Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern
From 15 December 2024
In the Studio
Theatre
Direct from New York, experience the Australian premiere of this thrilling quest filled with magic, monsters, and mayhem. Guided by the Dungeon Master, each show will unfold based on the choices from you and your fellow adventurers. Embark on an epic journey, battle monsters, solve puzzles, and help shape the story of this beloved fantasy world.
Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the world’s greatest roleplaying game in the most epic way imaginable.
Date | Time |
Sunday, 15 December 2024 | 2:00pm^ |
Sunday, 15 December 2024 | 7:00pm^ |
Tuesday, 17 December 2024 | 7:15pm^ |
Wednesday, 18 December 2024 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 19 December 2024 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 20 December 2024 Fan event | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 21 December 2024 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 21 December 2024 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 22 December 2024 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 22 December 2024 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 24 December 2024 | 1:00pm |
Tuesday, 24 December 2024 | 5:00pm |
Thursday, 26 December 2024 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 27 December 2024 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 28 December 2024 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 28 December 2024 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 29 December 2024 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 29 December 2024 | 7:00pm |
Wednesday, 1 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 2 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Thursday, 2 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 3 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 4 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 4 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 5 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 5 January 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 7 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 8 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 9 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 10 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 11 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 11 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 12 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 12 January 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 14 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 15 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 16 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 17 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 18 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 18 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 19 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 19 January 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 21 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 23 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 24 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 25 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 25 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 26 January 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 26 January 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 29 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 30 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 31 January 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 1 February 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 1 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 2 February 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 2 February 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 4 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 5 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 6 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 7 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 8 February 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 8 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 9 February 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 9 February 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 11 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 12 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 13 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 14 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 15 February 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 15 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 16 February 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 16 February 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 18 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 19 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 20 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 21 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 22 February 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 22 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 23 February 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 23 February 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 25 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 26 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 27 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 28 February 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 1 March 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 1 March 2025 | 7:15pm |
Sunday, 2 March 2025 | 2:00pm |
Sunday, 2 March 2025 | 7:00pm |
Tuesday, 4 March 2025 | 7:15pm |
Wednesday, 5 March 2025 | 7:15pm |
Thursday, 6 March 2025 | 7:15pm |
Friday, 7 March 2025 | 7:15pm |
Saturday, 8 March 2025 | 2:00pm |
Saturday, 8 March 2025 | 7:15pm |
^Preview performance
Preview & Silly Season performances
Previews: 15 December 2pm & 7pm, 17 December 7:15pm
Silly Season: 18 December - 29 December
Standard Ticket | Price |
Premium | $119.90 |
A Reserve | $99.90 |
B Reserve | $69.00 |
C Reserve, Restricted View | $59.90 |
Summer performances
Performances from 1 January - 25 January
Standard Ticket | Price |
Premium | $139.90 |
A Reserve | $119.90 |
B Reserve | $89.00 |
C Reserve, Restricted View | $79.90 |
Adventure Party Group offer of 4+ tickets | Price |
Premium | $129.90 |
Standard performances
Performances from 26 January 2025
Standard Ticket | Price |
Premium | $129.90 |
A Reserve | $109.90 |
B Reserve | $79.00 |
C Reserve, Restricted View | $69.90 |
Adventure Party Group offer of 4+ tickets | Price |
Premium | $119.90 |
$8.95 booking fee applies per transaction
Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.
Young people under the age of 15 must be accompanied at all times.
The only authorised ticket agency for this event is Sydney Opera House. For more information about Authorised Agencies, see the frequently asked questions below.
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Tuesday 10 September
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Waitlist pre-sale
Tuesday 10 September
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Wednesday 11 September
General Public tickets on-sale
Thursday 12 September
Wheelchair accessible:
There are a number of wheelchair and companion seating locations in our theatres. To book accessible seating contact Box Office:
Telephone
+61 2 9250 7777
(Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm AEST)
Email bookings@sydneyoperahouse.com
Find out more about accessibility at Sydney Opera House.
Run time
2 hours and 30 minutes including a 20 minute interval.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
Suitable for audiences aged 12+
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
NerdistRip-roaring funny. I couldn’t recommend it more.
Useful information:
What story will you tell?
Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern is an interactive adventure live on stage. Control the quest as you journey through an ever-changing campaign set in the heart of the Forgotten Realms. Find a new home at the Tavern, where laughter flows like ale and your new best companion is right beside you. Solve puzzles, explore hidden secrets, and conquer your enemies – this is the adventure you’ve been waiting for!
Every decision is yours to make, and no two stories are ever the same. With dozens of variables, hundreds of story paths, and six bespoke endings, the combinations are endless and the tale you will tell is uniquely your own.
Will your choices help restore the magic of the Forgotten Realms? Or will the world of your story crumble into chaos? Gather your party, roll for initiative, and become a hero in a theatrical experience like nothing else in the world.
Sydney Opera House, Showpath Entertainment and David Carpenter Present
About the show
Gather your party
…and prepare for adventure! For gamers and non-gamers alike, Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern is the unique and audience-engaging quest where laughter flows like ale!
Interactive gameplay
The power of play is in your hands! Using Gamiotics, our browser-based software, you can tell the performers what to do, where to go, and what kind of dangers they’ll face. Let your voice be heard!
Infinite replayability
Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern is an ever-changing adventure. With live dice rolls, audience choice, and a host of hidden secrets, it’s never the same show twice.
The New York TimesThe show is not so much traditional theater as community building one dice roll at a time. At the Twenty-Sided Tavern everybody knows your name, and your dexterity score.
Cast
William Kasper is a Brisbane-born actor and graduate of the Queensland Academy of Excellence in Musical Theatre. He found a love for theatre at a young age, writing scripts with his friends in the backyard and singing into vacuum cleaners for his family.
Past roles include Musidorus - Head Over Heels (THAT Production Company), Max - Afterglow (Bellatrix Productions), Ram Sweeney - Heathers (QCGU), Matt Galloway - The Laramie Project (QCGU), and Nick in The Colour Series’ Love and Lemon Trees in which he made his feature film debut.
Zoë is a Bachelor of Musical Theatre graduate from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. She has worked in numerous stage and musical theatre productions, with companies including Sevenfold Theatre Company, Be You Group, Shake and Stir Theatre Company, Brisbane Immersive Ensemble, Meerkat Productions, and Jally Entertainment.
Recent credits include Ensemble/Nicola Cover in Kinky Boots (James Terry Collective), and performing with the musical improvisation troupe Impromptunes at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Brisbane Comedy Festival.
Trubie-Dylan is an actor and comedian specializing in improvisational theatre, and has performed as an improviser through New Zealand, the US and Canada. He is best known for being an entertainer and presenter on Sunday morning kids' show in New Zealand, What Now?.
His previous credits include The Princess and The Frog (and The Robber!), The Wind in the Willows, Beauty and the Beast The Pantomime, He Kura Kōrero, The Bald Soprano, King Arthur, Red Riding Robyn Hood and Shakespeare As You Write It.
A graduate of NIDA, Eleanor has worked on both screen and stage, including with some of Australia’s leading theatre companies such as Bell Shakespeare, CDP and the State Theatre Company of South Australia. This work has seen her travel across the country and internationally, performing in classical and contemporary productions. Her screen credits include NCIS: Sydney, Rake, The Twelve, and Ruby's Choice as well as various commercials, short films, and online content. She is also the write and performer of the award-winning, five star one-woman musical: Nanna-stasia.
Atlas Adams is an award winning improvisor who has honed his improv skills under masters like Keith Johnstone (inventor of Theatresports). On-screen, he has starred in major campaigns for brands like Pepsi, AAMI, and Shell, and appeared in TV shows including Rake and Deadly Women. Atlas is also a sought-after host for murder mystery events for clients like Google and Atlassian. He's also created bespoke events for iconic venues like Elizabeth Bay House, Australia's oldest mansion.
Davey is a performer, director, producer, and writer, specialising in interactive and immersive experiences. His award-winning work as a director and performer in Ponydog Productions has toured nationally, netting a dozen awards and nominations across the country. His work includes TattleTales: Immersive Tarot Storytelling, There's Something About Bottom, Hotel Bella Luna & The Agency.
Other performance credits include: Much Ado About Nothing, The Sweet Science of Bruising & Fuente Ovejuna!, The Angry Brigade, Nazanin’s Story. Film & voice work includes The Inaccurate Perception of Lara Grace and Scenes from Student Life.
Emma Throssell is a Sydney based actor, creative and educator. She is a graduate from Actors Centre Australia with a Bachelor of Performance. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS The Twenty-Sided Tavern is Emma’s professional debut. Emma’s theatre credits include national school tours with Poetry in Action, Something About Bottom for PonyDog Productions, Tough Titties for Queen Hades Productions and Merry Wives of Windsor for New Theatre. Emma is a proud member of MEAA.
Sonya Kerr is a graduate of The Flinders University Drama Centre in South Australia. She has worked extensively in Melbourne and Sydney, appearing in both stage and screen roles, including: Hangmen, August: Osage County, The Angry Brigade and As You Like It. Sonya has also appeared in several short films including Vector, which she also co-produced. She was the host and co-creator of the online review show, Kapow! Comics, Cartoons and Collectables. Sonya is also an historian, intimacy co-ordinator and proud member of MEAA.
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.
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.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone at the Sydney Opera House is our top priority. In line with this commitment, the Opera House became a smoke-free site in January 2022. Read our Smoke-free Environment Policy.
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