Sydney Opera House

California home thought to have inspired Sydney Opera House sells for US$20m less than asking price

The six-bedroom Wave House in Malibu was designed by Harry Gesner, whose son says it inspired Jørn Utzon’s Sydney landmark

Kelly Burke

03, Sep, 2024 @6:35 AM

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

Toby Creswell

06, Aug, 2024 @3:00 PM

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

Cassie Tongue

25, Jul, 2024 @1:40 AM

Play it Safe: Sydney Opera House short film wins Grand Prix award at Cannes Lions festival

Judges say four-minute piece featuring Tim Minchin is ‘a celebration of the creative spirit, of brave ideas and taking huge risks in the face of critics’

Kelly Burke

24, Jun, 2024 @8:24 AM

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

Elissa Blake

06, Jun, 2024 @3:35 AM

Spunk Records goes out on a high: ‘Like a mixtape from your coolest friend’

After 25 years and almost 700 albums, the tastemaker who brought Belle and Sebastian and Arcade Fire to Australia are shutting up shop

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

28, May, 2024 @3:00 PM

Air at Sydney Opera House review – space-age pop as exquisite as its venue

The French duo celebrated the 25th anniversary of their masterful debut by playing it in full. It was majestic – even if it dwarfed the rest of their discography

Andrew Stafford

27, May, 2024 @1:42 AM

Benjamin Millepied on queering Romeo and Juliet: ‘In France they called me woke’

The Black Swan choreographer is bringing his unique take on Shakespeare to Sydney – involving cameras and dancers running outside the Opera House

Dee Jefferson

10, May, 2024 @3:00 PM

No Pay? No Way! review – this 50-year-old cost-of-living satire is perfect for today’s Australia

Drama theatre, Sydney Opera House
Set in the aftermath of a riot in a supermarket over skyrocketing prices, Marieke Hardy’s adaptation of Dario Fo is marvellously funny

Elissa Blake

11, Apr, 2024 @2:56 AM

Tara Rae Moss: ‘So many doctors in different continents told me that I would never recover’

Eight years ago, the international bestselling author was diagnosed with a debilitating pain condition. Now able to walk again, she talks about women, medicine and pushing into the unknown

Neha Kale

08, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM

Fred Again at Sydney Opera House review – a record-breaking, turbocharged night

About 125,000 people tried to get tickets for this surprise show, announced by the savvy British DJ on the day – and the result was a direct hit to the brain’s pleasure centres

Jack Tregoning

28, Feb, 2024 @2:14 AM

Fred Again: who is the DJ who has thousands queuing for a ‘secret rave’ at the Sydney Opera House?

On Tuesday morning the British DJ announced he will play a surprise show in Sydney – tonight. It has already sold out. Who is he and why do his fans love him so much?

Michael Sun explains it to Sian Cain

26, Feb, 2024 @11:45 PM

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