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American soul legend Al Green will inject a whole lotta love into the Sydney Festival in 2010, headlining the event with The Velvet Underground's John Cale.
The annual festival, which runs from January 9-30, will also include performances by US songstress Neko Case, Brooklyn four-piece Grizzly Bear and indie pop singer Laura Marling.
The Sydney Opera House forecourt will be the venue for Rogue's Gallery, an epic concert tribute to songs of the sea, featuring Marianne Faithfull, actor Tim Robbins and local singers Sarah Blasko, Katy Steele (Little Birdy) and Glenn Richards (Augie March).
Theatre highlights will include a retelling of Hamlet from Schaubuhne Berlin and the Sydney Theatre Company's Optimism, starring Frank Woodley, Barry Otto and Alison Whyte.
The 2010 program is the first by new artistic director Lindy Hume, who took over from Fergus Linehan.
Launching the program in Sydney's Seymour Centre on Wednesday she said the festival would showcase a city reconnecting and celebrating after a year of turbulence and anxiety.
'Human happiness emerges as a recurring theme in the 2010 Sydney Festival program,' Hume said.
