An exploration into the minds and imaginations behind Flinders Creative Arts.

The Void (Drama Centre), Flinders University
11:00AM - 11:30AM
11:30AM - 12:00PM

Flinders University welcomes Catholic Education of South Australia and the Association of Independent Schools of South Australia to The Void as part of their Professional Development day.

The Void (Drama Centre), Flinders University
10:00AM - 11:30AM

You are invited to a live demonstration of the 2024 projects that have been undertaken in ‘The Void’, Flinders multipurpose virtual production stage housed in the University's acclaimed Drama Centre.

Discipline Lead, Senior Lecturer and Motion Capture Specialist Jason Bevan and Cameron Mackness, Business and Development Coordinator of The Void will guide you through the research and production activity they have undertaken in 2024 and give you an insight into the production methods used in a multitude of virtual production projects, led by both students and staff at Flinders University. You will also see the work of MA Virtual Production students, BCA Drama, BCA Screen, BCA Visual Effects and BCI Digital Media students who have all undertaken projects in The Void.

Flinders University Museum of Art, Flinders University, Bedford Park

12:00PM - 1:00PM

Sovereign Acts | Love Praxis

A Flinders University Museum of Art exhibition in partnership with Unbound Collective.

Celebrating 10 years of critical and creative work, the exhibition traces the group’s journey from their inaugural exhibition in 2014 at Fontanelle Gallery in Adelaide’s inner west, to their video-work PERMEATE | mapping skin and tides of saturated resistance, presented for ‘unsettling Queenstown’ in the Australia Pavilion for the 18th Venice Architectural Biennale. Unbound Collective engages with complex ideas of sovereign identity and representation, through the lens of First Nations knowledges and methodologies, offering radical new ways of speaking back to the enduring hold of colonialism in this country. Their work spans moving image, installation, song, poetry, and performance.

NOTE - Photographs may be taken at this event to be used for promotional purposes. Please advise staff on the day if you don't wish to be photographed.

For more information on the exhibition, click here.

GETTING TO FUMA

FUMA is located on the ground floor of the Social Sciences North building – off Humanities Road and adjacent to car park 5. Car parking on campus is free from 5pm.

Public transport | Parking | Map

For information regarding accessibility please email FUMA museum@flinders.edu.au

Image: Unbound Collective performing Sovereign Acts III: REFUSE, 2018, Vitalstatistix, Climate Century Festival, Port Adelaide. Photo: Tony Kearney

Adelaide College of Arts
6:30PM - 7:00PM

Create/ure had its origins in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. The process began on-line in the private homes and spaces of the original cast through Teams collaborate sessions.  

The work was then realised in the dance studio once we had permission to come back into the building at AC Arts. You may notice there are no partnering sequences due to restrictions at the time.

Theme:

An exploration of what it means to be a human entity identified as 'yourself'. How do we engage with the real world in its physical form as collective and individual?

Much of the work is based around how we see and make ourselves whether that be in public or internally.

Remount: Lisa Heaven
Cast: 2^nd Year Dancers - Luis Medrow, Hayley Leffers, Jordan Kotowski, Sandy Williams, Oleksandra Selivanova and Noah Morey.

Book Launch: 

The Tavern, Flinders University, Bedford Park
6:00PM - 8:30PM

Creative Writing and Drama invite you to a book launch and dramatic performance of the readings of our 2024 creative writing anthology Wolfe's Tales.

Published by Glimmer Press, this anthology is a collection of short stories.

Watch these short stories come to life with readings from Flinders Drama students in this intimate setting in The Tavern.

Matthew Flinders Theatre, Bedford Park
7:00PM - 9:30PM

Flinders Drama Centre 50th anniversary production

Art and Mr. Ui are celebrity figures in the city’s organised crime and night-life, but in a media environment hungry for the next big thing, their infamy is flagging.

Meanwhile, Dogsborough MP is getting a little too cosy with the grocery industry. Government assistance appears to be lining the pockets of Dogsborough and a select few shareholders.

Art and Mr. Ui seize on the opportunity to insinuate themselves into Dogsborough’s political institutions, bringing their criminal gang and their brutal tactics along with them.

Soon, they have the whole city at their feet. When they’re done there, the whole world awaits.

Brecht’s dark and hilarious parable on the rise of fascism in the 1930s has been reimagined by the students of the Flinders Drama Centre to respond to the current ominous moment in world politics.

Performed by the Third Year students of the Bachelor of Performace - Acting: Isiah Macaspac, Hannah McGrath, Eliza Barnes, Shardae Santos, Alexander Karytinos, Liam Hennessy, Ariel Dzino, Francesca Zagajewska, Rohan Becker, Abigail Mcdougall and Mantra Bhatt.

Directed by Christopher Hurrell (Drama Centre Class of 2000) from a concept developed by the students of the Bachelor of Performance (Directing): Christian Hadgis (assistant director), Ella Perin (dramaturg), Hannah Smith, Kiara Skene and Connor Pleasance.

Design by Kathryn Sproul, lighting design by Nic Mollison, sound design by Tom Spiby (Drama Centre class of 2023).

Oasis Function Centre, Flinders University, Bedford Park
4:00PM - 6:00PM 

Flinders University Chamber Ensemble has been playing on campus for about 25 years. We perform once each semester and our repertoire is mostly, but not limited to, baroque. The orchestra comprises people with a broad range of musical skill, who enjoying playing music together including staff, students, alumni and friends. Depending on availability, we range from a very small chamber group to a small orchestra. For this concert we will perform baroque works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Corelli and Torelli.

Conductor: law alumni Arthur Siow.

The Tavern, Flinders University, Bedford Park
5:00PM - 9:00PM 

The Flinders BCI (Music) Degree, supported by Flinders CHASS and FUSA, is hosting an ‘End of Semester Celebration’ music event at The Tavern, showcasing the amazing music student’s talents. The event will have live music, happy hour prices all night, discounted food, and the incredible tunes the music students have been working on across the year. The music will be supplied by the students; Hamish Westbury, playing some acoustic classics, local indie band the Bluff with Flinders’ own Kacey Galwey, the BCI (Music) band with students Ellise Hill, Jesse Adams, Isabelle Tsesmelis and Alexandria Nash, and Ethan Wirper closing out the night with an experimental set of his album. 

Matthew Flinders Theatre, Bedford Park
7:00PM - 9:30PM

Flinders Drama Centre 50th anniversary production

Art and Mr. Ui are celebrity figures in the city’s organised crime and night-life, but in a media environment hungry for the next big thing, their infamy is flagging.

Meanwhile, Dogsborough MP is getting a little too cosy with the grocery industry. Government assistance appears to be lining the pockets of Dogsborough and a select few shareholders.

Art and Mr. Ui seize on the opportunity to insinuate themselves into Dogsborough’s political institutions, bringing their criminal gang and their brutal tactics along with them.

Soon, they have the whole city at their feet. When they’re done there, the whole world awaits.

Brecht’s dark and hilarious parable on the rise of fascism in the 1930s has been reimagined by the students of the Flinders Drama Centre to respond to the current ominous moment in world politics.

Performed by the Third Year students of the Bachelor of Performace - Acting: Isiah Macaspac, Hannah McGrath, Eliza Barnes, Shardae Santos, Alexander Karytinos, Liam Hennessy, Ariel Dzino, Francesca Zagajewska, Rohan Becker, Abigail Mcdougall and Mantra Bhatt.

Directed by Christopher Hurrell (Drama Centre Class of 2000) from a concept developed by the students of the Bachelor of Performance (Directing): Christian Hadgis (assistant director), Ella Perin (dramaturg), Hannah Smith, Kiara Skene and Connor Pleasance.

Design by Kathryn Sproul, lighting design by Nic Mollison, sound design by Tom Spiby (Drama Centre class of 2023).

Flinders Outdoor Plaza, Bedford Park
7:00PM for a 7:30PM start - 9:30PM

Please join us to celebrate a year of filmmaking, creativity and collaboration.

You are invited to sit back, relax, and enjoy a movie night under the stars at the 2024 Flinders Sunset Screening.

7.00 - 9.30pm, Thursday 14th November, Flinders Outdoor Plaza (Films will be shown on the Superscreen)

Featuring short films made by Flinders Screen Production students.

BYO picnic blanket and food (no BYO alcohol).

Popcorn, Fairy Floss, drinks and will be available.

*Viewer discretion advised: Some of the films may include strong content. Children under 15 must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian for the duration of the films.

Matthew Flinders Theatre, Bedford Park
7:00PM - 9:30PM

Flinders Drama Centre 50th anniversary production

Art and Mr. Ui are celebrity figures in the city’s organised crime and night-life, but in a media environment hungry for the next big thing, their infamy is flagging.

Meanwhile, Dogsborough MP is getting a little too cosy with the grocery industry. Government assistance appears to be lining the pockets of Dogsborough and a select few shareholders.

Art and Mr. Ui seize on the opportunity to insinuate themselves into Dogsborough’s political institutions, bringing their criminal gang and their brutal tactics along with them.

Soon, they have the whole city at their feet. When they’re done there, the whole world awaits.

Brecht’s dark and hilarious parable on the rise of fascism in the 1930s has been reimagined by the students of the Flinders Drama Centre to respond to the current ominous moment in world politics.

Performed by the Third Year students of the Bachelor of Performace - Acting: Isiah Macaspac, Hannah McGrath, Eliza Barnes, Shardae Santos, Alexander Karytinos, Liam Hennessy, Ariel Dzino, Francesca Zagajewska, Rohan Becker, Abigail Mcdougall and Mantra Bhatt.

Directed by Christopher Hurrell (Drama Centre Class of 2000) from a concept developed by the students of the Bachelor of Performance (Directing): Christian Hadgis (assistant director), Ella Perin (dramaturg), Hannah Smith, Kiara Skene and Connor Pleasance.

Design by Kathryn Sproul, lighting design by Nic Mollison, sound design by Tom Spiby (Drama Centre class of 2023).

Matthew Flinders Theatre, Bedford Park
11:00AM - 1:30PM

Flinders Drama Centre 50th anniversary production

Art and Mr. Ui are celebrity figures in the city’s organised crime and night-life, but in a media environment hungry for the next big thing, their infamy is flagging.

Meanwhile, Dogsborough MP is getting a little too cosy with the grocery industry. Government assistance appears to be lining the pockets of Dogsborough and a select few shareholders.

Art and Mr. Ui seize on the opportunity to insinuate themselves into Dogsborough’s political institutions, bringing their criminal gang and their brutal tactics along with them.

Soon, they have the whole city at their feet. When they’re done there, the whole world awaits.

Brecht’s dark and hilarious parable on the rise of fascism in the 1930s has been reimagined by the students of the Flinders Drama Centre to respond to the current ominous moment in world politics.

Performed by the Third Year students of the Bachelor of Performace - Acting: Isiah Macaspac, Hannah McGrath, Eliza Barnes, Shardae Santos, Alexander Karytinos, Liam Hennessy, Ariel Dzino, Francesca Zagajewska, Rohan Becker, Abigail Mcdougall and Mantra Bhatt.

Directed by Christopher Hurrell (Drama Centre Class of 2000) from a concept developed by the students of the Bachelor of Performance (Directing): Christian Hadgis (assistant director), Ella Perin (dramaturg), Hannah Smith, Kiara Skene and Connor Pleasance.

Design by Kathryn Sproul, lighting design by Nic Mollison, sound design by Tom Spiby (Drama Centre class of 2023).

Flinders City Campus, Level 14
6:00PM - 7:30PM

Fifty years ago, the first cohort of graduating Flinders Drama Centre actors, including Noni Hazlehurst, Neil Melville, Tom Considine and Douglas Gautier, presented their final production of the year, at the newly opened Space Theatre.

The production, The Fantasticks, was directed by foundation Professor, Wal Cherry, who had inaugurated The Space Theatre a few weeks earlier with a programme including Robyn Archer starring in The Seven Deadly Sins.

In The Fantasticks program, it was announced that from 1975, the actor training in the Drama Centre would be expanded from two years to the full three years of the degree.

To celebrate this joint anniversary, Flinders is hosting a cocktail event in the new Flinders City Campus, after which staff will guide guests across the Festival Plaza to the AFC Space Theatre for The Hall of Mirrors: a Retrospective - a special screening event for the 2024 Wal Cherry Lecture.

To mark this special anniversary, the screening event, will feature special guests Scott Hicks and Jim Sharman in conversation, exploring the spirit of innovation in Adelaide theatre and performing arts, to which Wal, and the generations of staff and graduates who followed, have made such an enduring contribution.

We look forward to celebrating with you - secure your tickets today!

SCHEDULE

Cocktail Event 6:00pm - 7:30pm, L14, Flinders City Campus, Festival Plaza

Wal Cherry Lecture 8:00pm - 10:20pm, Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Please contact Rebecca Esteve, Alumni Relations Partner rebecca.esteve@flinders.edu.au for any event enquiries.

Adelaide Festival Centre
8:00PM - 10:20PM

The Hall of Mirrors: A Retrospective.

A special screening event for the 2024 Wal Cherry Lecture

Fifty years ago this November, the first cohort of graduating Flinders Drama Centre actors – including Noni Hazlehurst, Neil Melville, Tom Considine and Douglas Gautier – presented their final production at the newly opened Space Theatre.

The production, The Fantasticks, was directed by Professor Wal Cherry, founder of the Flinders Drama Centre.

To celebrate this joint anniversary, the Drama Centre is returning to the Space Theatre for the 2024 Wal Cherry Lecture. This unique conversation and screening event will explore the spirit of innovation in Adelaide theatre and performing arts, to which Wal and generations of staff and graduates who followed, have made such an enduring contribution.

In 1982, young filmmaker and Drama Centre graduate Scott Hicks documented the ground breaking 12th edition of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts and its iconoclastic Artistic Director, Jim Sharman. The resulting film, The Hall of Mirrors: A Festival, features interviews with legendary artists from Pina Bausch to Patrick White, alongside footage of Adelaide, a city on the cusp of explosive creativity. Scott Hicks went on to earn seven Oscar nominations for Shine, and Jim Sharman remains one of Australian theatre’s most beloved figures and successful exports.

For this year’s Wal Cherry lecture, we are bringing together these two dynamic artists in conversation alongside a screening of The Hall of Mirrors. This is a rare chance to watch the documentary on the big screen, and to hear two of Australia’s most celebrated artists reflect on their legacies and on what it takes to drive creative innovation.

Matthew Flinders Theatre, Bedford Park
11:00AM - 12:30PM

In this interactive masterclass for emerging artists working across theatre and film, acclaimed director Jim Sharman (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) explores creative futures in an age of paradigm shifts in technology and representation. This event is presented in partnership with the Helpmann Academy. Participation by invitation only.

Matthew Flinders Theatre, Bedford Park
19:00PM - 9:30PM

Flinders Drama Centre 50th anniversary production

Art and Mr. Ui are celebrity figures in the city’s organised crime and night-life, but in a media environment hungry for the next big thing, their infamy is flagging.

Meanwhile, Dogsborough MP is getting a little too cosy with the grocery industry. Government assistance appears to be lining the pockets of Dogsborough and a select few shareholders.

Art and Mr. Ui seize on the opportunity to insinuate themselves into Dogsborough’s political institutions, bringing their criminal gang and their brutal tactics along with them.

Soon, they have the whole city at their feet. When they’re done there, the whole world awaits.

Brecht’s dark and hilarious parable on the rise of fascism in the 1930s has been reimagined by the students of the Flinders Drama Centre to respond to the current ominous moment in world politics.

Performed by the Third Year students of the Bachelor of Performace - Acting: Isiah Macaspac, Hannah McGrath, Eliza Barnes, Shardae Santos, Alexander Karytinos, Liam Hennessy, Ariel Dzino, Francesca Zagajewska, Rohan Becker, Abigail Mcdougall and Mantra Bhatt.

Directed by Christopher Hurrell (Drama Centre Class of 2000) from a concept developed by the students of the Bachelor of Performance (Directing): Christian Hadgis (assistant director), Ella Perin (dramaturg), Hannah Smith, Kiara Skene and Connor Pleasance.

Design by Kathryn Sproul, lighting design by Nic Mollison, sound design by Tom Spiby (Drama Centre class of 2023).

CDW Studios, Myer Centre, Rundle Mall 
4:30PM - 6:30PM

It's time to celebrate the achievements of the CDW Studios/Flinders University Third Year and Honours students of 2024.

Students and invited guests will have the chance to mingle with their peers, industry guests, and instructors. The evening is a chance for industry to see the students work, meet and chat in an informal setting about future prospects, all while having a drink and a canape.

The students’ work will be available online to the public following the event at veedshowcase.com.

Closed to the public.