Curated Programme

Special events,
beyond the multiplex.

National Theatre Live broadcasts, the Royal Opera & Ballet season, art-house documentaries, Q&A nights with directors and producers — programmed weekly, all year.

National Theatre Live

The very best of British theatre filmed live and broadcast to our Cinema 1 — currently The Audience, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Playboy of the Western World.

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Royal Opera & Ballet

The 2025/2026 season relayed to Sydney. Operatic and balletic masterworks on a proper screen. $27 general · $20 concession.

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Exhibition on Screen

Documentary cinema on great artists and exhibitions — Frida Kahlo, Rembrandt, Degas and more, in their original formats.

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Director Q&A nights

Filmmakers in conversation with the audience after their screening. Always intimate, always free with admission.

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World Art Events

Single-screening evenings of world cinema and art-history features. $27 / $21 / $20 — see individual listings.

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Comedy nights

Stand-up sets in Cinema 2 a few Fridays a quarter. MA15+. Tickets through the schedule page.

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In the diary

Upcoming events