InReview
A long-awaited concert hall for Adelaide looks increasingly likely, as the State Government begins investigating overseas venues and consulting SA arts organisations as part of a strategy to be finalised by the end of this year.
InReview
EXCLUSIVE: The $150 million Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Lot Fourteen will open by 2023, Premier Steven Marshall says, despite admitting a “complex” consultation with Indigenous communities has delayed progress.
The State Theatre Company says it wants to build “a new home” – a multi-faceted theatre precinct it argues Adelaide currently lacks – as it seeks to shift out of the Festival Centre, where it has lived for the past 46 years but now argues is not “fit for purpose”.
Holograms and virtual reality should be used to bring the SA Museum’s world-renowned Aboriginal artefacts collection to life at Lot Fourteen, a State Government report has recommended.
South Australia’s first arts plan in almost two decades has raised hopes a long-awaited concert hall for Adelaide could become a reality, while funding changes have been flagged for arts organisations.
By refusing to guarantee the survival of the widely-loved Thebarton Theatre, the Marshall Government has already lost control of the narrative around its plans for South Road, writes Tom Richardson.
