Across 25 days in January, Sydney Festival 2023 reimagined venues old, beloved and undiscovered, with site-specific programming that had Sydneysiders seeing the city anew. Our art of summer program contained over 100 events, 1,000+ Australian and International artists featured, 18 world premieres and 14 Australian exclusives.

BLAK OUT

Alice Skye & Ashli

An Evening with Ursula Yovich

Blue
Belvoir St Theatre

Brenda Croft: Naabami (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me)

Coloured Stone

Dyin Nura (Women's Place)
City of Parramatta

Emma Donovan & Paul Grabowsky: The Old Rugged Cross

Hide the Dog
Nathan Maynard (Pakana) & Jamie Mccaskill (Māori)

Janet's Vagrant Love
Elaine Crombie

Tracker
Australian Dance Theatre

Vigil: Awaken

Waru – journey of the small turtle
Bangarra Dance Theatre

Woven Song
Short Black Opera

Thea Anamara Perkins: Stockwoman

MUSIC

Chloe Kim at the MCA

Emma Donovan & Paul Grabowsky: The Old Rugged Cross

Hamed Sadeghi in Empty Voices

Katie Noonan: Joni Mitchell's Blue 50th Anniversary

Lisa Moore in Show Your Heart

New Beginnings Festival
Australian Maritime Museum & Settlement Services International

Brett Whiteley Studio Sessions

Brett Whiteley Studio Sessions: Alma Zygier
Brett Whiteley Studio Sessions: Tim Freedman
Brett Whiteley Studio Sessions: Martha Marlow feat. Chris Abrahams

Call to the Morning and Night

Call to the Morning: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Call to the Night: Bonobo

The Weary Traveller

Alice Skye & Ashli
Astral People Feat. C.FRIM B2B with Mirasia, Crescendoll & Isa
Astral People Feat. Or:la & Elkka
Automatic & Pachyman
Coloured Stone
HTRK & Warm Currency
June Jones & Romæo
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
MOKTAR مُخْتار
Party Dozen & Fat Hans Gone Mad
Potion & Histamine
Tom Snowdon & Ivy-Jane Browne
Too Birds & Bayang (tha Bushranger)

OPERA / CLASSICAL

Antarctica
Sydney Chamber Opera & Asko|Schönberg

Asko|Schönberg in Concert with Ensemble Offspring

Sun & Sea
Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė & Lina Lapelytė

Sydney Symphony Under the Stars
Sydney Symphony Orchestra & Greater Sydney Parklands

Woven Song
Short Black Opera

DANCE

Kairos
Meryl Tankard

Manifesto
Stephanie Lake Company

Neighbours
Brigel Gjoka, Rauf “Rubberlegz” Yasit & Ruşan Filiztek

Sara Baras: Alma
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras

The Air Between Us
Chloe Loftus and Rodney Bell

Tracker
Australian Dance Theatre

THEATRE

A Broadcast Coup
Ensemble Theatre

Blue
Belvoir St Theatre

Girls & Boys
State Theatre Company South Australia

Janet's Vagrant Love
Elaine Crombie

Holding Achilles
Legs On The Wall & Dead Puppet Society

Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream
Indian Ink Theatre Company

Happy Meal
Theatre Royal Plymouth & Roots

ROOM
by James Thierrée

Othering
Little Big Woman Productions

INSTALLATION / VISUAL ARTS

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Brenda Croft: Naabami (thou shall/will see): Barangaroo (army of me)

Brett Whiteley: Eternity is Now

Cupid's Koi Garden
ENESS Studio

Dyin Nura (Women's Place)
City of Parramatta

Ernest Edmonds: The Colour in the Code

Flight
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Icon
Layers of Reality & Frida Kahlo Corporation

Jenny Kee: The Aunties
Lgop Collective

Latitudes
Powerhouse & Subversus

MONUMENTAL (working title)
Intimate Spectacle & Art Gallery of NSW

Paul Yore: WORD MADE FLESH

Prisms of Influence: Echoes from the Colour in the Code

Siteworks 2022: From a deep valley

Thea Anamara Perkins: Stockwoman

The Huxleys: Bloodlines

The Party
UNSW Galleries & Sydney WorldPride

FAMILY

Afrique en Cirque: Drumming and Dance Workshop
Kalabanté Productions

Brickwrecks: Sunken Ships in Lego Bricks
Australian National Maritime Museum

Sharks Exhibition
Australian Museum

Erth's Shark Dive

Guttered
Restless Dance Theatre

Hide the Dog
Nathan Maynard (Pakana) & Jamie Mccaskill (Māori)

Shipwreck Odyssey: An undersea playscape and performance
Stalker Theatre, Box of Birds & Australian Maritime Museum

Waru – journey of the small turtle
Bangarra Dance Theatre

The Insect Circus
String Theatre

IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCE

Maho Magic Bar
Broad Encounters

In Chamber
Alabaster DePlume

The Lucid: A Dream Portal to Awakening
Kelsey Lu

RetroSplash!
Retrosweat

Polar Force
Speak Percussion & Carriageworks

CABARET / COMEDY

An Evening with Ursula Yovich
Christie Whelan Browne: Show People

Darlo Supper Club
Darlinghurst Theatre Company

Multicultural Comedy Gala

Prinnie Stevens in Lady Sings the Blues

Paul Capsis in Dry My Tears

Smashed: The Brunch Party
Hey Boss

CIRCUS / PHYSICAL THEATRE

Afrique en Cirque
Kalabanté Productions

The Air Between Us
Chloe Loftus and Rodney Bell

The Artist
Thom Monckton & Sanna Silvennoinen

ROOM
by James Thierrée

Werk It
Circus Trick Tease

OUTDOOR

Vigil: Awaken

Message Bank

Sydney Symphony Under the Stars
Sydney Symphony Orchestra & Greater Sydney Parklands

Tip Duck
Terrapin

AT HOME

Circus Without Borders

Frida Kahlo: The Documentary

Hamed Sadeghi in Empty Voices

Holding Achilles
Legs On The Wall & Dead Puppet Society

Livestream: Sun & Sea In Conversation

Livestream: Tracker In Conversation

Latitudes: Window
A Subversus series commissioned by Powerhouse

Latitudes: 151ºE
A Subversus series commissioned by Powerhouse

Latitudes: Sometimes to One Hundred
A Subversus series commissioned by Powerhouse

Lisa Moore in Show Your Heart

One Night The Moon

Party Dozen & Fat Hans Gone Mad

Step Into Paradise

The Air Between Us
Chloe Loftus and Rodney Bell

Vigil: Awaken

Festival Archives

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