The Audience Outlook Monitor predicts 78% will attend as often as they did pre-COVID-19, but only 22% will return as soon as restrictions are lifted. Smaller venues are most likely to attract audiences in the near future.
May 19, 2020
From our House to Yours will offer full-length performances and talks, footage, podcasts, articles and behind-the-scenes content.
March 31, 2020
Hofesh Shechter's Grand Finale was one of Limelight's top dance shows for 2019. Olivia Ansell, the Sydney Opera House's Head of Contemporary Performance, reflects on the choreographer's rich body of work ahead of the Sydney season.
January 7, 2020
The Sydney Opera House’s chamber series will span Estonian song to music from across Africa and James Ehnes’ Beethoven Violin Sonata cycle next year.
November 19, 2019
Performance spaces are being redeveloped and built all over the country. Steve Dow charts the changes happening to mainstage venues, and explains what this flurry of architecture will mean for classical music and the performing arts.
September 30, 2019
Amelia Drummond will have the opportunity to create a new work for The Australian Ballet this October.
April 11, 2019
The Song Company delves deep into the Eton Choirbook in vibrant performances with an edge of danger.
February 14, 2019
A musical Russian arc from a modern English maestro.
February 11, 2019
A stunning production, visually and musically, that tips you into a nightmarish world, though the emotion is sometimes overwhelmed.
January 27, 2019
A new Deloitte report has found that the iconic venue has experienced astonishing growth in the last five years.
December 20, 2018
With his production of Wozzeck opening at Opera Australia alongside two Sydney exhibitions, renowned artist William Kentridge talks about working between the studio and the stage, and how to coax ants into artwork.
December 20, 2018
Arts patron Peter Weiss' gift is the most significant cash donation the venue has ever received.
December 20, 2018