CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN

1. Competition Period

1.1 The day’s giveaway will conclude at 11.59pm AEDT each day. 

Day	Start Date	End Date	Draw Date	Prize
12	Friday 13 December 7AM	Friday 13 December 11.59PM	Saturday 14 December	x1 double pass to SIX the Musical for 28 December 3pm and a signed poster
11	Saturday 14 December 7AM	Saturday 14 December 11.59PM	Sunday 15 December	x1 family pass to Bluey's Big Play on 14 January 12.30pm
10	Sunday 15 December 7AM	Sunday 15 December 11.59PM	Monday 16 December	x2 tickets to Hadestown on 11 February
9	Monday 16 December 7AM	Monday 16 December 11.59PM	Tuesday 17 December	x2 tickets to And Then There Were None on 7 May
8	Tuesday 17 December 7AM	Tuesday 17 December 11.59PM	Wednesday 18 December	x2 tickets to CATS on 18 June
7	Wednesday 18 December 7AM	Wednesday 18 December 11.59PM	Thursday 19 December	$250 voucher for Theatre Royal Sydney

2. The Prize

2.1 Twelve winners in total will receive a prize from Theatre Royal Sydney’s 2024 Christmas Countdown.

2.2 If an event that constitutes or forms part of a Prize (“Event”) is cancelled or if the dates for an Event are changed for any reason beyond the control of Theatre Royal Sydney and/or any sponsor of a competition or prize, Theatre Royal Sydney may substitute another entertainment event or any other reasonably equivalent prize for the Prize, without any penalty or liability whatsoever and as it may determine in its absolute discretion.

2.3 Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable (including for cash). Part or parts of the Prize will not be substituted for other benefits or items at the request of winners.

2.4 If any element of the Prize becomes unavailable for any reason beyond the control of Theatre Royal Sydney, a similar prize of equal value will be awarded in lieu.

2.5 Winners (and any person accompanying a winner in relation to a Prize) are responsible for any:

(a) Expenses not specifically mentioned as being included in the Prize (for example, unless otherwise stated to form part of the Prize, accommodation, travel expenses, food or beverages purchased and all other costs, including travel insurance, are not included in the Prize and are the responsibility of the winner/s and of any person/s accompanying the winner/s).

2.6 If the Prize includes travel or entry to an Event, any winner aged under 18 must be accompanied on that travel or to that event by a person authorised by the winner’s legal guardian to accompany the winner at their own cost and aged either 18 or over.

3. Entry into the Competition

3.1 Entry is free but entrants are responsible for any costs and/or charges they may incur in entering.

3.2 Subject to clauses 3.3 and 3.4, the Competition is only open to individuals who are Australian residents. Persons under the age of 18 may, however, only enter with the prior permission of a parent or guardian who is over the age of 18.

3.3 Notwithstanding clause 3.2, the Competition is not open to:

(a) persons under the age of 16

(b) any person living outside of Australia

(c) employees of Theatre Royal Sydney and any subsidiary, parent company, agent or affiliate of Theatre Royal Sydney, including a company or organisation that has provided a Prize for a competition, (collectively, “Affiliates”); or

(d) members of the immediate families of employees of Theatre Royal Sydney and Affiliates.

3.4 Notwithstanding anything in clauses 3.2 or 3.3, the Competition is not open to anyone under the age of 18 if the Prize is or includes:

(a) any alcoholic beverage or product;

(b) any service or product that by law is unavailable to persons aged under 18; or

(c) an Event where the Event is not open to a person under the age of 18.

4. How To Enter

4.1 To enter, the entrant must obtain the corresponding codeword for the day's giveaway featured on @theatreroyalsyd Instagram, @theateroyalsyd TikTok, @theatreroyalsydney Facebook, or @theatreroyalsydney LinkedIn. Participants must then enter it via the entry form located at theatreroyalsydney.com/christmas

4.2 Only one entry per email per day will be counted as a valid entry.

4.3 The following entries will be invalid:

(a) entries received outside the Competition Period;

(b) entries that duplicate or nearly duplicate another entry that the entrant has submitted; incomplete entries;

(c) entries that Theatre Royal Sydney, in its sole discretion, determines fraudulent (including entries that misrepresent the eligibility of the entrant); and

(d) (where a competition is conducted on a social media platform) multiple entries from a single individual using multiple accounts on the one social media platform.

4.4 Theatre Royal Sydney may, in its sole discretion, disqualify any entry that in its view is (or is potentially) objectionable, including (without limitation) any entry that:

(a) is not reasonably comprehensible;

(b) is obscene, defamatory, insulting, discriminatory and/or inflammatory;

(c) infringes on the intellectual property rights of any third party;

(d) constitutes an invasion of privacy; and/or

(e) is generally damaging to the goodwill and/or reputation of Theatre Royal Sydney and/or any sponsor of the Competition or Prize and/or of any Affiliate.

5. Winner/s

5.1 The winner will be selected at random from valid and eligible entries received.

5.2 All decisions of Theatre Royal Sydney and/or the competition judges (including in relation to the selection of a winner or winners) are final and binding on entrants in all respects, and no correspondence will be entered into.

5.3 The winners will be announced on the original post as well as Instagram stories by 11AM the following day unless stated otherwise. The winners will be contacted via the email provided and will have until Friday 10 January 2025 to claim their prize. Participants or winners will not be contacted via social media accounts and will never be asked to provide confidential information over social media.

5.4 Publication of the names of winners by Theatre Royal Sydney is not determinative and the Prize will only be awarded subject to confirmation by Theatre Royal Sydney that a winner has complied with these Terms.

5.5 A Prize may be forfeited (with no substitute offered) and an alternative winner or winners selected in accordance with the winner selection procedure set out above if a winner: (a) does not successfully respond to notification of having won a Prize before 10 January 2025

(b) does not accept an element of the Prize as arranged with Theatre Royal Sydney;

(c) cannot be located;

(d) does not or cannot provide Theatre Royal Sydney with proof of identity and/or residence if requested by Theatre Royal Sydney to do so; or

(e) does not comply with any other Term of the competition.

5.6 Theatre Royal Sydney reserves the right to withhold a Prize from any entrant who Theatre Royal Sydney, in its absolute discretion, determines:

(a) has not met any of the criteria set out in these Terms;

(b) is not in a mental or physical condition to safely use the Prize or attend an Event; and/or

(c) has engaged in any behaviour that jeopardises the fair and proper conduct of the Competition.

5.7 Theatre Royal Sydney reserves the right, in its absolute discretion but subject to relevant State and/or Territory law, to cancel the Competition and not award any Prize if Theatre Royal Sydney is unable to proceed with the Competition (including any judging and/or draw) as a result of circumstances beyond its control including, without limitation, vandalism, hacking, computer virus or bugs, server breakdown, acts of terrorism, acts of God, pandemic, civil unrest, strikes and power failures.

6. Warranties, limitations, releases and consents

6.1 By entering, you grant us and our Affiliates an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide and transferable licence to publish your entry and name and the right to sub-license use of your entry and name to our promotion partners (as applicable) for other uses, including broadcast.

6.2 Theatre Royal Sydney, any Affiliate and any operator of any social media platform through which the Competition is conducted will not be responsible for:

(a) any Prize lost, damaged or stolen in transit once it has left the possession of Theatre Royal Sydney and/or an Affiliate; or

(b) any failure or inability on the part of a winner to attend an Event.

6.3 Winners are responsible for insuring against their own losses for loss, damage or theft during transit and/or for their inability to attend an Event.

6.4 Entrants release Theatre Royal Sydney, Affiliates and any social media platform through which the Competition is conducted (including all directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives) from, and hold harmless for, any damage, injury, death, loss, claim, action, demand or other liability that may arise from:

(a) the Entrant’s acceptance and/or use of a Prize (including any misuse or malfunction); and/or

(b) the Entrant’s participation in this Competition and/or attendance at an Event.

6.5 Winning entrants and/or persons accompanying a winning entrant to an Event may be required by Theatre Royal Sydney and/or an Affiliate and/or the operator of any social media platform through which the Competition is conducted to sign a written release covering the types of matter set out in clause

6.6. The form of such a release may be determined, in their absolute discretion, by Theatre Royal Sydney and/or an Affiliate.

7. Personal information

7.1 As part of the process of running the Competition and awarding and delivering a Prize, Theatre Royal Sydney may collect personal information of entrants, including name, email address, residential address, contact phone number/s, date of birth and gender (“Personal Information”).

7.2 Except as otherwise provided under clause 6, any Personal Information of entrants will be used by Theatre Royal Sydney:

(a) for the purpose of conducting and promoting the Competition (including verifying eligibility, delivering a Prize and complying with any applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory law); but otherwise

(b) only in accordance with its Privacy Policy: https://www.theatreroyalsydney.com/privacy-policy/

7.3 Any request to access, update and/or correct Personal Information should be directed to Theatre Royal Sydney by email here.

8. General

8.1 Entrants agree:

(a) to comply with all reasonable conditions of use of a Prize and any reasonable requirements of any person or organisation that supplies a Prize;

(b) to conform to all applicable Australian laws and regulations; and

(c) to conform to any relevant website terms and conditions (including any terms and conditions relating to the use of social media where a competition is run via a social media platform).

8.2 A failure by Theatre Royal Sydney to enforce, or a waiver by Theatre Royal Sydney of, any one or all of these Terms will not give rise to any claim or right of action by any person or entrant.

8.3 These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the entrants and Theatre Royal Sydney and supersede and extinguish any previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to the competition or any other subject matter set out in these Terms.

8.4 These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in New South Wales.