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Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour Guys & Dolls

21 March - 20 April 2025

This event takes place off site at Mrs Macquaries Point

Opera Australia

Musical Theatre

Please note: this event is not held at the Sydney Opera House.

Join Opera Australia for Sydney’s best night out. With fireworks every night, take your seats under the stars for a Broadway musical spectacular.

The most impressive outdoor event in Australia.

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Luck, be a lady tonight!

Guys & Dolls, one of the finest, most awarded Broadway musicals ever written explodes to life in a brand-new production made for Opera Australia's spectacular harbour-side stage! Escape to flashy Manhattan in the 1950s: a colourful, larger-than-life world of showgirls and gangsters, set against the backdrop of Sydney’s glittering harbour.

High-roller Sky Masterson is looking to win big, but everything changes when he takes a gamble on Sister Sarah Brown, a missionary whose quest to save New York isn’t going quite to plan. At the same time, Miss Adelaide is hoping her engagement of 14 years might finally result in a wedding, but her fiancée, Nathan, has half the city’s gamblers breathing down his neck.

Guys & Dolls on Sydney Harbour is multi-award winning musical theatre at its show-stopping best. The score is packed with huge hits, including ‘Luck Be a Lady’, ‘Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat’, ‘Adelaide’s Lament’ and ‘I’ve Never Been in Love Before’. Expect big laughs and even bigger song and dance numbers in this energetic new staging directed by Shaun Rennie, choreographed by Kelley Abbey, and with a grand set designed by Tony Award-winning theatrical legend Brian Thomson.

There’s nowhere better to experience a tale of romance and comedic mayhem than Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Kick up your heels, raise a glass of something bubbly as the sun sets over the water and grab a bite at one of the pop-up restaurants. Then take your seat for an unforgettable, feel-good night of song and dance, with fireworks at every performance.

The stakes are high, don’t miss out!

Presented by Opera Australia

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CREATIVES

Director  Shaun Rennie
Musical Director  Guy Simpson
Choreographer   Kelley Abbey
Set Designer  Brian Thomson
Costume Designer  Jennifer Irwin

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