Editing Sydney (section)

===Entertainment===
[[File:Atrium of State Theatre IMG 4687a.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The [[State Theatre (Sydney)|State Theatre]] on [[Market Street, Sydney|Market Street]] was opened in 1929.]]

Sydney's first commercial theatre opened in 1832 and nine more had commenced performances by the late 1920s. The live medium lost much of its popularity to the cinema during the Great Depression before experiencing a revival after World War II.<ref>{{cite web |last=McPherson |first=Ailsa |date=2008 |url=http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/theatre |title=Theatre |publisher=Dictionary of Sydney |access-date=10 August 2014}}</ref> Prominent theatres in the city today include [[State Theatre (Sydney)|State Theatre]], [[Theatre Royal, Sydney|Theatre Royal]], [[Sydney Theatre]], [[The Wharf Theatre]], and [[Capitol Theatre, Sydney|Capitol Theatre]]. [[Sydney Theatre Company]] maintains a roster of local, classical, and international plays. It occasionally features Australian theatre icons such as [[David Williamson]], [[Hugo Weaving]], and [[Geoffrey Rush]]. The city's other prominent theatre companies are [[New Theatre (Newtown)|New Theatre]], [[Belvoir (theatre company)|Belvoir]], and [[Griffin Theatre Company]]. Sydney is also home to [[Event Cinemas]]' first theatre, which opened on [[George St, Sydney|George St]] in 1913, under its former Greater Union brand; the theatre currently operates, and is regarded as one of Australia's busiest cinema locations.

The Sydney Opera House is the home of [[Opera Australia]] and [[Sydney Symphony]]. It has staged over 100,000 performances and received 100&nbsp;million visitors since opening in 1973.<ref name="Sydney Opera House"/> Two other important performance venues in Sydney are [[Sydney Town Hall|Town Hall]] and the [[City Recital Hall]]. The [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music]] is located adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden and serves the Australian music community through education and its biannual [[Australian Music Examinations Board]] exams.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Sydney Conservatorium of Music |date=2014 |url=http://music.sydney.edu.au/about/history/ |title=History |access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Interior of Sydney Opera House Concert Hall during performance.jpg|thumb|A concert at the [[Sydney Opera House]]]]

Many writers have originated in and set their work in Sydney. Others have visited the city and commented on it. Some of them are commemorated in the [[Sydney Writers Walk]] at Circular Quay. The city was the headquarters for Australia's first published newspaper, the ''[[Sydney Gazette]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Isaacs |first=Victor |title=Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: a short history |year=2003 |publisher=Rural Press |location=North Richmond |pages=3–5 |url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:11092/sydnews.pdf}}</ref> Watkin Tench's ''A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay'' (1789) and ''A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson in New South Wales'' (1793) have remained the best-known accounts of life in early Sydney.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/literature |title=The Dictionary of Sydney |access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref> Since the infancy of the establishment, much of the literature set in Sydney were concerned with life in the city's slums and working-class communities, notably [[William Lane]]'s ''The Working Man's Paradise'' (1892), [[Christina Stead]]'s ''[[Seven Poor Men of Sydney]]'' (1934) and [[Ruth Park]]'s ''[[The Harp in the South]]'' (1948).<ref name="RuthPark">{{Cite news |last=Maunder |first=Patricia |title=Novelist shone a light on slums |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 December 2010 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/novelist-shone-a-light-on-slums-20101216-18zid.html |access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> The first Australian-born female novelist, [[Louisa Atkinson]], set several novels in Sydney.<ref>Maguire, M., 'Atkinson, (Caroline) Louisa Waring', in R. Aitken and M. Looker (eds), ''Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens'', South Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 35.</ref> Contemporary writers, such as [[Elizabeth Harrower (writer)|Elizabeth Harrower]], were born in the city and set most of their work there–Harrower's debut novel ''[[Down in the City]]'' (1957) was mostly set in a [[King's Cross, New South Wales|King's Cross]] apartment.<ref name="Harrower">{{cite magazine |title=Rediscovering Elizabeth Harrower |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=20 October 2014 |access-date=6 March 2018 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20/time-lies}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Text Publishing – Down in the City |url=https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/down-in-the-city |date=23 October 2013 |access-date=22 March 2018 |isbn=9781922147042 |last1=Harrower |first1=Elizabeth|publisher=Text Publishing Company }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Down in the City by Elizabeth Harrower |work=Readings.com.au |date=25 October 2013 |access-date=22 March 2018 |url=https://www.readings.com.au/review/down-in-the-city-by-elizabeth-harrower}}</ref> Well known contemporary novels set in the city include [[Melina Marchetta]]'s ''[[Looking for Alibrandi (novel)|Looking for Alibrandi]]'' (1992), [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]]'s ''30 Days in Sydney: A Wildly Distorted Account'' (1999), [[J. M. Coetzee]]'s ''[[Diary of a Bad Year]]'' (2007) and [[Kate Grenville]]'s ''[[The Secret River]]'' (2010). The [[Sydney Writers' Festival]] is held annually between April and May.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.swf.org.au/about-us/ |work=Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) Official Site |access-date=25 March 2018}}</ref>

Filmmaking in Sydney was prolific until the 1920s when spoken films were introduced and American productions gained dominance.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Balint |first1=Ruth |last2=Dolgopolov |first2=Greg |date=2008 |url=http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/film |title=Film |publisher=Dictionary of Sydney |access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> The [[Australian New Wave]] saw a resurgence in film production, with many notable features shot in the city between the 1970s and 80s, helmed by directors such as [[Bruce Beresford]], [[Peter Weir]] and [[Gillian Armstrong]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Australian pride is its 'new wave' of films |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1981 |access-date=25 March 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/15/movies/australia-s-pride-is-it-s-new-wave-of-films.html}}</ref> [[Fox Studios Australia]] commenced production in Sydney in 1998. Successful films shot in Sydney since then include ''[[The Matrix]]'', ''[[Lantana (film)|Lantana]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'', ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'', ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'', ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'', ''[[Superman Returns]]'', ''[[The Great Gatsby (2013 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' and ''[[Anyone but You]]''. The [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] is based in Sydney and has several famous alumni such as [[Mel Gibson]], [[Judy Davis]], [[Baz Luhrmann]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Hugo Weaving]] and [[Jacqueline McKenzie|Jacqueline Mckenzie]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=National Institute of Dramatic Art |date=2014 |url=http://www.nida.edu.au/about-nida/history |title=History |access-date=11 October 2014 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017134650/http://www.nida.edu.au/about-nida/history |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Sydney hosts several festivals throughout the year. The city's [[Sydney New Year's Eve|New Year's Eve]] celebrations are the largest in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kaur |first=Jaskiran |date=2013 |url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/531947/20131227/party-new-year-s-eve-australia-sydney.htm |title=Where to party in Australia on New Year's Eve |website=International Business Times |access-date=27 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708231528/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/531947/20131227/party-new-year-s-eve-australia-sydney.htm |archive-date=8 July 2014}}</ref> The [[Sydney Royal Easter Show|Royal Easter Show]] is held every year at Sydney Olympic Park. [[Sydney Festival]] is Australia's largest arts festival.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Sydney Festival |date=2014 |url=http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/About/About-Us/ |title=About us |access-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927103437/http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/About/About-Us/ |archive-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> The travelling rock music festival [[Big Day Out]] originated in Sydney. The city's two largest film festivals are [[Sydney Film Festival]] and [[Tropfest]]. [[Vivid Sydney]] is an annual outdoor exhibition of art installations, light projections, and music. In 2015, Sydney was ranked the 13th top [[fashion capital]] in the world.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151026005716/http://www.languagemonitor.com/fashion/paris-towers-over-world-of-fashion-as-top-global-fashion-capital-for-2015/ The Top Global Fashion Capitals for 2016]}} – The [[Global Language Monitor]], 2016</ref> It hosts the [[Australian Fashion Week]] in autumn. [[Sydney Mardi Gras]] has commenced each February since 1979.

Sydney's [[Chinatown, Sydney|Chinatown]] has had numerous locations since the 1850s. It moved from [[George Street, Sydney|George Street]] to Campbell Street to its current setting in Dixon Street in 1980.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fitzgerald |first=Shirley |date=2008 |url=http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/chinatown |title=Chinatown |publisher=Dictionary of Sydney |access-date=9 August 2014}}</ref> Little Italy is located in Stanley Street.<ref name="Economy"/>

Restaurants, bars and nightclubs can be found in the entertainment hubs in the Sydney CBD ([[Darling Harbour]], [[Barangaroo, New South Wales|Barangaroo]], [[The Rocks, New South Wales|The Rocks]] and [[George Street, Sydney|George Street]]), [[Oxford Street, Sydney|Oxford Street]], [[Surry Hills, New South Wales|Surry Hills]], [[Newtown, New South Wales|Newtown]] and [[Parramatta]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nightlife Archives |url=https://concreteplayground.com/melbourne/category/food-drink/nightlife |access-date=28 January 2021 |website=Concrete Playground |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=The best clubs in Sydney |url=https://www.timeout.com/sydney/nightlife/the-best-clubs-in-sydney |access-date=28 January 2021 |website=Time Out Sydney |language=en}}</ref> [[Kings Cross, New South Wales|Kings Cross]] was previously considered the red-light district. [[The Star, Sydney|The Star]] is the city's casino and is situated next to [[Darling Harbour]] while the new [[Crown Sydney]] resort is in nearby [[Barangaroo, New South Wales|Barangaroo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discover the best of Crown Sydney |url=http://www.crownsydney.com.au/home |access-date=28 January 2021 |website=Crown Sydney |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025131306/https://www.crownsydney.com.au/home |url-status=dead}}</ref>