Adelaide Festival
The Fringe has already sold a record 930,000 tickets and Adelaide Festival has well exceeded its 2023 box office target ahead of the final weekend of South Australia’s ‘Mad March’ festival season.
InReview
The board and chief executive of embattled cinema group Mercury CX are stepping down, allowing a new group of directors to launch a last-ditch bid to save the organisation.
A group of South Australian film industry heavyweights – including a former SA Film Corp chair – have put themselves forward to replace the current board of embattled cinema organisation Mercury CX to launch a last-ditch bid for a funding lifeline.
The operators of Adelaide’s Mercury Cinema say it will be forced to close in December unless it can secure $700,000 in annual funding, amid a call for supporters to lobby the state government to step in.
The operators of Adelaide’s Mercury Cinema say they are facing the prospect of shutting down within months following a State Government decision to reject a “core” funding request.
The 2022 Adelaide Fringe kicks off tonight, marking the start of one of the hallmarks of Adelaide’s festival season.
The South Australian Labor Party has pledged to invest $2 million in the Adelaide Film Festival to make it an annual event if it wins next month’s state election.
