About

Welcome to Riverside Theatres

Well-established and highly respected both by the local community and the national arts industry, Riverside is a successful cultural and community asset of City of Parramatta Council. Riverside plays an important role in building a diverse, thriving local city culture.

By connecting artists with audiences, attracting talent and industry and supporting education and innovation, it contributes to the city’s liveliness, vibrancy and economic activity while facilitating authentic community dialogue and interaction. We aim to involve, entertain, enrich, inspire, delight and intrigue artists and audiences from Parramatta and beyond with live performance, events, festivals and community gatherings.

Located on the banks of the Parramatta River, Riverside is nestled in the midst of the Church Street dining precinct. We are easily accessed by road, train and river. About 750 performances and events take place annually attracting over 180,000 patrons.

We are home to Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta, our production arm, and FORM Dance Projects, presenter of independent contemporary dance. As well as being a venue for hire, we present a diverse program of theatre, music, dance, comedy, cinema and festivals under the name Riverside Presents.

We also present an extensive program for families, young people and education. Around 35,000 students from across Sydney region and the state attend events at Riverside each year.

We are committed to making the arts accessible to all as audience but also participation for people with disability. We do this through our Beyond the Square program.