Comic Book Illustration Workshop
15 & 23 April 2025
In the Centre for Creativity
Workshops
Ages 8 - 14 | Turn your ideas into graphic storytelling with local comic makers! Create your own characters, jokes and stories in comic book form using illustration and comic techniques.
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 15 April 2025 | 10:30am - 12pm 1:30pm - 3pm |
| Wednesday 23 April 2025 | 11am - 12:30pm 1pm - 2:30pm |
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard | $29 |
$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.
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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9am, Tuesday 21 January 2025
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General Public tickets on-sale
9am, Wednesday 22 January 2025
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For any special access requirements phone the Contact Centre on 02 9250 7777 or email bookings@sydneyoperahouse.com
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Run time
The duration of this event is 90 minutes.
Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age
This event is for kids aged 8 - 14 only.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
Supervision Consent Form
This workshop is for participants only. Please note, parents and carers must drop off and pick up their children in person at the workshop start and end times from the Centre for Creativity. Following booking, parents/carers will receive a supervision consent form to complete and return to the Opera House Learning Team. Parents and carers will be required to sign their details in a supervision consent form at the time of drop off.
Dav PilkeyIt’s YOUR story, kid. You can color it any way you want.
Useful information:
Create a comic book
Learn from local comic makers in this fun and engaging drawing workshop inspired by DOGMAN: THE MUSICAL! Create your own characters, jokes and stories in comic book form. Be inspired by writers and artists, like Dav Pilkey, Alice Oseman and Kazu Kibuishi to develop your own graphic story ideas and visual style.
This workshop pairs nicely with a ticket to DOG MAN: THE MUSCIAL.
Presented by Sydney Opera House
Meet the artists
Fionn McCabe
An illustrator, cartoonist, and comics educator at the University of Technology Sydney.
Evie Hilliar
An animator, director and illustrator whose comics find humour, relatability and whimsy in everyday life.
Marieka Walsh
An internationally awarded animation director with a passion for bringing stories to life through drawing, 2D Animation and Stop Motion.
Remi-Rose Evans
Remi-Rose Evans is an illustrator, comic artist, and co-organizer of Reanimated AU.
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.
Children aged 15 years and under must be accompanied at all times. Babies aged 0-2 years old at the time of a performance may be seated on an adult’s lap. Children 2 years and older will need to hold a standard ticket.
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.
All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and Western Foyers. The public lift to the 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.
The Opera House is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children that visit or engage with us. Read our Child Safety Policy.
The Opera House has also developed a Child-friendly Code of Conduct to engage with our youngest visitors.
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