulls
Hive Festival
SNUFF PUPPETS
ART GALLERY OF NSW & BLACKTOWN ARTS
Snuff Puppets’ giant Seagulls descend in a noisy quarrelsome pack. These unruly scavengers devour everything in their path. You might lose your hat as they fight each other for the finest spoils. Grab a hold of your children before they do!
Explore a world of art, music, performance and play at this fun-filled festival for children and families across two weekends in January. Created with Claudia Chidiac, there’s hands-on artmaking, immersive cardboard sculptures and an audio train journey in between.
PUPPETRY
IMMERSIVE ART
12-14 January
Art Gallery of NSW & The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
13–20 January
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Andrew Wuttke
Various Outdoors
The Listies: Make Some Noise
Dinosaur World Live
THE LISTIES
NICOLL ENTERTAINMENT & SK ENTERTAINMENT | UK
A comedy concert for humans aged four to 400. Join the maestros of mirth, Rich and Matt, as they belt out a bunch of songs with the LOLs turned up to 11. Will they be in tune? Almost. In time? Not quite. Can Rich dance? Let’s find out!
Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and life-like) dinosaurs. Meet a host of impressive creatures, including every child’s favourite giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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3–13 January
Riverside Theatres
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This year, our branding draws straight from the 2024 program itself. Does the artwork above look familiar? It’s a playful riff off the Michael Shaw art installation, Hi-Vis. Flip to the front cover to see vibrant pieces of Lia Rodrigues’ dance work Encantado in a bold new incarnation.
SUMMER
MICHAEL SHAW TEXTURE
Tacita Dean, Paradise (still), 2021, 35mm colour anamorphic film, with music, Paradiso by Thomas Adès, image courtesy the artist, Frith Street Gallery, London, and Marian Goodman Gallery New York, Paris and Los Angeles © the artist
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Earth, Sea and Sky:
Tacita Dean
Australian Contemporary Photography
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AUSTRALIA Marvel at the largest-ever presentation of acclaimed artist Tacita Dean’s work in the Southern Hemisphere. Part of the Sydney International Art Series 2023/24, the exhibition showcases her multi-disciplinary practice in a remarkable sensory experience.
A fascinating collection of leading Australian artists and photographers pushing the boundaries of photography in form and matter as they meditate on our relationship with the environment.
Museum of Contemporary From 8 December Art Australia
Bondi Pavilion Gallery
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Louise Bourgeois ‘Crouching Spider’ 2003, Collection The Easton Foundation, New York © The Easton Foundation/ VAGA at ARS/Copyright Agency 2023, photo: Ron Amstutz
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Tamara Dean, In Bloom, 2018
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Brett Whiteley: Chapters 1959–69 An exhibition of works made by renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley during an intensive decade of travel and artistic experimentation, including works that have not been on public display since the 1970s.
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Brett Whiteley Studio
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Louise Bourgeois:
Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day? ART GALLERY OF NSW Experience the strange beauty and emotional power of Louise Bourgeois’ art from her inventive seven-decade career, in the largest exhibition of her work ever seen in Australia. VISUAL ART
Art Gallery of NSW
From 25 November
In Our Time:
Four decades of art from China and beyond, the Geoff Raby Collection NATIONAL ART SCHOOL An exhibition from 75+ artists working in China and Australia as members of the Chinese diaspora. Imbued with humour, fantasy and sarcasm, the works explore urban life, Chinese philosophy, nationhood and more. National Art School Galleries
From 19 January
Artspace: The Reopening Join us at the newly reopened Artspace for a lecture by the multidisciplinary artist and composer DJ Mo Laudi (Ntshepe Tsekere Bopape). Additionally, enjoy a conversation with Bundjalung and Kullilli journalist and author Daniel Browning.
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Artspace
27 January
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Photo courtesy of Mo Laudi
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Guan Wei, Day after tomorrow no. 5 (detail) 2007, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, La Trobe University, Geoff Raby Collection of Chinese Art.
ARTS
Kandinsky
Talking Posters:
ART GALLERY OF NSW
BLACKTOWN ARTS
Drawing on the rich holdings of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, this comprehensive exhibition showcases the life and work of one of the most distinguished European modernists, Vasily Kandinsky.
Dive into the history of political poster art with this selection of screen-printed artworks, textiles and calendars alongside materials from the renowned ‘Garage’ in Mt Druitt in Western Sydney.
VISUAL ART
VISUAL ART
Art Gallery of NSW
Garage Graphix 1981–1998
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Prepare the snackery, Sydney Festival AT HOME brings the Festival right through your door. Enjoy livestreams of the floating opera Il Tabarro, this year’s Vigil: The Future, and catch acrobatic and dance performance Living Sculptures: How the Birds got their Colours on world-famous Bondi Beach. On demand, watch the Australian premiere of Cirque du Cambodia (a documentary that follows two young Cambodians on their quest to join the big tops of Cirque du Soleil), and uncover the story behind the ground-breaking Warumpi Band, in the Big Name No Blanket 2013 documentary. Tune in to concerts from Tim Freedman, Lisa Moore and Hamed Sadeghi and discover the inspiration behind the incredible new live performance works, GURR ERA OP and Big Name, No Blankets.
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Vigil: The Future
Il Tabarro VICTORIAN OPERA
Tune in on 25 January to be part of Vigil: The Future, a night for young voices to share their messages to the people of Australia through art, installation and a powerful First Nations youth choir.
Get a front row seat to Puccini’s one-act opera on the water without leaving the house. Via livestream experience this dark tale of passion, desperation and heartbreak, performed aboard the historic Carpentaria.
LIVESTREAM
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Wendell Teodoro
12 January and on demand
Joel Gershon
25 January and on demand
Cirque du Cambodia
Hamed Sadeghi in Empty Voices
JOEL GERSHON It’s every child’s fantasy: to run away and join the circus. Two kids from a Cambodian village did it — and then dreamt bigger, setting their sights on the world-famous Cirque du Soleil. Watch their quest for the global stage.
Sink into a spell-binding ensemble performance from 2023 led by tar (Iranian lute) virtuoso Hamed Sadeghi, known for his fusions of Middle Eastern and Western music. Also catch 2023 performances from Lisa Moore and Tim Freedman.
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7 Hickson Road, The Rocks 02 9256 1661
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The Gantry
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PIER BAR
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Pier 8/9, 23 Hickson Road Millers Point 1300 353 636
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Azzam Mohamed in The Risk of Hyperbole, Phoenix Central Park. Photo: Anna Kucera
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Seymour Centre
A BUCKET OF BEETLES
ACO, The Neilson
BACH AKADEMIE AUSTRALIA
ACO, The Neilson
ACO, The Neilson
KEE’AHN
ACO, The Neilson
Art Gallery of NSW
ACO, The Neilson
KANDINSKY
Sydney Theatre Company
IN OUR TIME: FOUR DECADES OF ART FROM CHINA AND BEYOND
JOSH MEADER TRIO
National Art School
IL TABARRO
IT’S A SIN: SONGS OF LOVE AND SHAME
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
ICONIC: LOST IN PALM SPRINGS TALK
Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour
HOUSE OF FAST FASHUN
Moonshine Bar
Sydney Dance Company, Studio 5
HI-VIS
HOPE HUNT AND THE ASCENSION INTO LAZARUS & WOLVERINE
AGNSW, Blacktown Arts Centre
HAROLD LÓPEZ-NUSSA
HIVE FESTIVAL
Roslyn Packer Theatre
Bangarra Dance Theatre, Studio 1
GURR ERA OP
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
ACO, The Neilson
Sydney Opera House
GÖTEBORGSOPERANS DANSKOMPANI
EXHIBITIONS AFTER DARK
ENSEMBLE APEX
ENCANTADO
Bondi Pavilion
The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre
EARTH, SEA AND SKY
EDGE OF REALITY: ELVIS PRESLEY SONGBOOK
Riverside Theatres
ACO, The Neilson
DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE
ACO, The Neilson
DAVID KEENAN
Artspace
Sydney Dance Company, Studio 5
City Recital Hall
DEBORAH CONWAY
DANIEL BROWNING IN CONVERSATION WITH LARISSA BEHRENDT
CULTURAL WORKSHOPS & DANCE MASTERCLASSES
COURTNEY BARNETT
CONIC ROSE
Seymour Centre
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
CAMBODIAN CIRCUS WORKSHOPS
CAMP CULTURE
Brett Whiteley Studio
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
BRETT WHITELEY STUDIO SESSIONS
CIRQUE DU CAMBODIA SCREENING
Brett Whiteley Studio
BRETT WHITELEY: CHAPTERS 1959–69
ACO, The Neilson
Roslyn Packer Theatre
BENJAMIN SKEPPER
BIG NAME, NO BLANKETS
Parramatta Riverside Theatres
ACO, The Neilson
AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
BANANALAND
ACO, The Neilson
AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBERG ORCHESTRA
Sydney Harbour
Roslyn Packer Theatre
ARKA KINARI
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Theatre Company
ARE WE NOT DRAWN ONWARD TO NEW ERA
ACO, The Neilson
AN EVENING WITHOUT KATE BUSH
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
ACO, The Neilson
AMARO FREITAS
ANDREW BUKENYA: BACH IN COLOUR
Sydney Theatre Company
Parramatta Riverside Theatres
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WHITE GOLD
YELLAMUNDIE FESTIVAL SCRIPT READING
The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre
WAYFINDER
Wharf 4/5
Barangaroo Reserve
VIGIL: THE FUTURE
SUNRISE YOGA
ACO, The Neilson
Roving
TROPHIE
Belvoir St Theatre
TIDDAS
Sydney Opera House
THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
TRAINS BY THE KIDS
Bondi Pavilion Gallery
THE LISTIES: MAKE SOME NOISE
Bell Shakespeare, Neilson Nutshell
THE CHOSEN HARAM
THE KING OF TAKING
Watermans Cove, Barangaroo
TE WHEKE-A-MUTURANGI: THE ADVERSARY
Wharf 4/5
Museum of Contemporary Art
TACITA DEAN
TALKING POSTERS
The Crescent, Parramatta Park
ACO, The Neilson
Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour
SYDNEY SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS PICTURES IN THE SKY
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Moonshine Bar
ATYP, The Rebel Theatre
SPIN
SUGUNG-GA: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
City Recital Hall
Sydney Theatre Company
SOLILOQUY
Sydney Theatre Company
SEND FOR NELLIE
SMASHED: THE NIGHTCAP
Various Locations
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RIZO: PRIZMATISM
SEAGULLS
ACO, The Neilson
PRINNIE STEVENS: LADY SINGS THE BLUES VOLUME II
Eternity Playhouse
OVERFLOW
PETER CAT RECORDING CO.
Sydney Opera House
ORPHEUS & EURYDICE
Bell Shakespeare, Neilson Nutshell
Coney Island, Luna Park
Australian National Maritime Museum
OCTOPUS GARDEN
ODE TO JOY
Australian National Maritime Museum
NEW BEGINNINGS FESTIVAL
Seymour Centre
NIGHT SONGS AT CONEY ISLAND
Riverside Theatres
MUTIARA
Sydney Theatre Company
MULTICULTURAL COMEDY GALA
MICHELLE BRASIER: AVERAGE BEAR
Sydney Opera House
Art Gallery of NSW
LOST IN PALM SPRINGS
MASTERCLASS
Various Locations
Manly Art Gallery and Museum
LIVING SCULPTURES: HOW THE BIRDS GOT THEIR COLOURS
City Recital Hall
ACO, The Neilson
LISA O’NEILL
LILJA
Artspace
Moonshine Bar
LECTURE BY MO LAUDI
ACO, The Neilson
KORKMAZ CAN SAGLAM
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