Talks & Ideas
A selection of Talks & Ideas events from the Sydney Opera House archive.
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Matriarchies & Movements: All About Women 2023
Jackie Huggins, Teela Reid & Marlene Longbottom
Moderated by Courtney Fewquandie
Curated by Courtney FewquandieThe leadership of Indigenous women has long focused on responsibilities to community and country. You're invited to discover where this approach intersects and conflicts with mainstre...
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Iran: Woman, Life, Freedom: All About Women 2023
Saba Vasefi, Gelareh Pour & Shokoofeh Azar
Moderated by Kylie Moore-GilbertIranian-Australian women give an inside look at the woman-led revolution in Iran, the power of protest, and how Australians can be allies at this incredible moment in history.
Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish-Iranian woman,...
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The War on Women: All About Women 2023
Speakers: Karen Iles, Chelsea Watego, Fatima Bhutto & Mona Eltahawy
Moderated by Sam Mostyn
Curated by Jane CaroFrom the repression of women in Iran to the rollback of abortion rights in the US, the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan, the continuing fight for rights for First Nations people a...
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Who Made Me Spokesperson?: All About Women 2023
Clementine Ford, Yves Rees & Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
Moderated by Milo Hartill
Curated by Amy ThunigActivism requires individuals to speak up. But often, advocates are asked to represent an entire group. How does it feel to be made responsible for the voice of a whole community?
Large-scale c...
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Bodies That Got Left Behind: All About Women 2023
Deni Todorovič, Sasha Kutabah Sarago, Tanya Hennessy, April Hélène-Horton aka The Bodzilla & Elly Desmarchelier
Curated by Jamila RizviOver the last 20 years, the ideal body has evolved through different fashions - but is still limited to a narrow norm. Our presenters celebrate the body shapes ...
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Pussy Riot / Zona Prava - In Conversation (2014)
Russian conceptual artists and political activists Nadezhda (Nadya) Tolokonnikova and Maria (Masha) Alekhina are founding members of the art collective Pussy Riot, who became a global symbol of dissent in Russia with their idiosyncratic blend of feminist art and activism. They were sentenced to t...
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An Evening with Stephen Hawking (2015)
There are few scientists that can be said to have touched the public imagination. Physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking is one such scientist. Appearing as part of the 2015 Ideas at the House program, Professor Hawking joined us from Cambridge, via livestream hologram technology, for his firs...
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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...
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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 2022As 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...
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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 CaptionedThe 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...
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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 CaptionedRioters stormed the US Capitol to overturn a presidential election. Medical professionals cite COVID treatment myths, despite no scientific proof. You might have...
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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 CaptionedThe 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...
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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 CaptionedThese high-achievers sacrificed successful careers in journalism to take up the rigorous study necessary to be...
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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 CaptionedThe 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...
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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 CaptionedThe body is the arena where power and politicised control play out. Join Olivia Laing as she examines how bo...
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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 AuslanFor several years writer and broadcaster Clementine Ford made her name as one of...
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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 AuslanIndigenous women, white feminism and power; colonial violence and self-determination - what are the obstacles and pathways to a new f...
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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 AuslanWhat 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...
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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...
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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 AuslanConsent and power relations, gender justice and the state, pornography and freedom - political philosophy professor Amia Srinivasan refuses to turn away from the hard quest...
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Why Design Matters: All About Women 2022
Debbie Millman
Presented at All About Women 2022
CaptionedDebbie 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...
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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 AuslanIn a posthumous letter, "Kate" accused federal MP and Minister for Indus...
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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 AuslanThe tables are turned as the 7.30 journo becomes the interviewee. Expect her trademark blend of political insight, personal observation and wry commentary ...