Theatre, dance & film
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Discover theatre, dance, film and performances in Sydney. The best events, attractions and things to do from the City of Sydney’s official event guide.
Kids Couch Concert
A streaming concert for preschoolers featuring independent children's entertainers from across Australia
Beginners acting: The monologue online
Join your living room with ours with our new self isolation interactive level 1 course
Online beginners improv class
Find fun, easy ways to access free flow of thought, trust and active listening from the comfort of your own home
Hedda Gabler
A bold new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's influential realist classic
MainStage: Burden of Truth
Transience and homelessness in the première of a new 32-part setting of the Gavin Bryers classic
Female Musical Comedian
The Sydney Comedy Festival show that breaks the rules
Bec Melrose: Big Dolphin Energy
Incisive social commentary with wry charm
Comedy for Kids Gala
Sydney Comedy Festival's family-friendly gala event, tickets just $5
End of Festival Gala
A dazzling night of laughs to close out the 2020 Sydney Comedy Festival
20 comics in 60 mins - 2-for-1 comedy slam
It's a whole new batch of funny comedians
Love Stories
Real Stories. Real People. Real Love.
Creed Bratton (The Office) live in Sydney
Creed Bratton from the US version of The Office brings his variety show tour to Australia
BonkerZ “Battle of the Comic Sexes”
It's our first Battle of the Comic Sexes M vs F of 2020 with buy-1-get-1-free seats
10 Comics for $15 Bucks: 2 for 1 Comedy Show
BonkerZ Comedy Clubs presents a night of cheap laughs!
Salon: Dances of Passion
SongCo Salon: Beautiful voices and exquisite harmonies in sublime song.
Close-Up: Bach to the Future
Close-Up: Max Riebl – from Bach to Elvis Presley and back!
Appropriate
An explosive, hilarious, timely take on the great American family drama
Come From Away
The global phenomenon and 'Best Musical' worldwide winner
MainStage: Arms of Love
Buxtehude’s monumental meditation on suffering and the human body set with contemporary Indigenous dance
Wake in Fright
Kenneth Cook's iconic work of Australian Gothic horror is felt in the flesh in this new production
Salon: Madrigalesque
SongCo Salon: Fa-la-la with the finest young voices in Australia
Resonate 2020: Palm Court
Live band, dancing and champagne High Tea
The Big Bike Film Night - 2020
On a mission to share the best cycling short films from around the world with you
Prima Facie
A taut, 1-woman show that exposes the shortcomings of Australia's patriarchal justice system
Close-Up: Chant d'amour et de mort
Close-Up: Amy Moore – Messiaen’s grandest song cycle of love and death
Usual Girls
A blisteringly honest account of the painful, wondrous transition from girlhood to womanhood
MainStage: Circle of Virtue
A dramatic presentation of the earliest surviving music drama by 12th-century Abbess Hildegard of Bingen
Plastic Bag
Drawing from postmodern concept of hyperreality, exploring shifting states of personal perception
The Australian Ballet: Molto
This diverse trio of stellar works will tick all your ballet boxes
Preludes
A breathtaking musical fantasia set in the hypnotised mind of Russian composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Close-Up: Esperar, Sentir, Morir
Close-Up: Roberta Diamond – voyages in music from the Iberian Peninsula
Cancelled: Sydney Town Hall organ recitals
Be enchanted by the magic of Sydney Town Hall's grand organ, at a free lunchtime concert in the heart of the city
A Little Lunch Music: 1984! The Musical!
Tap-dancing in torture chambers and rats with razzle-dazzle, 1984! The Musical! has it all!
The Australian Ballet: The Happy Prince
“High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince…”
Todrick Hall - Haus Party tour
An amazing new show coming to Australia and New Zealand
Battle of the Brains Trivia Night
Flex your brain at The Pyjama Foundation's Trivia Night
F*** Fabulous
The world premiere of the most controversial show of the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival