DAWN CHORUS

5:30am SYDNEY BEACHES

Few places can match the splendour of Sydney's beaches at sunrise. Add the angelic voices of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and you have a very special Festival event.

PLAY ME, I'M YOURS

ALL DAY PARRAMATTA AND SYDNEY CBD

The streets of Parramatta and Sydney's CBD will sound more joyous this January, as British artist Luke Jerram populates the streets with 30 pianos.

THE WAR OF THE ROSES - PART 2

1:00pm SYDNEY THEATRE AT WALSH BAY

The Sydney Theatre Company Actors Company presents The War Of The Roses, an audacious epic of language and history. Joining the cast is STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett, on stage in Australia for the first time in almost five years.

AFTERPLAY

2:00pm PARADE THEATRE

In Afterplay, Brian Friel brings together two of Chekhov's lost souls: Sonya, Uncle Vanya's devoted niece, and Andrey, the three sisters' henpecked brother. Afterplay catches an intimate, fragile moment set against the backdrop of a shattered world.

THE PROMISE

2:00pm RIVERSIDE THEATRE, RIVERSIDE THEATRES

Dazzling, enchanting and magically captivating, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus tumble, twist and spring back into Sydney with their brand new show.

THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE

2:00pm, 2:30pm, 3:00pm, 3:30pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm AADA PILGRIM THEATRE

Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as Ontroerend Goed digs into your pleasures, fears, desires and memories.

BEING HAROLD PINTER

2:00pm BELVOIR ST THEATRE

BELVOIR STREET THEATRE: Wild, anarchic theatre at its purest. Scenes from Pinter's plays and extracts from his Nobel Prize speech transform into a harrowing account of real life in Europe's last dictatorship.

THE YALTA GAME

5:00pm PARADE THEATRE

The Yalta Game is based on a theme in one of the greatest short stories ever written, Chekhov's The Lady with the Lapdog. Brian Friel unravels a thread of Chekhov's original and weaves it into a startling tapestry of longings and resolutions.

JUANA MOLINA

5:30pm THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT

Delicate and worldly, Juana Molina's maverick style is an original blend of folk-ish acoustic sounds, ambient electronic beats and irresistibly warm, expressive vocals.

THE PROMISE

7:00pm RIVERSIDE THEATRE, RIVERSIDE THEATRES

Dazzling, enchanting and magically captivating, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus tumble, twist and spring back into Sydney with their brand new show.

THE WAR OF THE ROSES - PART 1

7:00pm SYDNEY THEATRE AT WALSH BAY

The Sydney Theatre Company Actors Company presents The War Of The Roses, an audacious epic of language and history. Joining the cast is STC Co-Artistic Director Cate Blanchett, on stage in Australia for the first time in almost five years.

LA CLIQUE

7:30pm, 9:30pm THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT

An inspired melange of cabaret, new burlesque, circus and contemporary vaudeville, La Clique is sexy, funny and dangerous.

FAITH HEALER

7:30pm PARADE THEATRE

Arguably Brian Friel's greatest play, Faith Healer influenced a generation of Irish writing for the theatre. A faith healer accepts that he must return home to Ireland, a destiny he can no longer postpone. The narrative makes up a mosaic that is both seductive and terrifying.

MAD RACKET

8:00pm HYDE PARK BARRACKS MUSEUM

Daedelus is one of LA's most daring and prolific new artists. His trademark musicality contrasts intelligent, left-field hip hop cut-ups with samples from the 30s and 40s in a fun, quirky and energetic live set.

BEING HAROLD PINTER

8:00pm BELVOIR ST THEATRE

BELVOIR STREET THEATRE: Wild, anarchic theatre at its purest. Scenes from Pinter's plays and extracts from his Nobel Prize speech transform into a harrowing account of real life in Europe's last dictatorship.

THE SMILE OFF YOUR FACE

8:00pm, 8:30pm, 9:00pm, 9:30pm AADA PILGRIM THEATRE

Sit in a wheelchair, put on a blindfold and indulge your imagination, as Ontroerend Goed digs into your pleasures, fears, desires and memories.

MORPHOSES

8:00pm THEATRE ROYAL

Christopher Wheeldon is one of the most celebrated figures in contemporary ballet and a major creative force in the dance world. The scope and originality of his work has won him an unrivaled international reputation.

REGGIE WATTS

9:30pm BOSCO THEATER

Reggie Watts shakes new meaning into what you can do with a microphone and a loop machine. Exploiting a jaw-dropping ten-octave vocal range, he creates funky bass lines and soulful diva-esque vocals to underpin hilarious, off-the cuff riffs.

SAMSUNG MOBILE SECRET SHOWS

11:30pm BOSCO THEATER

Witness the magic of spontaneous performances and collaborations between Festival artists in the intimacy of the Bosco Theater.

LATE AT THE GARDEN

11:30pm THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT

Late at the Garden's unpredictable collection of music's most eclectic offerings could not be more at home than in the Samsung Mobile Festival Garden. Keep the Festival party going well into the night.