Festival in tune with International Women’s Day

The Sydney Opera House's annual event returns with a suite of events both live and online.
A crowd seen with two people carrying tote bags that say 'All about women' on them with a colourful illustration of a group of women.

The program for All About Women 2025 has just been announced, featuring more than 50 international and Australian artists, thinkers and storytellers. With individual events on Wednesday 5 and Saturday 8 March, alongside a larger program on Sunday 9 March, the annual festival returns in-person and online to explore ideas on gender, justice and equality.

Taking place, appropriately, on International Women’s Day, festival events are held at City Recital Hall and Sydney Opera House, with the program featuring an extensive line up of guests. Sessions include:

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Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian. Her debut, a collection of poetry called Turbulence, came out in 2020 and was released by University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP). Her second collection, Decadence, was published in July 2022, also by UWAP. Her third book, Essence, will be published in 2025. Threads: @thuy_on123 Instagram: poemsbythuy