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White's Rooms, later known as Adelaide Assembly Room, was a privately owned function centre which opened in 1856 on King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia.It became Garner's Theatre in 1880, then passed through several hands, being known as the Tivoli theatre, Bijou Theatre, Star Picture Theatre and finally in 1916 the Majestic Theatre and Majestic Hotel.
The 1941 refurbishment included new facilities and internal structures, including a function room, parents' room and facilities for the hearing-impaired. The foyer included a fireplace, and upholstered seating was provided. The plaster mouldings adorning the roof and walls of the cinema were added at this time. [11]
Adelaide Festival Centre houses several theatres and galleries, as well as function spaces and the administrative hub of the Festival Centre. Festival Theatre is the largest proscenium arch theatre in Adelaide, seating close to 2,000 people. It was designed as both a lyric theatre and concert hall, and is used not only for theatrical ...
With modern architecture and acoustics, function rooms and catering, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre provides a live entertainment venue for hundreds of thousands of people each year. In 2010 the Adelaide Entertainment Centre completed a $52 million redevelopment with a new entry and theatre complex.
These areas include dressing rooms, green rooms, offstage areas (i.e. wings), cross-overs, fly rails or linesets, dimmer rooms, shops and storage areas. Duke Ellington in the mirror of a dressing room at Paramount Theatre Manhattan (1946) Dressing rooms: Rooms where cast members apply wigs, make-up and change into costumes. Depending on the ...
The State Hockey Centre, currently known as MATE Stadium [2] (formerly known as the Pines Stadium and Distinctive Homes Hockey Arena (2003–2009)), is a 4,000 capacity, government owned outdoor field hockey stadium located in Gepps Cross, a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It offers two international-standard wet hockey pitches ...
The Marion Cultural Centre is situated in the suburb of Marion, in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The building, designed by Melbourne architects Ashton Raggat McDougall (ARM) in collaboration with the Adelaide studio of Phillips/Pilkington Architects (PP), [1] was inaugurated on 23 November 2001. The Marion City Council provided the ...
Governor John Hindmarsh wrote in May 1837 "I have but one end of my mud hut finished and all my family lay on the floor of one room while two smaller ones serve for Mrs. H., myself and a female servant", When Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler replaced Hindmarsh in 1838, he abandoned plans for a permanent house of timber and gave directions for ...