Circus and cabaret come together in this cinematically ravishing adaptation of The Mirror, a boundary-pushing work from multi-award-winning company Gravity & Other Myths. Commissioned by Sydney Opera House and Chamäleon Theatre Berlin and shot live in the Drama Theatre, this unforgettable film co...

DOKU, The Binary World is a premiere screening of the live motion-capture performance by Shanghai-based artist Lu Yang, originally staged in 2022 as a real-time collaboration between Hong Kong's Freespace, West Kowloon Cultural District and the Sydney Opera House.

In a remarkable networked perfo...

Through decades of collaboration, lyricist Alain Boublil and composer Claude-Michel Schönberg have graced world stages with timeless classics such as Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, La Révolution Française, Martin Guerre and The Pirate Queen. Enjoy a selection of songs from one of musical theatre’s ...

Available worldwide until 9th Oct 2025.
Steven Oliver from ABC’s hit television series 'Black Comedy' is joined on-stage with musician Michael Griffiths for the critically acclaimed comedy cabaret 'Bigger & Blacker', recorded in the Studio in 2021. Weaving comedy and contemplation though stories...

In our latest episode of On The Level, we have a beguiling chat with the world renowned mentalist, Scott Silven – who performed at the Sydney Opera House last year after sell out performances at Sydney Festival and Melbourne International Arts Festival – about the power of imagination. He describ...

Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Terrain, choreographed by incoming Artistic Director Frances Rings, is inspired by the area of Australia known as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, a landscape from where human beings draw life and express meaning to that life. The production explores the fundamental connection betw...

In January 2022, Sydney-siders were treated to an unusual spectacle: one brave woman perched atop a giant ice cube, suspended high above the city’s harbour at the peak of summer. THAW marked a dramatic return for renowned local company Legs on the Wall, who delivered an art installation as metaph...

Starring Rainbow Chan, Eugene Choi & Marcus Whale
Recorded Live at Sydney Opera House

Celebrating the landmark film’s 20th anniversary, 'In the Mood – A Love Letter to Wong Kar-wai & Hong Kong' is a fever dream live streamed performance featuring a theatrical set, ‘60s style costumes, and sax-dr...

Logie award-winning writer and actor Mary Coustas chats with her alter-ego Effie about the premiere of her upcoming one-woman show This Is Personal at the Sydney Opera House. Effie is not appearing in This Is Personal, nor does she have a show at the Sydney Opera House, she would like to know why...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following content may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

For almost 10 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have travelled to Sydney to take part in Sydney Opera House’s various First Nations Festivals ...

Dance Rites — Australia’s First Nations dance competition — is the Sydney Opera House’s free celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island dance and cultures on the Sydney Opera House Forecourt, taking place each spring. In November 2019, more than 350 performers from 19 Aboriginal and Torre...

Presented in association with Bell Shakespeare.

A special performance from John Bell AO, who founded Bell Shakespeare based on his belief that all Australians should have access to the works of Shakespeare in performance. In an excerpt from One Man In His Time, John shares his reflections on the...

Few dancers boast a career as stellar as Natalia Osipova. In this interview, Osipova unpacks the moments that made her — from a mentorship with Alexei Ratmansky, to becoming principal artist at The Royal Ballet. Her new work, Pure Dance, balances the classical and contemporary disciplines, reflec...

Performed as part of Antidote in 2018, The Gauntlet is a genre-bending performance work, which combines choirs and vocal ensembles, contemporary choreography and site-specific storytelling. In this newly commissioned documentary film, composer Sxip Shirey and choreographer Coco Karol discuss what...

Dancer Angela Goh and composer/musician Corin talk about their collaboration on new work Sky Blue Mythic that premiered at Sydney Opera House.

Sky Blue Mythic is a haunting, mesmerising solo dance work by one of Australia’s most daring choreographers and captivating performers, Angela Goh. This...

In this candid, hilarious one-on-one conversation, Bigger & Blacker star Steven Oliver and his musical director Michael Griffiths chat about their long and storied collaboration. Across an enlightening creative conversation, the pair reminisce on their friendship from their very first meeting in ...

Explore the contemporary dance works of five Sydney choreographers. On the Joan Sutherland Theatre stage, each artist dances their own choreography, responding to a soundtrack that has inspired them to reflect on this moment, its challenges and transformative possibilities.

Featuring choreograp...

Presented by Sydney Opera House at Outlines 2021.

A real-time motion capture performance, in which movement artist Lydia Kivela explores a hyper-real 3D environment created by Serwah Attafuah, accompanied by an original score, performed live, by ptwiggs. Inspired by the glaring neon ambience of ...

Presented by Sydney Opera House at Outlines 2021.

Technology is now sophisticated enough to write poetry and enter into intelligent dialogue with humans - but what is the role of machines in the creative process? Masters, servants, or just a different set of tools? R+J RMX is a performance work ...

Learn new skills in this series of "how to" videos presented some very talented young people!

In this episode 12-year-old Nathaniel demonstrates some beginner ballet steps for our host Curly.

Curious kids step through the giant doors of the scenery lift at the Sydney Opera House and meet some amazing people from the stage and behind the scenes.

In this episode, Bartram, Lea and Owen spin, twirl and chicken dance as they discover what it takes to be a ballet dancer!

THAW
Legs On The Wall
Performance One - Vicki Van Hout

Co-presented by Sydney Opera House and Sydney Festival
Originally broadcast 15 January 2022

A colossal block of ice suspended above Sydney Harbour. On it, a woman alone. Isolated on this frozen world, the woman scrambles to protect it from ...

THAW
Legs On The Wall
Performance Two - Jenni Large

Co-presented by Sydney Opera House and Sydney Festival
Originally broadcast 15 January 2022

A colossal block of ice suspended above Sydney Harbour. On it, a woman alone. Isolated on this frozen world, the woman scrambles to protect it from the...

THAW
Legs On The Wall
Performance Three - Isabel Estrella

Co-presented by Sydney Opera House and Sydney Festival
Originally broadcast 15 January 2022

A colossal block of ice suspended above Sydney Harbour. On it, a woman alone. Isolated on this frozen world, the woman scrambles to protect it fr...