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Young dancers to bring 'culture alive' at Opera House

An all-female dance ensemble is set to take centre stage at the Sydney Opera House, bringing cultural stories to life in their DanceRites debut.

AAP · Oct 16

Rinse: Amrita Hepi’s show about beginnings is a mid-career masterpiece

In the beginning, there is a stage: glowing lilac with fluorescent floor lights downstage and upstage, four blue blocks and one silver wedge. A figure appears: an Auslan interpreter, who signs the recorded Acknowledgement of Country. We are on Gadigal land.

The Conversation · Sep 14

These are the stories of Australian kids navigating the justice system right now

A playwright spent a year talking to children in youth centres and juvenile detention. Her new work brings their stories – and inner lives – to life

The Guardian - AU · May 10

Eddie Perfect: ‘I think my true natural state is utter laziness’

As he enters his ‘wise old man’ era, the former ‘wunderkind’ composer-playwright-performer delves deep into optimism, kindness and his lifelong aversion to disappointing people

The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2025

Opera House shines with spotlight on Indigenous artists

The Sydney Opera House will be illuminated with the works of First Nations artists, celebrating culture, connection and storytelling of Indigenous people.

AAP · Dec 13, 2024

Crystal Voyager: the ultimate surfing film with a DIY spirit – and a Pink Floyd soundtrack

This trippy, beautiful 1973 film took the camera inside a wave for the first time, impressing waxheads and terrifying at least one very high journalist

The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2024

In the Heights review – Broadway behemoth’s scrappiest show is full of heart

This breakout work from Lin-Manuel Miranda doubles as a study of an artist on the rise: big feelings, boisterous raps, and a ragtag gang bonded by love and fire

The Guardian - AU · Jul 25, 2024

Inside the tube of classic surf film Crystal Voyager

A digital remaster of 1973 surf classic Crystal Voyager will screen at the Sydney Opera House, 50 years after it premiered at the newly-built venue.

AAP · Jul 19, 2024

Benjamin Millepied’s Romeo and Juliet Suite review – a surprising, often thrilling experience

Choreographer’s queer, condensed version dissolves the boundaries of the stage and, in a brilliant passage of dancing, the walls of the Joan Sutherland theatre itself

The Guardian - AU · Jun 6, 2024

Thom Yorke brings his first-ever solo tour to Australia

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has announced his first-ever solo tour, including concerts in Sydney and Melbourne.

AAP · Jun 3, 2024