Festivals
A series of online mini-concerts this month by South Australian musicians will help fill the gap left by the forced cancellation of the 2020 Adelaide Guitar Festival.
Arts & Culture
The Australian tour of a musical parody based on popular TV show Friends will play at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide in December, with the news coinciding with the release today of a virtual tour of the rebuilt iconic venue.
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Live performance will return to the Adelaide Festival Centre next month when children’s theatre company Patch Theatre presents a 10-year anniversary season of its multi-award-winning show Me & My Shadow.
Professional company director Jim Hazel will take over from prominent QC Michael Abbott as the new chair of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, with the centre saying his appointment provides “continuity and confidence” at an important time.
Photo gallery: The curtain has finally been lifted on Adelaide’s iconic Her Majesty’s Theatre after a $66 million rebuild that blends elements of the original 1913 design with state-of-the-art facilities and increased capacity of 1467 seats over three levels.
Cinemas and theatres may have been given the green light to reopen on June 1, but restrictions on audience numbers and other challenges mean South Australians shouldn’t expect an immediate flurry of fresh film screenings and live entertainment.
