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circle, but prime seats located
towards the front and in the
centre do command a premium.
If booking by phone, you will
only be able to get a rough
idea of where your seats are.
The computer will select the
“best available” tickets.

Booking Agencies
Sydney has two main ticket
agencies: Ticketek and
Ticketmaster. Between them,
they represent all the major The Spanish firedancers Els Comediants at the Sydney Festival
entertainment and sporting
events. Although both agencies 9pm for families, as well as the buildings, with designated seats
operate manned ticketing midnight display. available for those requiring
outlets (check the websites for The Sydney Festival in Jan uary special assistance. It is best to
locations and opening hours), is a huge extravaganza of phone the box office before
booking online is quickest and perform ance and visual art. buying your tickets to request
easiest. When booking online, Various outdoor venues in The special seating and other
electronic tickets can be Rocks, Darling Harbour and in requirements, or call Ideas Inc’s
delivered via email or to a front of the Opera House free information service for a list
mobile phone. feature events to suit every of Sydney’s most wheel chair-
A booking fee applies to taste, including musical friendly venues. The Sydney
all bookings, whether made pro ductions, drama, dance, Opera House has disabled
online, by phone or in person, exhibitions and cir cuses. The parking, wheelchair access and
plus a postage and handling most popular free events are a loop system in the Concert
charge if tickets are mailed the symphony and jazz con certs Hall for the hearing impaired.
out via registered post. There are held in The Domain. Also A brochure, Services for the
generally no refunds (unless a popular is the spectacular Vivid Disabled, is also available.
show is cancelled) or exchanges. Sydney festival that runs for
Ticket insurance can be bought more than three weeks from DIRECTORY
for protection against lost late May to June (see p52).
tickets or for inability to attend Useful Information
a performance
Disabled Visitors City of Sydney
∑ whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.
Many older venues were not
Discount Tickets and designed with the disabled gov.au
Free Entertainment visitor in mind, but this has Ideas Inc
Tuesday is budget-price day been redressed in most newer Tel 1800 029 904.
at most cinemas. Some Sydney Opera House
inde pendent cinemas have Information Desk: Tel 9250 7111.
special prices throughout the Bookings & Disabled Information:
week. The Sydney Symphony Tel 9250 7175.
Orchestra and Opera Australia Sydney Visitor Centre
(see p212) offer a special Student Tel 8273 0000 or 9281 2244.
Rush price to full-time students ∑ sydney.com
under 28 but only if surplus Tourism NSW
tickets are available. These can ∑ visitnsw.com.au
be bought on the day of the ∑ bestof.com.au/nsw/
performance, from the box
office at the venue. True Local
∑ truelocal.com.au
The Belvoir and Ensemble
theatres (see pp210–11) offer Ticket Agencies
discounted tickets for students
for most shows. Ticketek
Outdoor events are espec ially Tel 132 849. ∑ ticketek.com.au
popular in Sydney, and many ∑ premier.ticketek.com.au
are free (see pp50–53). Sydney Ticketmaster
Harbour is a splendid setting for Tel 136 100.
the fabulous New Year’s Eve The highly respected Australian Chamber ∑ ticketmaster.com.au
fireworks, with a display at Orchestra (see p212)

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