Adelaide Festival Announces Two More Landmark Shows From its 2017 Program

The Adelaide Festival has today announced two more sensational shows from its 2017 program: the Adelaide premiere of Neil Armfield's landmark Sydney Theatre Company production THE SECRET RIVER in an epic new open-air performance staged in the Anstey Hill Quarry, presented in association with State Theatre Company of South Australia, and the exclusive Australian premiere of PETER AND THE WOLF starring Miriam Margolyes with music by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

Based on the international best-selling book by Kate Grenville and adapted for the stage by award-winning Adelaide based playwrightAndrew Bovell, the multi Helpmann Award winning The Secret River will be one of the major highlights of Co-Artistic Director Armfield andRachel Healy's first Adelaide Festival.

With all-new staging set in the breathtaking natural surrounds of the Anstey Hill Quarry in Tea Tree Gully, this monumental show under the stars will be the first time a major theatrical production has been performed in the quarry since the legendary Mahabharata at the 1988 Adelaide Festival.

Stage and screen legend Margolyes will make her Adelaide Festival debut with children's classic Peter and the Wolf, with music by the ASO conducted by Nicholas Carter and direction by Patch Theatre Company Artistic Director Naomi Edwards. This Adelaide exclusive performance will enchant both the young and young at heart with its program of storytelling and orchestral delights.

Tickets are on sale for both shows from 8am on Friday, September 23, 2016 via BASS 131 246 or adelaidefestival.com.au

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