Adelaide Festival Centre

So I was very aware of what was going on.

And in fact, I was totally out of the blue invited into the production that opened the Space Theatre at the Adelaide Festival Centre.

And that was the show that changed my career completely because it was Brecht and Viles' The Seven Deadly Sins.

Anthony Steele was the head of the Festival Centre.

And Dunstan believed government could help that cultural energy flourish.

He was prepared to put public money, institutions and political weight behind it.

One of the most visible expressions of that belief was taking shape on the banks of the River Torrens, the Adelaide Festival Centre.

Distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen, as the Lord Mayor has said, this is a proud night for Adelaide.

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... uh, one was in, uh, I think it was the Adelaide Festival Theatre.

Yes.

I don't remember where the other one was, but-

Like he set up the first state film agency, the South Australian Film Corporation.

And he built the first art centre, the Adelaide Festival Centre.

And the community of Adelaide had set up an arts festival, but he funded it to be annual and well-funded.

And then there was a fringe festival that sort of span off out of that and he funded that as well.

We've been partnering with State Theatre Company of South Australia for a number of years and they're very committed to providing access for their productions, including for this year.

And the Heartbreak Choir is the show that's coming up at the Dunstan Playhouse in the Adelaide Festival Centre.

So there's two shows that will be audio described, Saturday the 28th of November and Monday the 30th of November.

So the Saturday show is at 2 p.m., with a tactile tour at 1 p.m.

Some of those boards are like genuinely just passion stuff.

So I've been on Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation for nine years.

Arts is super important to me.

They say jump, I say how high.

So I've got a set of skills, let's deploy them, let's get it done, and then let me get out.

And boards are really good for that because we have a usefulness.

So the reason I'm still at Adelaide Festival Centre is because I'm still useful.

But if I wasn't useful, I'd be out.