The Cutaway
place in Barangaroo, Sydney, Australia
The Cutaway is an entertainment precinct in Barangaroo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The NSW Government describes it as an "arts, cultural and events space".
History
The Cutaway was built in 2015 and hosted the 2022 Biennale of Sydney. Subsequently, it was primarily used to film car commercials because of its poor acoustics.
An Indigenous cultural centre named Buruk was proposed by the NSW Government from 2019 to 2022 to be installed in the Cutaway but the plan was countered by a separate plan from former prime minister Paul Keating which prompted the NSW Government to halt development of their plan. Keating's proposal involved modelling the Cutaway similar to the Musée d'Orsay former railway station and now museum in Paris.
In October 2025, the Cutaway's renovation was 85% complete.
The NSW Government announced that they would redesign the Cutaway in February 2024 and that FJC Studios would be commissioned to work on the design. The project was slated to cost $80 million and the government cited the need for better acoustics in the Cutaway.
In February 2026, planning minister Paul Scully dismissed the complaints of residents and allowed the venue to be operational 24 hours a day.
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