Quay to the City Walking Tour

Overview

Ahh, The Rocks, Sydney’s keystone of heritage, history and architecture. A bustling hub of seaside restaurants, charming sandstone pubs and colourful tourist markets. However, prior to this glossy gentrification, it was the city's seedy underbelly, rife with crime, debauchery and disease. During the 1970s, it was the heart of the Green Bans movement, a revolutionary thrust towards heritage protection and environmental activism.

Curated by Janice Muller, Quay to the City is a walking tour studded with theatrical performances by The Australian Theatre for Young People engaging with the richly layered history of The Rocks. Under the direction of six acclaimed professional artists and produced together with Sydney Living Museums, it is a fun feat of site-specific theatre.

From the brutal colonial origins of nationhood, this tour will resurrect the gritty working-class characters that once traversed these narrow, cobblestoned streets. Grab your ticket and a map from the starting point at the MCA and delve deeper into Sydney’s oldest and most fascinating suburb.