Arts near Cello's Restaurant, The Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, Sydney CBD
Sydney Opera House: Playhouse
2 Macquarie Street, Sydney
Intimate, and with perfect acoustics, the Playhouse was designed for chamber music recitals. Now it also hosts film screenings, spoken word, and theatre from the Bell Shakespeare Company and Sydney Festival. It’s kitted out with sleek minimalism – white birch timber panelling and seats contrasting with red carpet and dark purple upholstery.
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Sydney Opera House Opera Theatre
2 Macquarie Street, Sydney
A gorgeous lyric theatre whose seats radiate in gentle waves, the Opera Theatre hosts opera, ballet and contemporary dance. Its features are traditional – a proscenium arch, dress circle and boxes, and an orchestra pit for up to 70 musicians – but it has a modern interior in black, red and white birch.
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Sydney Opera House: The Studio
2 Macquarie Street, Sydney
With banked seats on all four sides offering a view of the action almost like a basketball court, this flexible contemporary space is the Opera House’s newest and smallest. It hosts new music, cabaret and non-traditional performance, as well as the Opera House’s educational performances for young people.
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Theatre Royal: Sydney MLC Centre
108 King Street, Sydney
Located in the heart of the CBD and home to internationally renowned perfomances (Les Miserables? My Fair Lady? Jersey Boys, anyone?), the Theatre Royal is an architechtural pleasure in which to spend a cultural night. Get there early and check out the design and artwork of the MLC centre itself.
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Museum of Sydney
Corner Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney
This architectural lasagne is filled with history’s morsels.
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Customs House
31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
Heritage on the outside, cool modern interiors on the inside make this hotbed of cultural activity well worth a look. It’s innovative, it’s free and there’s everything to do from admiring a full-scale model of Sydney’s CBD to hanging out and watching the multimedia TV wall. There’s also food and wine available so you might never want to leave.
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