The Adelaide Festival Centre News

Verdi's immense and powerful Requiem will be presented by State Opera of South Australia (SOSA) for two nights only at Adelaide Festival Theatre this August.

This August, arts lovers will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the dance, theatre and musical spectacular Faust, featuring the devilishly charming super star Teddy Tahu Rhodes.

Verdi's immense and powerful Requiem will be presented by State Opera of South Australia (SOSA) for two nights only at Adelaide Festival Theatre this August.

This August, arts lovers will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the dance, theatre and musical spectacular Faust, featuring the devilishly charming super star Teddy Tahu Rhodes.

Australian comedy legend Barry Humphries makes his debut as Artistic Director for this year's Festival, promising to capture your heart and soul along with plenty of "beauty, wit and astonishment" in an outstanding program of music, story-telling, comedy and incredible talent.

From the first note of Eagle Rock to the last cartwheel from Carnival of the Animals, the 2015 Come Out Children's Festival saw nine days of incredible fun, amazing entertainment, interactive learning and record-breaking success.

The Moon is in love with the Sun and sends her servant, Jack Hare, to deliver her message of love, but he is not the most reliable of creatures.

Get set for the excited voices of 1600 school children to drift across the River Torrens and the Riverbank Precinct tomorrow when Come Out Children's Festival opens with enthusiasm, song and ceremony.

Fresh off the back of its critically acclaimed sell-out season of Pinocchio in New York, Adelaide-based national youth theatre company Windmill Theatre has reached another significant milestone, selling its 500,000th ticket since the company was founded in 2002.

This month, the Adelaide Festival Centre invites you to enter the captivating world of Le Noir! A truly unique and electrifying theatrical experience, Le Noir features 20 of the greatest circus performers on the planet, all of whom are award winning athletes and many stars of previous Cirque Du Soleil shows.

This month, the Adelaide Festival Centre invites you to enter the captivating world of Le Noir! A truly unique and electrifying theatrical experience, Le Noir features 20 of the greatest circus performers on the planet, all of whom are award winning athletes and many stars of previous Cirque Du Soleil shows.

?Other F words within cooee of this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival are fabulous, funny, frisky, fantastic and, of course, Fedora!

Today the South Australian Government has announced $90 million towards the redevelopment of the Adelaide Festival Centre. This is the most significant capital infrastructure works undertaken at the Centre since it was opened in 1973.

Something on Saturday is back for another fun-filled year with the best entertainment for children aged 2 - 10 years from 2 May - 5 September. This year's bumper program features 20 stand out shows over 19 weeks.

This April the Adelaide Festival Centre invites you to enter the captivating world of Le Noir! A truly unique and electrifying theatrical experience, Le Noir features 20 of the greatest circus performers on the planet, all of whom are award winning athletes and many stars of previous Cirque Du Soleil shows.

Adelaide Festival Centre's OzAsia Festival was recently recognised as a finalist in the arts category of The Australia-China Achievement Awards. The Awards recognise the champions of the bilateral relationship and celebrate the entrepreneurship and creativity of Australian organisations and people in advancing Australia-China.

Adelaide-based Brink Productions, in association with the Adelaide Festival Centre, will bring Australian Nobel Laureate Patrick White's acclaimed short story Down at the Dump (1964) to the stage in a world premiere production from 10-24 October, 2015 in the Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre.

In September 2014, Bangarra Dance Theatre will commence its largest ever regional tour of Australia as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. Following the highly acclaimed national tour of Patyegarang that was attended by over 36,500 patrons across Australia, Bangarra will visit regional areas of Australia and will spend time on country with Indigenous communities from September until November 2014 - performing in theatres, arts centres, on basketball courts and at beach amphitheaters.

State Theatre Company and Adina Apartment Hotels in association with Arts Projects Australia and the Adelaide Festival Centre present PETER BROOK'S THE SUIT in a run exclusive to Adelaide from the Theatre des Bouffes du Nord. Based on THE SUIT by Can Themba, Mothobi Mutloatse and Barney Simon, the production will run today 1 October through 12 October 2014, with an opening slated for Friday 3 October at 8pm at the Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre.

State Theatre Company today announced its 2015 season at a launch held in the Dunstan Playhouse. After a highly successful season to date in 2014, which included 7 Helpmann Award nominations and two wins for the Company's co-production with Windmill Theatre of Pinocchio; sell-out performances and two new box office records, 2015 is set to be another very strong season.