Talks & Ideas

Talks & Ideas

A selection of Talks & Ideas events from the Sydney Opera House archive.

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  • All About Women 2023 – Bikini Kill, Chloé Hayden, Grace Tame, Flex Mami & more

    All About Women celebrates extraordinary thinkers, writers and artists, and poses vital questions about gender, equality and justice. In 2023, Bikini Kill, Chloé Hayden, Grace Tame, Flex Mami and many more led lively debates in a program co-curated by Jamila Rizvi, Dr Amy Thunig, Jane Caro, and t...

  • Actually Autistic: All About Women 2023

    Chloe Hayden, Grace Tame & Jac den Houting
    Curated and moderated by Amy Thunig

    Nearly 80% of autistic women are mis- or un-diagnosed - but every day we're learning more about this disability. Join our panellists to hear what it's actually like to be autistic.

    We live in a society that is only j...

  • On The Level with Brian Cox

    Candid, in-depth, and always revealing, On The Level is a monthly interview series that catches up with artists during their visit to the Sydney Opera House, discussing their careers, inspirations, and preparations for their performance. In our second episode, Emmy Award-winning actor, Succession...

  • Brian Cox: The Evil in Us All: Antidote 2022 (Highlights)

    Presented as part of Antidote 2022
    Live-broadcast from The Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
    Sunday, 11 September 2022

    As an actor for stage and screen, Brian Cox has built a brilliant career on getting under the skin of tyranny. His depiction of the tyrannical media patriarch, Logan Roy, in the...

  • Where do we go from here?: Antidote 2022

    Presented as part of Antidote 2022
    Live-broadcast from The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
    Sunday, 11 September 2022
    Auslan and Live Captioned

    With growing momentum to enact the Uluru Statement from the Heart, is a meaningful change for First Nations people and our country finally really on the...

  • The World Turned Upside Down: Antidote 2022

    Presented as part of Antidote 2022
    Live-broadcast from The Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
    Sunday, 11 September 2022
    Auslan and Live Captioned

    The cross benches in our federal parliament got quite a bit more crowded at this year's election. Will this Independents movement continue to grow? A...

  • Malcolm Turnbull AC & Ed Coper: Unfriend the Algorithm: Antidote 2022

    Presented as part of Antidote 2022
    Live-broadcast from The Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
    Sunday, 11 September 2022
    Live Captioned

    Rioters stormed the US Capitol to overturn a presidential election. Medical professionals cite COVID treatment myths, despite no scientific proof. You might have...

  • Jarvis Cocker: Good Pop Bad Pop: Antidote 2022

    Presented as part of Antidote 2022
    Live-broadcast from The Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
    Sunday, 11 September
    Auslan and Live Captioned

    The legendary pop pioneer opened his attic crawl space where he hoarded objects for 20 years. He tells us what he found there and how the things we keep hi...

  • A Higher Calling: Antidote 2022

    Lisa Pryor & Amy Coopes, hosted by Norman Swan

    Presented as part of Antidote 2022
    Live-broadcast from The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House
    Sunday, 11 September
    Auslan and Live Captioned

    These high-achievers sacrificed successful careers in journalism to take up the rigorous study necessary to be...

  • Welcome to the Pandemicene: Antidote 2022

    Presented as part of Antidote 2022
    Live-broadcast from The Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
    Sunday, 11 September 2022
    Live Captioned

    The climate crisis has created a unique situation that has the potential to breed many more viruses. So is Covid just the start? Then where do we go next?

    Ther...

  • The Body Free and Powerful: Olivia Laing: Antidote 2022

    Presented as part of Antidote 2022
    Live-broadcast from The Playhouse Theatre, Sydney Opera House
    Sunday, 11 September 2022
    This talk is recommended for ages 15+
    Auslan and Live Captioned

    The body is the arena where power and politicised control play out. Join Olivia Laing as she examines how bo...

  • Clementine Ford, Love Sermon: All About Women 2022

    Unrequited romance. Deep friendship. Motherhood. Break-ups. Self-love.
    Join Clementine Ford as she explores the manifold ways love makes its home in our hearts.
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    Captioned and Auslan

    For several years writer and broadcaster Clementine Ford made her name as one of...

  • First Nations Women: All About Women 2022

    Stepping into a First Nations women-led feminist future.
    Hosted by Larissa Behrendt
    Presented at All About Women, 13 March 2022, 11:30am AEST
    Captioned and Auslan

    Indigenous women, white feminism and power; colonial violence and self-determination - what are the obstacles and pathways to a new f...

  • Beyond the Binary: All About Women 2022

    Imagine a world with no gender binary.
    Hosted by Yves Rees
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    Captioned and Auslan

    What would our world look like if gender binaries disappeared completely? Yves Rees leads a provocative panel discussion that seeks to imagine this future where rigid binaries and ge...

  • After Consent: All About Women 2022

    Law and Culture: The Latest in Consent
    Bri Lee, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Amy Thunig & Saxon Mullins
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    This talk is recommended for age 15+.

    Four of Australia's prominent campaigners against sexual violence get together to discuss our changing understanding of consen...

  • The Right to Sex: All About Women 2022

    Amia Srinivasan and Emma A Jane
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    This talk is recommended for age 15+
    Captioned and Auslan

    Consent and power relations, gender justice and the state, pornography and freedom - political philosophy professor Amia Srinivasan refuses to turn away from the hard quest...

  • Why Design Matters: All About Women 2022

    Debbie Millman
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    Captioned

    Debbie Millman is an author, educator, and host of the long-running and wildly popular podcast Design Matters, which has featured the likes of Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson, Malcolm Gladwell, and Ira Glass. Now, a selection of her mo...

  • For Kate: All About Women 2022

    A friend, a lawyer, and a journalist try to hold power to account.
    Michael Bradley, Jo Dyer & Samantha Maiden hosted by Julia Baird
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    This talk is recommended for age 15+
    Captioned and Auslan

    In a posthumous letter, "Kate" accused federal MP and Minister for Indus...

  • Laura Tingle Explains It All: All About Women 2022

    See Laura Tingle, eyebrows and all.
    Laura Tingle
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    This talk is recommended for age 15+
    Captioned and Auslan

    The tables are turned as the 7.30 journo becomes the interviewee. Expect her trademark blend of political insight, personal observation and wry commentary ...

  • Queerstories: All About Women 2022

    Five incredible LGBTQI+ writers share a personal tale about their relationship to womanhood, intimate, considered and, as always, rooted in community.
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    This talk is recommended for age 15+
    Captioned and Auslan

    Queerstories invites storytellers to share the tale t...

  • Future for Women in Afghanistan: All About Women

    Exploring the reality for women in Afghanistan now.
    Hosted by Diana Sayed
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    Captioned

    At the end of August 2021, Australian and American military forces withdrew from Afghanistan. With the Taliban now in control after the 20-year "war on terror", many are fearful ...

  • Roxane Gay & Nakkiah Lui: All About Women 2022

    The kind of frank talk that we need to hear.
    Roxane Gay and Nakkiah Lui
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    This talk is recommended for age 15+
    Captioned and Auslan

    Nothing is off-limits in this conversation between these two incredible writers whose work challenges us with the hard questions abo...

  • Grace Tame & Rosie Batty: All About Women 2022

    How do we support those who speak out?
    Rosie Batty and Grace Tame hosted by Jamila Rizvi
    Presented at All About Women 2022
    This talk is recommended for age 15+
    Captioned and Auslan

    Rosie Batty and Grace Tame have built their lives around fighting for justice. Together for the first time, they sh...

  • The Wendy McCarthy Effect: All About Women 2022

    Wendy McCarthy
    Hosted by Larissa Behrendt

    Wendy McCarthy is one of Australian feminism's heroes. She shares her remarkable life and achievements, and the lessons she has learned - and taught us all.

    From country schoolgirl to relentless national campaigner for women and children; from passiona...