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Take Your Time : Olafur Eliasson
Dates:
10 December 2009 - 11 April 2010
Venue:
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)
Vivacity features one of the New Year’s hottest cultural events, the must-see contemporary art exhibition, Take your time: Olafur Eliasson at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). From the artist behind the hugely successful Weather Project ins ...
Barely Contained Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
30 December 2009 - 26 January 2010
Venue:
Tumbalong Park
'Fast, funny and sexy… [Circus Oz is] guaranteed to bring out the awed inner child in the grumpiest adult.' - The Australian Internationally acclaimed, and undeniably Australian, Circus Oz returns to Sydney with two hours of exuberant physica ...
2009 Sydney New Year's Eve
Dates:
31 December 2009 - 1 January 2010
Venue:
Sydney Harbour
Nowhere on earth does New Year like Sydney – the undisputed New Year’s Eve capital of the world. And this year our biggest and best show yet will be awakening Sydney’s spirit for the year ahead. Everyone is invited to join the cele ...
Field Day
Dates:
1 January 2010
Venue:
The Domain
As a new year dawns, few things are certain – except of course that Fuzzy’s legendary Field Day is the most life-affirmingly fun way to launch into 2010. Under the shimmer of the iconic Sydney skyline and bathed in the green of more grass ...
Movies in The Overflow
Dates:
3 January 2010, 13 - 17 January 2010, 2 January 2010, 6 January 2010 - 10 December 2009
Venue:
Sydney Olympic Park, The Overflow
Whether you’re in the mood for a laugh-out-loud comedy, a heart-wrenching drama or even some Bollywood fun under the stars, Movies in The Overflow is the best way to start your new year. So get comfy with a picnic blanket and cushions fo ...
Lynette Wallworth Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
7 - 24 January 2010
Venue:
CarriageWorks
Sydney artist Lynette Wallworth's three installations are intense, immersive experiences. Wallworth makes skillful use of video and responsive technologies to create deeply emotional and human experiences. Acclaimed around the world as individual pi ...
19th Flickerfest International Short Film Festival & National Tour
Dates:
8 - 17 January 2010
Venue:
Bondi Pavilion
Flickerfest kicks off our summer cinema season under the stars at Bondi Beach, screening the best short films from Australia and the world in a unique and relaxed summer environment. For 2010, Flickerfest received over 1500 entries from aroun ...
Festival First Night Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
9 January 2010
Venue:
Sydney city streets and parks
Sydney’s city centre is transformed into an epic theatre of music, spectacle and surprise with Sydney Festival’s opening event – Festival First Night. Start in the afternoon with family-friendly entertainment in Hyde Park, headline ...
Hamlet Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
10 January 2010, 8 January 2010, 12 January 2010, 14 - 16 January 2010, 11 January 2010
Venue:
Sydney Theatre
'Hamlet rages and blows across the stage, a Gollum on ecstasy, a mama’s boy, spoiled brat, an exploding nerd, who takes his feigned madness so far that it becomes his undoing.' - Süddeutsche Zeitung If you think you've seen Hamlet ...
Medibank International Sydney 2010
Dates:
10 - 16 January 2010
Venue:
Sydney Olympic Park, The Overflow
The fireworks will continue on court over the New Year, at the Medibank International Sydney 2010. Fans will enjoy explosive tennis action from international superstars Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva and Gael Monfils, as well as colourful local he ...
Optimism Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
11 January 2010, 8 - 9 January 2010, 13 January - 14 February 2010
Venue:
Sydney Opera House
'A rollicking good night.' - The Glasgow Herald Turning a quizzical eye to the woes of the heart, and reeking with scandal and scurrilous vice, this production transforms Voltaire’s classic satire of enlightened insanity, Candide, into ...
Beck's Festival Bar Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
11 - 30 January 2010
Venue:
Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Be the first to experience the new look Beck’s Festival Bar when it returns to the historic Hyde Park Barracks Museum this summer. An eclectic line-up with some of the world’s best live bands and DJs converge in Sydney for 14 night ...
St.George OpenAir Cinema
Dates:
12 January - 20 February 2010
Venue:
Mrs Macquaries Point
A spectacular cinema and lifestyle experience located on the edge of the Harbour, St.George OpenAir Cinema features a giant 3 storey cinema screen set against a backdrop spanning the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and city skyline. From 7.30 pm more th ...
The Arrival Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
13 January 2010, 15 January 2010, 15 January 2010, 10 January 2010, 16 January 2010, 11 January 2010, 17 January 2010, 14 January 2010, 13 January 2010
Venue:
CarriageWorks
'From the beginning, The Arrival held its audience in a state of rapture and curiosity.' - The Herald (NZ) What drives so many people to leave behind everything they know to journey alone to a land where the future is unknown? This question ...
A.R. Rahman Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
16 January 2010
Venue:
Parramatta Park
Sydney is transformed into Bollywood for a night like no other, when Indian superstar A.R. Rahman takes to the stage for this free outdoor spectacular. Rahman, two-time Oscar winner for his work as composer and songwriter on the film Slumdog ...
John Cale Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
16 January 2010
Venue:
Enmore Theatre
'A pioneer who refuses to stop innovating.' NME Founding member of seminal experimental rock band The Velvet Underground, John Cale’s work has had a major influence on Australian avant garde music and art. Musician, singer, songwriter, produc ...
Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra - Summer Sounds in The Domain Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
16 January 2010
Venue:
The Domain
with Vieux Farka Touré 'A jubilant polyrhythmic party of percussion, electric guitars, and Diabaté’s 21-stringed instrument showering notes like a musical waterfall.’ - The Village Voice Toumani Diabaté’ ...
Edge of Elsewhere Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
16 January - 7 March 2010
Venue:
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Edge of Elsewhere is a major three-year project that brings together some of the most exciting contemporary artists from across Australia, Asia and the Pacific to develop new artworks in partnership with Sydney communities. Sydney is one of Australi ...
Toumani Diabaté Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
17 January 2010
Venue:
State Theatre
'On a par with Glenn Gould or Rostropovich—the sort of musician you only encounter once or twice in a lifetime.' - BBC Radio 3 Virtuoso musician Toumani Diabaté channels equal parts Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and ancient griot tradition. ...
Giselle Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
20 January 2010, 22 January 2010, 26 January 2010, 24 January 2010, 23 January 2010, 25 January 2010
Venue:
CarriageWorks
'Brazenly and triumphantly new.' - The Guardian In the small town of Ballyfeeny where the cloud hangs low and people keep secrets for good reasons, a lonely Giselle McCreedy cares for her abusive brother. The town’s inhabitants are qui ...
Diotima String Quartet Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
23 January 2010, 23 January 2010, 24 January 2010
Venue:
City Recital Hall Angel Place
'One of the five quartets you should know about.' – Gramophone Diotima is a string quartet formed by graduates of the Paris and Lyon Conservatoires. Alongside an impressive classical repertoire, Diotima play great music for string qua ...
Wonderful Town - Symphony in the Domain Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
23 January 2010
Venue:
The Domain
Symphony in The Domain is one of Sydney’s favourite ways to spend a summer evening. This year, conductor Paul Kildea celebrates the music of brilliant American composer Leonard Bernstein in a vivacious program showing his genius across a range ...
Dark Matters Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
24 January 2010, 19 - 23 January 2010
Venue:
Sydney Theatre
'Think William Forsythe with a woman’s touch, drawn more to beauty than its opposite.' - The Independent Dark Matters is a haunting portrait of the unknown, a performance that pulls itself apart in an attempt to discover what it’s made o ...
AAMI Ferrython Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
26 January 2010
Venue:
On Sydney Harbour
The AAMI Ferrython is one of Australia’s best-loved free spectator events. Come on down to Sydney Harbour with your picnic basket and cheer on the little green and yellow catamarans as they race up and down the harbour, battling it out for ...
Australia Day 2010
Dates:
26 January 2010
Venue:
CBD, Hyde Park, The Rocks, Darling Harbour, Macquarie Street
Sydney becomes the perfect playground for passionate Aussies to celebrate what makes our vibrant country great. What better way to pay tribute to our unique cultural identity than amongst Sydney’s stunning landmarks – Sydney Opera ...
Marcin Wasilewski Trio Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
27 January 2010
Venue:
City Recital Hall Angel Place
'Their music converts rigid form into glorious freedom in the most sophisticated way.' - Evening Standard The mutual ease and intuition of Marcin Wasilewski Trio, one of Europe’s finest jazz groups, is something at which to marvel ...
Medeski Martin & Wood Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
27 January 2010
Venue:
City Recital Hall Angel Place
'Bonded as if in a purposeful and passionate quest to unite the opposites of discipline and spontaneity.' All About Jazz Over the course of their near two-decade career, New York trio Medeski Martin & Wood have made improvisation their language. ...
Happy as Larry Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
27 - 30 January 2010, 30 January 2010
Venue:
Seymour Centre
'Shaun Parker is a creative force to be reckoned with.' - The Advertiser What makes us happy? Nine remarkable performers with nine very distinctive personalities explore the elusive nature of human happiness in Shaun Parker’s latest d ...
Rogue's Gallery Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
28 January 2010
Venue:
Sydney Opera House
'A serious exercise in musical archaeology and a lot of fun – mournful, bawdy, gory and daft by turns.' - The Guardian A Hal Willner production featuring Marianne Faithfull / David Johansen (New York Dolls) / Tim Robbins / Gavin Frid ...
Leonard Bernstein's Candide - Mazda Opera in The Domain Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
30 January 2010
Venue:
The Domain
With the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra Conductor: Paul Kildea Glitter and be gay! Opera Australia and Sydney Festival join forces for a very special Mazda Opera in The Domain – Leonard Bernstein’s extravagent comedy, Candide. B ...
Oedipus Rex & Symphony of Psalms Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
30 January 2010, 28 January 2010, 29 January 2010
Venue:
Sydney Opera House
‘A potent theatrical experience.’ - The New Yorker By Igor Stravinsky With the Sydney Symphony and Sydney Philharmonia Choirs Conductor Joana Carneiro, Director Peter Sellars With Rodrick Dixon, Ryan McKinny, Yvonne Kenny, Dan ...
Six Characters in Search of an Author Sydney Festival 2010
Dates:
30 January 2010, 26 - 30 January 2010, 27 January 2010, 19 - 20 January 2010, 22 - 24 January 2010, 23 - 24 January 2010, 31 January 2010
Venue:
Seymour Centre
'Madly ingenious... brilliant... breathtaking.' - The Independent Following its critically acclaimed run on London's West End, Headlong's radical re-imagining of this celebrated satire comes to Sydney Festival. Six strangers arrive unannoun ...
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