Sydney Festival 2025 is about "rediscovering your city" says Artistic Director Olivia Ansell – and making it financially possible to do so.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

London-based Canadian Kris Nelson to take the reins of Sydney Festival for its 50th year and beyond.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Olivia Ansell's "natural talent for understanding the pulse of a city" takes her to Canada in 2025.

Climate change is a major theme running through this year’s Sydney, Perth and Adelaide Festivals. How can the arts spark action?

The inventive director discusses staging Puccini’s one-act opera Il tabarro on board a ship for Sydney Festival.

Spectacular dance from Brazil, a Puccini opera staged on a lightship and a mini-festival of engagements with JS Bach among the highlights of SF 2024.

Olivia Ansell's 2023 Sydney Festival declared "a resounding success" with festival attendance in excess of 420,000.

Fascinated by complex musical ideas, Jack Symonds never wants to make work that resembles anything else – whether he’s programming it or writing it himself.

Following controversy and calls for a boycott in January, the Sydney Festival has released the findings of an independent review into partnerships and sponsorship.

A round-up of our recent news reports.