A Drop in the Ocean
14 & 22 December 2024
In the Centre for Creativity
Kids & Families
Ages 6 - 18 months | In this performance, a drop falls into the ocean, wondrous and free, a vast unknown ahead. The ocean is still, but teeming with life - the whale is calling, fishes are leaping and experiences are awaiting!
Co-produced by The Artground and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Saturday 14 December 2024 | 9.30am 11.30am 2pm |
| Sunday 22 December 2024 | 9.30am 11.30am 2pm |
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | $20 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
Adults must purchase a ticket for themselves and children attending
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
The only authorised ticket agency for this event is Sydney Opera House. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
General Public tickets on-sale
9am, Wednesday 23 October 2024
Wheelchair accessible
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Run time
This performance runs for approximately 30 minutes.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
This performance is recommended for todders aged 6 - 18 months and their carers. Carers must supervise their children at all times during the performance.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
Useful information:
An immersive theatrical experience for bubs
Recommended for babies ages 6 - 18 months, this immersive theatrical experience explores the relationship between the ocean and its beings, its treacherous depth, and its mysterious magic. Baby audiences will experience music, sounds and movement as a way of storytelling, making sense of the imaginative world presented to them. First developed by Ian Loy, in collaboration with Ellison Tan, Myra Loke and Serene Tan (Stan) under Esplanade’s Theatre for Young Audiences Associate Artist programme, this WIP showcase is led by Ian Loy, in collaboration with Chew Shaw En, Ellison Tan, Myra Loke and Serene Tan (Stan).
Presented by the Sydney Opera House with The Artground Singapore
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body, and the National Arts Council Singapore
Meet the artists
Ian Loy
Ian Loy is a theatre-maker based in Singapore since 1999. Ian Loy founded MySuperFuture Theatrical Productions in 2009. Through the company, he involves himself with many communities’ outreach and theatre projects with people of all ages and abilities, coaching or creating theatre art for them, especially for the young audiences. In 2016, Ian was nominated Best Director by LIFE! Theatre Awards for his work in Grandpa Cherry Blossoms presented by Esplanade’s SUPER JAPAN Festival.
Ellison Tan Yuyang
Ellison Tan Yuyang is a Singaporean-Chinese performer, playwright and educator. She was an arts leader from 2019-2023, co-leading one of Singapore's most prolific theatre companies, The Finger Players. She is also the Co-Founder of The Wanderlings, Singapore's first collective to create Baby Theatre. Ellison’s background is in puppetry, playwriting, the Suzuki Method of Actor Training and Viewpoints.
Myra Loke
Myra Loke is a puppeteer, performer, educator, designer, and theatre-maker. She started her journey in Singapore’s theatre 17 years ago. Now, Myra is part of the core team of The Finger Players, one of Singapore’s leading theatre companies, best known for their visually-arresting productions and its strong advocacy of puppetry. She led the company as co-Artistic Director from 2020 – 2023. Myra co-founded an arts collective, The Wanderlings, where she continues her work in engaging the neurodiverse community, from ages 0 and up. Myra is currently working on developing puppetry therapy in Singapore.
Chew Shaw En
Chew Shaw En is a performer, dance artist and facilitator with a multidisciplinary practice that spans different contexts. She works with performance score, task-based devising, and fundamentally with improvisation. In spaces where she wears the director and choreographer hat, she draws upon fantasy, the vernacular, and her experience with socially engaged arts practices, to evoke imagery, metaphor and concepts that guide her creations. Shaw is interested in rehearsing as an environment to practice new ways of coexistence with a group of people.
Stan
Stan is a versatile musician, sound designer and composer. Stan's creative endeavours have focused on crafting engaging experiences for young audiences and babies. Her work in theatre has been recognized through a nomination for Best Sound in the ST Life Theatre Awards.
Stan also founded My Piano Room, utilizing her innovative piano teaching techniques, distilled after many years of experience performing (piano, gamelan, percussion) and teaching young children.
Plan your visit
Venue information
Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.
Getting here
The Sydney Opera House Car Park, operated by Wilson Parking, is open and available to use. Wilson Parking offer discounted parking if you book ahead. Please see the Wilson Parking website for details.
Please check the Transport NSW website for the latest advice and information on travel. You can catch public transport (bus, train, ferry) to Circular Quay and enjoy a six minute walk to the Opera House.
Frequently asked questions
Ticket purchases and collection at our Box Office is discouraged and eTicket or postal delivery methods should be used, wherever possible. However, if you are collecting your tickets from the Box Office, we recommend doing this at least 60 minutes before the event starts. If you have already received your tickets, the venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Please take your seats as soon as you arrive.
If you are late, we will seat you as soon as we can and, where possible, in your allocated seat. However, to reduce movement in the venue as well as minimise disruption to the performance and other patrons, ticketholders may be seated in an allocated latecomer’s seat. Please be aware that some events have lock-out periods. In these cases, latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance. On occasions, this may not be until the interval, or at all where there is no interval.
Details of our right to refuse admission can be found in our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Events.
In accordance with our venue security procedures, Opera House security will be scanning and checking bags under the Monumental Stairs, prior to entering the building. Bags will be scanned by an x-ray machine, and staff will wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) when handling your belongings, such as gloves. Cloaking facilities will be open 60 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 60 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. However it is strongly encouraged that you travel lightly to minimise contact and queuing. Any bags larger than an A4 piece of paper will need to be checked into the Cloak Room.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times. Babies aged 0-2 years old at the time of a performance may be seated on an adult’s lap. Children 2 years and older will need to hold a standard ticket.
The authorised agency for this event is the Sydney Opera House.
Only tickets purchased by authorised agencies should be considered reliable. If you purchase tickets from a non-authorised agency such as Ticketmaster Resale, Viagogo, Ticketbis, eBay, Gumtree, Tickets Australia or any other unauthorised seller, you risk that these tickets are fake, void or have previously been cancelled. RESALE RESTRICTION APPLIES. For more details, please refer to our General Terms and Conditions for Tickets and Attendance at Events.
Please contact Box Office on 9250 7777 as soon as possible to advise if you can no longer attend.
Foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.
The venue doors will be open 45 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and 30 minutes pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances.
Please bring a credit or debit card for any on site purchases to enable contactless payment. You’re welcome to bring your own water bottle but no other food and drinks are permitted inside our venues. Opera Bar, Opera Kitchen and Portside are also available for you to enjoy.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and Western Foyers. The public lift to the foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
The Opera House has also developed a Child-friendly Code of Conduct to engage with our youngest visitors.
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