when: 10 January 2026 | | cost: Free | address: Hickson Rd Dawes Point NSW 2000 Australia | website: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/ | tickets: https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/live-on-hickson-road-efectos-especiales
published: 31 Dec 2025, 5 min read
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A street. Action! The scene begins: a truck rumbles by, music blaring. A dancer sprints, leaps, stumbles - and suddenly, rain and fireworks erupt around them. Each take brings a new protagonist, a new rhythm, a new spark of cinematic magic. What's real? What's staged? In this heady blur of movement and music, the answer is always changing.
Created by Argentinian filmmaker Alejo Moguillansky from the trailblazing Argentinian independent cinema collective El Pampero Cine and choreographer Luciana Acuña of the acclaimed company Grupo Krapp, Efectos Especiales turns the streets of Walsh Bay into an action movie set where extraordinary and unpredictable events unfold in real time. Spectators are swept into the action, becoming both extras and eyewitnesses to the fleeting beauty of art made on the run.
Hailed internationally after acclaimed seasons in Santiago, Valencia and Cádiz, this free, large-scale performance brings the thrill of live cinema to Sydney's waterfront. No tickets, no fourth wall - just you, the city and a camera capturing it all.
Event schedule:
4pm - Event opens with DJ set
5pm - Performance one
6pm - DJ set
7pm - Performance two
8pm - Kick on event starts
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A street. Action! The scene begins: a truck rumbles by, music blaring. A dancer sprints, leaps, stumbles - and suddenly, rain and fireworks erupt around them. Each take brings a new protagonist, a new rhythm, a new spark of cinematic magic. What's real? What's staged? In this heady blur of movement and music, the answer is always changing.
Created by Argentinian filmmaker Alejo Moguillansky from the trailblazing Argentinian independent cinema collective El Pampero Cine and choreographer Luciana Acuña of the acclaimed company Grupo Krapp, Efectos Especiales turns the streets of Walsh Bay into an action movie set where extraordinary and unpredictable events unfold in real time. Spectators are swept into the action, becoming both extras and eyewitnesses to the fleeting beauty of art made on the run.
Hailed internationally after acclaimed seasons in Santiago, Valencia and Cádiz, this free, large-scale performance brings the thrill of live cinema to Sydney's waterfront. No tickets, no fourth wall - just you, the city and a camera capturing it all.
Event schedule:
4pm - Event opens with DJ set
5pm - Performance one
6pm - DJ set
7pm - Performance two
8pm - Kick on event starts
Go see Live on Hickson Road: Efectos Especiales 2026.
Live on Hickson Road: Efectos Especiales 2026 is on 10 January 2026. See start and end times below. Conveniently located in Dawes Point. Call 02 8248 6500 for details. Visit their website at https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/.
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