Projections on Her Maj’

Location of the projection site in Pitt St, Adelaide.

Bringing the inside out for two nights only
To celebrate 100 years of Her Majesty’s Theatre the Long Live The Maj exhibition will be cranking up the scale and the quantity.

More than 50 previously unseen behind the scenes photographs will be projected onto the side of the Theatre in Pitt St, Adelaide, adjacent to the exhibition venue, The Hotel Metropolitan.

On Mon September 2nd this will coincide with the live radio broadcast from the Theatre by Peter Goers from 891 ABC Adelaide and on Friday September 6th this will be convenient for those out and about in the Grote St and Central Market area. Both nights the projections will loop continuously between 6.30pm and 10.30pm.

X marks the spot.

Luminous Art Trail

Another SALA event – Luminous Art Trail
‘a night adventure through illuminates landscapes in Port Adelaide’. Viewable every night with special guided tours on Wednesdays and Sundays. Details at the Illuminart website.

On the corner of Commercial Road and Divett Place you will find a selection of photographs from the backstage exhibitions projected here.
Exit Performers in the Luminous Art Trail, Port Adelaide

Exhibition Opening

Exhibition opening
The Long live The Maj exhibition was officially opened on Sunday Aug 11th by a very entertaining and fact filled Peter Goers OAM. This was also a good opportunity to promote the free live to air broadcast he will be doing from Her Majesty’s Theatre from 7pm on Monday September 2nd. Book free tickets in advance for “100 Years of Her Majesty’s Theatre 891 ABC Adelaide’s Peter Goers Live Broadcast” through BASS.

Official exhibition opening by Peter Goers OAM

Cheers to Her Maj’

Cheers to Long live The Maj
With the exhibition being held in a pub it seemed appropriate to produce some beer coasters. Have a look for them at the venue.

Picture of Long live The Maj drink coasters

House Lights

House Lights
Another 40th Anniversary event, House Lights was been created by The Electric Canvas and featured a looping presentation that wrapped around the roof of the Adelaide Festival Centre. Photographs from the Backstage Pass Exhibition were selected to represent Theatre Craft. The images were cropped to fit the unusual angles of the Adelaide Festival Theatre roof. The projections were displayed every night for the month of June, 2013.

Visit The Electric Canvas website for additional photographs.

A special thank you to Peter Stewart for braving the cold to take some of the photographs below.

Book launch

Book launch
A new book, 40 Years of Adelaide Festival Centre written by Lance Campbell (author of By Popular Demand celebrating the first 25 years of Festival Centre), was launched on May 30.

The book features two photographs from the Backstage Pass exhibition as well as six additional photographs that were taken during the same period (examples below).

Visit the Wakefield Press website for a description about the 176 page hard cover book and to view some sample pages.

Samples from Heart of the Arts

Reg Livermore Exhibition

Reg Livermore: Souvenirs from the Stage
In addition to the poster of Reg Livermore that appeared in the Backstage Pass exhibition his presence was also captured in the Green Room below the stage at Her Majesty’s Theatre. These autographs will appear in this 40th Anniversary exhibition presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Performing Arts Collection and will be on display in the Festival Theatre Foyer Showcases from June 5th to August 24th, 2013.

Reg Livermore was recently named an ‘icon’ in a new Adelaide Cabaret Festival Award. Read the article by AdelaideNow.

Visit the AFC website for more details about the exhibition.

Reg Livermore autographs Her Majesty's Theatre

The Exhibition Install

When will this project end? As the focus was to document the activity behind the scenes it now seems only appropriate that the Visual Arts team are captured in action.