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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.

Bloom

Bloom

A rollicking and irreverent musical from one member of Australia’s most beloved comedic team, Working Dog.
Today 6.30pm to 8.15pm
RBG: Of Many, One

RBG: Of Many, One

Performed by the incomparable Heather Mitchell, this sell-out portrait piece returns in 2025.
Today 6.30pm to 8.10pm
After School Improv Classes

After School Improv Classes

Unleash your creativity and get headstart on school drama and HSC projects, including playbuilding and devising!
Today 4pm to 6pm
Eora by Michael Riley

Eora by Michael Riley

Eora, is a 20-minute digital film that tells the story of Sydney’s First Nations people – before and after colonisation.
Today 10am to 5pm
Happy Endings Comedy Club

Happy Endings Comedy Club

Sydney’s quintessential comedy club experience, for the true comedy fiend
Today 8.30pm to 11.30pm
Teen Acting Classes: New York Style Acting, online via Zoom

Teen Acting Classes: New York Style Acting, online via Zoom

A unique opportunity for teenagers to learn the craft of acting for stage and screen.
Today 4.30pm to 6pm
MJ the Musical

MJ the Musical

Michael Jackson’s unparalleled artistry is thrilling audiences, in the multiple Tony Award®-winning musical MJ.
Tomorrow
Annie

Annie

A little hero for a big tomorrow
Tomorrow
Ballet class: Dance with Me 1.5 - 3 yrs

Ballet class: Dance with Me 1.5 - 3 yrs

Explore movement and music together in creative and engaging activities
Tomorrow
OMNI AI/Generative Film Festival 2025: “Visions of Tomorrow”

OMNI AI/Generative Film Festival 2025: “Visions of Tomorrow”

OMNI Generative Film Festival is offering viewers and participants a glimpse into the future of cinema, created with AI.
Tomorrow
Movement Classes For Acting

Movement Classes For Acting

Define your physical presence. Know how to move on stage and screen to command a character and physically tell a story
Tomorrow
Beginner Tap for Adults

Beginner Tap for Adults

A relaxed, inclusive beginner class introducing basic tap steps and good technique .
30 Apr 2025
Jewish Comedy Showcase

Jewish Comedy Showcase

The best Jewish comedians in Australia at The Comedy Store
30 Apr 2025
Movement and dance class

Movement and dance class

Learn different styles of dance including line, square and Chinese folk in this class for older adults.
1 May 2025
Ballet Class: Dance With Me 1.5-3 yrs (Tramsheds)

Ballet Class: Dance With Me 1.5-3 yrs (Tramsheds)

During this class you and your dancer will explore movement and music together in creative and engaging activities
1 May 2025
Haunted Sydney pub tour & Cellar Visit

Haunted Sydney pub tour & Cellar Visit

Explore all things ghostly as we visit Sydney's most haunted pubs.
1 May 2025
Jake Howie Burns Bridges Live on Stage!

Jake Howie Burns Bridges Live on Stage!

Join this award-winning stand-up comedian as he spills the tea by unleashing the rage within, decade by decade.
1 May 2025
Phantom of the Opera (1925) with Live Accompaniment

Phantom of the Opera (1925) with Live Accompaniment

Accompanied by the St James' Organ, Phantom of the Opera will never sound this good again
1 May 2025
Stay Online Premiere Film Screening

Stay Online Premiere Film Screening

Join us for a special preview screening of Stay Online + live Q&A with the filmmakers from Ukraine
1 May 2025
Vino vibes: wine tasting & comedy

Vino vibes: wine tasting & comedy

Delight your tastebuds in this hilarious journey into the world of wine, where we sip on some of Italy's best exports
1 May 2025
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

A fortune-teller tells Lord Arthur Savile that he sees murder ahead!
2 May 2025
Ballet Class: Dance With Me 1.5-3 yrs

Ballet Class: Dance With Me 1.5-3 yrs

Explore movement and music together in creative and fun activities
2 May 2025
Drawing with a Drag Queen Workshop

Drawing with a Drag Queen Workshop

Brush off the week with a fun drawing workshop hosted by The Fabulous Wonder Mama
2 May 2025
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons & The Beach Boys Show

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons & The Beach Boys Show

A world class show that brings together two of the most exciting harmony bands in pop music history.
2 May 2025
Latin Nights by the Bay

Latin Nights by the Bay

We are bringing back the dance heat with another season of Latin Nights by the Bay
2 May 2025
Teen Acting Classes: New York Style Acting Studio

Teen Acting Classes: New York Style Acting Studio

Learn the craft of acting for stage & screen with an organic step-by-step approach
2 May 2025
Fireworks at Darling Harbour

Fireworks at Darling Harbour

Fire up the fun with a spectacular display along the harbour's edge
3 May 2025
The Wrong Gods

The Wrong Gods

Belvoir presents 'The Wrong Gods', the brand-new play by S. Shakthidharan following his hit 'Counting and Cracking'
3 May 2025
And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie’s breathtaking masterpiece, And Then There Were None opens at Theatre Royal Sydney in May
3 May 2025
Ben Schwartz & Friends

Ben Schwartz & Friends

Ben Schwartz, star of Parks and Recreation and the voice of Sonic, is bringing his smash-hit improv show to Australia.
3 May 2025
CYL Lion & Dragon Dancing

CYL Lion & Dragon Dancing

Interested in learning more about Lion & Dragon dancing?
3 May 2025
Gift: A silent film with live music score

Gift: A silent film with live music score

Film by award-winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi with a live score by Eiko Ishibashi
3 May 2025
Tea ceremony experience

Tea ceremony experience

Reconnect with the present and learn how to drink tea mindfully
3 May 2025
Sunday Sounds

Sunday Sounds

Experience a harmonious blend of nature and melody in the Chinese Garden of Friendship.
4 May 2025
The Beatnix: The Beatles Show

The Beatnix: The Beatles Show

The Magical Musical Tour with the Sgt. Pepper’s String Quartet
4 May 2025
Happy Days

Happy Days

Pamela Rabe returns to Sydney Theatre Company in Samuel Beckett’s towering masterpiece.
5 May 2025
Free stand-up comedy class by the Sydney Comedy School

Free stand-up comedy class by the Sydney Comedy School

Join this free stand up comedy class to have fun, meet new people and improve your comedy and public speaking skills!
6 May 2025
Sydney Stand-Up Comedy Championships

Sydney Stand-Up Comedy Championships

Sydney's best comedians use their best jokes and humour each week as they try to win your vote
6 May 2025
Killer Podcrafts

Killer Podcrafts

Bring your current craft project and work on it while listening to fascinating true crime podcasts
7 May 2025
Rohan Arneil: The Never-Ending Smoko (SCF 2025)

Rohan Arneil: The Never-Ending Smoko (SCF 2025)

Following his sold-out run in 2024, Rohan returns to SCF in May with new jokes and visions of a Never-Ending Smoko.
7 May 2025
Swing Jazz n Jam

Swing Jazz n Jam

Monthly swing jazz is on for Wednesdays Jazz at Kalyx!
7 May 2025
Various Characters

Various Characters

Six characters in search of happier lives
7 May 2025
Crocodile Dundee special screening and Q&A

Crocodile Dundee special screening and Q&A

Special screening of the biggest Australian film of all time Crocodile Dundee: The Encore Cut, featuring a live Q&A
9 May 2025
Tinyprov: A Two-Person Improv Comedy Showcase

Tinyprov: A Two-Person Improv Comedy Showcase

Three improvised comedy sets. Two performers at a time. One big twist.
9 May 2025
Brigitta Brown Personal Space

Brigitta Brown Personal Space

A sapphic spectacle from the early 2000s that mixes standup, drag and music
10 May 2025
My Leonard Cohen

My Leonard Cohen

A tribute to the songs of Leonard Cohen performed by Stewart D’Arrietta and band.
10 May 2025
Palette x (nexus): experimental dance session

Palette x (nexus): experimental dance session

Break free and explore your movement through guided freestyle exercises by Palette Session and (nexus)
10 May 2025
Secret Comedy Club in Surry Hills

Secret Comedy Club in Surry Hills

Now in their 12th year of sold out comedy shows, the Secret Comedy Club returns to Surry Hills at the Crown Hotel!
10 May 2025
Mother's Day Opera High Tea

Mother's Day Opera High Tea

Celebrate with Mum in style! Discover a stunning hidden-Sydney venue and indulge in opera's most beautiful music.
11 May 2025
Sydney Town Hall organ recitals

Sydney Town Hall organ recitals

Be enchanted by the magic of Sydney Town Hall's grand organ, at a free ticketed concert in the heart of the city
12 May 2025
Doc.Sydney Documentary Film Festival

Doc.Sydney Documentary Film Festival

Be inspired, motivated, and awarded for your talent with our upcoming documentary film festival
12 May 2025
Fady Kassab: 'Nothing To Declare'

Fady Kassab: 'Nothing To Declare'

Don’t miss multi award-winning comedian Fady Kassab’s new Sydney Comedy Festival show!
14 May 2025
Macbeth for Young Audiences

Macbeth for Young Audiences

Watch the premiere of an all-new production of Macbeth – a treat for teachers and students alike.
14 May 2025
The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Theatre

The Neurodiversity Paradigm in Theatre

Access Ideas and Insights: a thought-provoking conversation about how neurodivergent perspectives are reshaping theatre practices, processes and storytelling.
15 May 2025
Cirque Du Tease

Cirque Du Tease

Get ready for a night of sultry and seductive burlesque performances at Cardea’s “Cirque Du Tease” show!
16 May 2025
Ground Zero Season 2

Ground Zero Season 2

Brand X’s performing arts residency which supports and showcases performance makers with lived experience of disability.
16 May 2025
Live at Hayes. feat violinist Emma McGrath

Live at Hayes. feat violinist Emma McGrath

Live chamber music in an beautiful and intimate setting by the Sydney Harbour
16 May 2025
Mayhem & Madness

Mayhem & Madness

3 one act plays: two comedies and a short dark drama. Come and be nourished by works rarely seen in Australia.
16 May 2025
Soiree Cabaret Show

Soiree Cabaret Show

A theatrical masterpiece that awakens your imagination, ignites your soul, bringing dreams to life.
17 May 2025
Adult Beginner Ballet Classes

Adult Beginner Ballet Classes

Rekindle your love for dance or fulfil your dream of trying ballet in a safe, relaxed, inclusive class.
17 May 2025
Pauly Fenech’s ‘Speed Roast’

Pauly Fenech’s ‘Speed Roast’

Oz comedy legend’s rollicking, dangerously funny take on roast comedy.
17 May 2025
Prime Time Burlesk Festival

Prime Time Burlesk Festival

A celebration of performers over 40 in the prime of their lives
17 May 2025
Samson – G.F. Handel

Samson – G.F. Handel

Pacific Opera Studio & The Muffat Collective present Handel's epic oratorio 'Samson'.
17 May 2025
The Classic Conjuring Magic Show

The Classic Conjuring Magic Show

Magic at its close - the ideal way to mark special occasions or enjoy a night out with family and friends.
17 May 2025
Experience The Wrong Gods with Playwave

Experience The Wrong Gods with Playwave

Playwave and Belvoir St Theatre invite you to experience The Wrong Gods!
20 May 2025
Opening Night: In This Together

Opening Night: In This Together

Local and international storytellers speak about togetherness and connection
20 May 2025
A Deep Dive Into Coriolanus

A Deep Dive Into Coriolanus

Bell Shakespeare's exclusive subscriber event with Professor Liam E. Semler
20 May 2025
Best Worst Movie Club

Best Worst Movie Club

A movie club where we watch movies that are so bad they're hilarious
20 May 2025
Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Unpick the difficult area of consent
20 May 2025
The World Of Will Workshops

The World Of Will Workshops

Introductory Shakespeare workshops for primary years 5 & 6
26 May 2025
Impromptu speaking & comedy for Toastmasters & co

Impromptu speaking & comedy for Toastmasters & co

Meet new people at our public speaking & comedy event. Laugh nonstop, learn new skills, and think quickly on your feet
27 May 2025
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

Comic wunderkind Starr takes us on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction
30 May 2025
The Greatest Film Themes

The Greatest Film Themes

Experience your favourite movie soundtracks live on stage with a world class string quartet.
1 Jun 2025
Sydney Film Festival

Sydney Film Festival

A celebration too big for a small screen. See the bigger picture at Sydney Film Festival, June 4-15.
4 Jun 2025
Jafar Panahi: Cinema in Rebellion

Jafar Panahi: Cinema in Rebellion

A complete retrospective from one of world's great cinema artists
4 Jun 2025
Sydney Film Festival Opening Night – Together

Sydney Film Festival Opening Night – Together

Big stars, big buzz, big screen – be there for the premiere of the most anticipated Australian film of the year
4 Jun 2025
Ellis Park premiere with Warren Ellis

Ellis Park premiere with Warren Ellis

A revealing and impactful doco with an in-person introduction from Warren Ellis
8 Jun 2025
Planet City: Live

Planet City: Live

In a world-first, Liam Young brings his visionary speculative film to life in an immersive experience like no other.
10 Jun 2025
Remix Summit Sydney 2025 – Culture, Tech, Entrepreneurship

Remix Summit Sydney 2025 – Culture, Tech, Entrepreneurship

Remix explores the future of the creative industries, creative places, and the creative economy featuring 50+ speakers
12 Jun 2025
Koreaboo

Koreaboo

Kindred. Longing. K-pop-tastic.
14 Jun 2025
Cats

Cats

Let the memory live again
17 Jun 2025
An Evening with Ernie Hudson

An Evening with Ernie Hudson

The legendary Ghostbuster, Ernie Hudson will be joining us for a LIVE on stage Q&A with a screening of GHOSTBUSTERS.
20 Jun 2025
Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Sydney Chamber Opera presents a world premiere by Nico Muhly in association with Omega Ensemble.
20 Jun 2025
Coriolanus

Coriolanus

Bell Shakespeare presents one of Shakespeare's most exhilarating works.
20 Jun 2025
Voice in Contemporary Playwriting

Voice in Contemporary Playwriting

Join Michelle Law to learn how to develop your own unique voice as a playwright.
21 Jun 2025
Strictly Baz Luhrmann: The Concert

Strictly Baz Luhrmann: The Concert

An all-star musical journey through 'Strictly Ballroom', 'Romeo + Juliet', 'Moulin Rouge!' and much more...
23 Jun 2025
Divas And Drama Queens: Growing Up Queer

Divas And Drama Queens: Growing Up Queer

Join Wonder Mama for this poignant and fun show about growing up queer
25 Jun 2025
110% Ready

110% Ready

Written & performed by The Listies
26 Jun 2025
Sistren

Sistren

Unapologetic. Joy. Sisterhood.
26 Jun 2025
Elvis to the Extreme: The Iconic Career

Elvis to the Extreme: The Iconic Career

A thrilling tribute that captures Elvis Presley’s legendary career.
28 Jun 2025
Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship | Final

Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship | Final

Discovering the finest voices throughout Australia and New Zealand since 1933
28 Jun 2025
Mirage

Mirage

A hallucinatory experience where the natural world's desecration unfolds through spectral sound and symbolist verse.
29 Jun 2025
Prima Facie

Prima Facie

After taking the West End and Broadway by storm, the award-winning Prima Facie makes its triumphant return to Sydney
2 Jul 2025
The Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel

The Sounds of Simon & Garfunkel

A captivating acoustic performance of the majestic hits of Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel.
5 Jul 2025
Carmen at Sydney Opera House

Carmen at Sydney Opera House

When Carmen meets Don José, sparks fly. This ride through love and jealousy has famous music and a thrilling plot.
10 Jul 2025
Marrow

Marrow

Marrow is a bold response to a nation searching for a new direction
10 Jul 2025
Circle Mirror Transformation

Circle Mirror Transformation

Rebecca Gibney makes her STC debut in a play about the magic of art, from an award-winning US playwright.
12 Jul 2025
Amelie Bastille Day Event

Amelie Bastille Day Event

French romantic-comedy classic Amelie, screening in a digital restoration and featuring pre-show performance
13 Jul 2025
The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon

The Tony®, Olivier®, and Grammy® award-winning production The Book of Mormon returns to Sydney
15 Jul 2025
Rusalka at Sydney Opera House

Rusalka at Sydney Opera House

A water nymph longs to live and love as a human and will sacrifice everything to get there.
19 Jul 2025
Imagine Live

Imagine Live

by Jolyon James, based on the book ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester
31 Jul 2025
The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro

One of the most playful operas ever written, this classic comedy features Mozart’s famous melodies.
31 Jul 2025
Shore Break

Shore Break

Poetic and electric, Shore Break is a riveting piece of storytelling with a tour de force performance by Chris Pitman.
7 Aug 2025
We Aren't Kids Anymore

We Aren't Kids Anymore

Drew Gasparini’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous music comes to life in this brand new theatrical song cycle
14 Aug 2025
Imagine Live – Bondi Pavilion

Imagine Live – Bondi Pavilion

By Jolyon James based on the book ‘Imagine’ by Alison Lester
16 Aug 2025
Sydney Eisteddfod Singer of the Year | Final

Sydney Eisteddfod Singer of the Year | Final

This event is kindly supported by Petersham RSL and the Sydney Eisteddfod Jubilee Fund
17 Aug 2025
The Talented Mr. Ripley

The Talented Mr. Ripley

The world-premiere stage adaptation of the twentieth century’s most iconic thriller.
19 Aug 2025
Sonnets & Semillon

Sonnets & Semillon

Don’t miss Bell Shakespeare's illustrious night of collaboration between actor and winemaker
28 Aug 2025
The Big Bike Film Night 2025

The Big Bike Film Night 2025

Bringing the best short cycling films from around the world together for you.
2 Sep 2025
Night Night by The Last Great Hunt

Night Night by The Last Great Hunt

A heart-warming performance blending theatre and technology
11 Sep 2025
Here You Come Again

Here You Come Again

Full to the brim with Dolly Parton’s hits, telling the story of a fan’s journey, guided by Dolly teaching life lessons.
12 Sep 2025
Whitefella Yella Tree

Whitefella Yella Tree

Australian theatre is at its very finest in this elegant and moving First Nations drama.
19 Sep 2025
Rent

Rent

The musical that rocked Broadway is back!
27 Sep 2025
Sydney Eisteddfod Dance of Champions

Sydney Eisteddfod Dance of Champions

An outstanding display of talent and dedication from Australia’s next generation of dance groups
27 Sep 2025
The Shiralee

The Shiralee

This sensational outback classic is transformed into a charming and epic theatrical adventure.
6 Oct 2025
Fekei

Fekei

A story of Queer love, Pasifika identity and the struggle for family acceptance.
8 Oct 2025
The Pajamazon Jungle by The Vegetable Plot

The Pajamazon Jungle by The Vegetable Plot

Enter the Pajamazon Jungle with The Vegetable Plot's award-winning musical comedy show packed full of veggie bangers!
10 Oct 2025
The Walking Track by Karul Projects

The Walking Track by Karul Projects

Experience this unique performance from acclaimed Queensland-based First Nations dance company Karul Projects.
11 Oct 2025
Bonny & Read: A New Musical

Bonny & Read: A New Musical

A new queer musical based on real female pirates of the 1700s.
29 Oct 2025
Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Kat Stewart takes the STC stage in an exquisite new production of Edward Albee’s explosive classic.
7 Nov 2025
Gravity

Gravity

A romantic (un)comedy about finding yourself falling in love, falling apart, and falling back together again.
12 Nov 2025
Chasing Freedom

Chasing Freedom

The incredible journey of child refugees
13 Nov 2025
Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

Bell Shakespeare presents Shakespeare's greatest love story portrayed with elegance and clarity.
19 Nov 2025
Congratulations, Get Rich! (恭喜发财, 人日快乐)

Congratulations, Get Rich! (恭喜发财, 人日快乐)

Merlynn Tong’s thrilling, semi-autobiographical family drama is a historic international collaboration.
21 Nov 2025
Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

A love story about resilience, community, queerness and how choosing to love and love freely, can be the most important.
3 Dec 2025
Hayden Orpheum Comedy Club

Hayden Orpheum Comedy Club

Household names, comedy cult favourites, and the best new talent, Cremorne’s own Hayden Orpheum Comedy Club has it all!
31 Dec 2025