SYDNEY Olympic park

For information: 9714 7888 or
www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au

Birds Australia Discovery Centre

every weekend, 10am-4pm

Investigate birds with the volunteers from Birds Australia and see the bird book library and interactive displays. Newington Armory

Mini Golf

daily, 8am-10pm

Enjoy a day outdoors playing 18 holes, great for kids parties. Golf Centre

The Blue Palm Tree Markets

every Sat, 9am-4pm

This is a Pacific Island-style market filled with fun, colour, music, dance and bargains. Sydney Showground

Heritage Railway Discovery Tour

15 June, 6 & 20 July, 3 & 17 August; 10.30am, 12.15pm & 2.30pm

Ride the Heritage Train for an explosive trip around the historic buildings and see how the munitions were moved around the site by the electromobile. Newington Armory

Botanical Illustration

every Sat to 28 June, 10am

Learn how to draw and paint plant specimens accurately - try your skill at watercolour. Bicentennial Park

NRL: State of Origin 3

2 July, 5pm

NSW v QLD deciding match promises to be a huge event. ANZ Stadium

Gardening Australia Expo

29-31 August, 9.30am-4.30pm

Thousands of products and industry experts on hand - this is a gardener’s dream. Sydney Showground

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

Bennelong Point, Circular Quay; box office 9250 7777
www.operahouse.com

DRAMA THEATRE

Hamlet

6 June-12 July

Marion Potts delivers a contemporary interpretation of arguably Shakespeare’s finest tragedy. Starring Brendan Cowell.

Mathinna

19 July-23 August

A young Aboriginal girl removed from her traditional life is adopted into Western Colonial society to be ultimately returned to the fragments of her original heritage.

OPERA THEATRE

Otello

18 July-16 August

The Moorish general, Otello, enters Venice in triumph after his defeat of the Turks, but his real enemy lies closer to home. Iago, Otello’s ensign, sets out to trap everyone in a deadly game of sex and politics.

The Pearlfishers

4 September-11 October

In spite of vowing eternal friendship with pal Zurga, Nadir falls foolishly, in love with Léïla, their talisman.

PLAYHOUSE

Frank Woodley - Possessed

to 29 June

Possessed is a wildly physical feast of comic imagination, a love story set in a basement featuring original music by Paul Mac.

other PERFORMANCEs

LYRIC THEATRE

Star City, 80 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont; 1300 367 794

The Phantom of the Opera

Ongoing

The Phantom of the Opera tells the tale of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the Paris Opera House.

The Rocky Horror Show

Ongoing

Bursting at the seams with timeless classics, including I'm Just A Sweet Transvestite and Damn it Janet.

SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC

The University of Sydney, Mcquarie St, Sydney; 8256 2222
www.music.usyd.edu.au

Lunchbreak Series

from 4 June, most Wed’s 1.10pm

Drop in for a 50-minute student concert, gold coin donation.

Cocktail Hour Recital Series

from 28 July, Mon 6pm & 7.30pm

Recitals from Conservatorium soloists and guest artists.

Jazz in the Café Series

11 August & 8 September, Mon 7.30pm

An evening of fine jazz in the relaxed Music Café. Conductors’ Series Concerts from 29 August, most Fri’s 6pm & Sat’s 4pm Ensembles from the orchestral studies program.

Sensational Sundays Series

Chamber music concerts featuring some of Australia’s finest musicians: Voices Of Angels 17 August, 3pm Sumptuous Pearls 14 Sept, 3pm You Must Believe in Spring...Watch What Happens! 12 October, 3pm

Chamber Music Festival

15-19 September, 1.10pm every day

Student ensembles, free entry.

Die Fledermaus

20 Sept, 6pm; 23 Sept, 7pm; 25 Sept, 7pm, 27 September, 4pm

A comic operetta composed by Johann Strauss, libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genee.

SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY

The Wharf, Pier 4/5 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay; 9250 1777
www.sydneytheatre.com.au

The Great

6 June-13 July

Tony McNamara’s distinctive comic take on Catherine the Great of Russia. He mines the comedy and sadness of her passage from sweet innocent abroad to the very apogee of Russian demagoguery.

Gallipoli

31 July-23 August

Drawn from a myriad of resources and layered with projection, drama, music and song, Australia’s military baptism by fried will be examined from both combatants sides.