Guide to the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia

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EPH PROMPT .Adelaide Festival Centre Trust

National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record

Created: 2023

Collection Summary

Title
Adelaide Festival Centre Trust : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia
Date Range
1975 - 1996
Collection Number
EPH PROMPT .Adelaide Festival Centre Trust
Extent
1 collection
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Printed Collections

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust including press releases, entertainment updates, and theatre programs.

Adelaide Festival Centre Trust is the heart of the arts in South Australia. Established in 1973, it is Australia's first capital city arts venue and hosts more than one million people annually. As well as presenting theatre, dance, music, and exhibitions, Adelaide Festival Centre Trust creates diverse festivals to inspire, challenge, educate, and entertain. We welcome audiences of all ages, experience, and cultures.

The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated over time as gaps in the Library's holdings are filled.

Physical Description Note
1 folder of programs and miscellaneous pieces

Item Descriptions

Class. Material received before 2023

New shows for Festival Centre, 3rd November, 1975 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Press release

Press release of new performances in November includes June Bronhill, Ballet Victoria, Senior Citizen's Christmas Concert, the Threepenny Opera, the Tasmanian Puppet Company, Theatre in Education, and a Breeze from the Gulf

Festival Centre success, 4th November, 1975 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Press release

Reporting of the first full year of the Trust's operation

Flowers, [c. 1976] (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Program

The mime musical presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust in association with Eric Dare. Starring Douglas McNicol, Maurice Tarragano, Neil Caplan, and others

Leonard Teale in While the billy boils, [c. 1978] (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Flyer

The play presented by the Queensland Arts Council by arrangement with the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust and Canterbury Productions

Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett, 1981 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Program

The play directed by Don Mackay, designed by Michael Pearce, lighting designed by Les Bowden with Pat McDonald, Carl Bleazby, Roy Baldwin, Liz Burch and Irene Hewitt

The most successful new Australian comedy produced in this country is coming to Adelaide, 23 November 1990 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Media release of Nick Enright's Daylight saving, starring Jacki Weaver, Neil Fitzpatrick, Tony Sheldon, Maggie Millar, Gerda Nicolson, and Vince Colosimo

Australian showbiz stars bloom in new comedy, [c. 1991] (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Media release of Wallflowering, a new comedy starring Jill Perryman and Kevan Johnston

Children's classic comes to stage in major new production, [c. 1991] (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Media release of the classic children's novel, the Secret garden, starring Rosalind Aylmore, Damian Madigan, Anna O'Connor, Cathy Purling, Geoff Revell, and Rory Walker

Ignatius Jones to appear with the DE Waldorf Swing Orchestra, [c. 1994] (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Ignatius Jones officially opened the third Swingshift season on Saturday, October 10

Bass Adelaide's entertainment update, March - April '95 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Flyer

Listing of up coming entertainment events

Skylight by David Hare, 18 - 28 September 1995 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Flyer

A play presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust by arrangement with the Royal National Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company. Performing at the Space, Adelaide Festival Centre

Comedy-hit Mikado returns to Adelaide … with a new star, 8 May, 1996 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Media release of Simon Gallaher's award winning hit production of Gilbert and Sullivan's the Mikado.

The Umbilical Brothers, the Schmaltzarellas, Paul Capsis, Crying in public places, Pull my finger and Stand up Australia - Greg Fleet, the Empty pockets & Sue-Ann Post at the Space Cabaret, December 11, 1997 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Media release of Australia's best stand up comics and cabaret artists performing in January 1998

The Queen and I: the royals down under, [c. 1996] (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Media release of the play's national tour opens in Melbourne on June 13. Starring Eileen Darley, Ronald Falk, Judi Farr, Stephanie Fayerman, Robert Goodale, Goerge Kapiniaris, Susan Lyons, Fiona Press, Pearce Quigley, and Harris the Corgi

Hold onto your hats rodeo is in the theatre!, August 1997 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Media release of Rodeo noir, a gutsy new musical comedy in the Space Theatre from 12 to 20 September

Mem Fox's Koala Lou now a musical, August 1997 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre and Flinders University Drama Centre at the Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, October 7-11

Companie Maguy Marin Waterzooi, [c. 1997] (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Performing two show only on October 14 and 15 at Her Majesty's Theatre

Sydney Dance Company's Berlin, [c. 1996] (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Media release

Graeme Murphy's latest full length production explores the myth and mystery behind one of the world's most celebrated cities. Opening on September 12 at Her Majesty's Theatre

Class. Material received 2023 onwards

Frank Thornton in Habeas Corpus by Alan Bennett, 1981 (Item 2023/1) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

Program

The play directed by Don Mackay, designed by Michael Pearce, lighting designed by Les Bowden with Pat McDonald, Carl Bleazby, Roy Baldwin, Liz Burch and Irene Hewitt


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