The Playhouse & Space Foyer Bar
The perfect meeting place for a pre-show drink or snack.
Located in the foyer of Dunstan Playhouse, The Playhouse & Space Foyer Bar offers a great selection of South Austra…
4 shows
Transport subsidies are available for regional and equity schools.
If travel costs prohibit attendance at an Adelaide Festival Centre presented performance or workshop, subsidies are available to eligible schools. Learn more or apply.
Seven acrobats push their physical limits to the extreme.
A breathtaking and joyful display of fearless acrobatics and death-defying feats, A Simple Space will blow you away with exceptional skill, playful competitiveness, trust and friendship.
Backed by the driving rhythm of a live percussionist, the stakes get higher with every daring stunt as the performers hurl one another through the air and build teetering human towers.
Image | Chris Herzfel
- Accessibility
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This venue is wheelchair accessible.
- Just watch - this activity asks for the audience to sit-back, relax, and enjoy the show unfolding in front of them (with little or no audience participation)
- Noisy - This activity involves loud noises or music. It may be overstimulating for people who are particularly sensitive to loud noises
- A Simple Space takes place in a traditional theatre space, with low lighting levels in the auditorium. There are several rows of seating on the stage itself. Our front of house staff (in discussion with you, on the day of the performance) will determine if your group is appropriate to be seated on the stage.
- There are some loud, unexpected noises, and the performance is performed to live music.
- The audience will be asked to participate in a call and response, and the performers will interact directly with the audience. Select audience members may be invited to participate in the performance on stage.
- The show is non-verbal (beyond the performers verbally cueing each other). One segment of the performance specifically uses body percussion.
- Download the Visual Story for 'A Simple Space'
- Ages 6-18
- This performance is non-verbal (beyond performers verbally cuing each other)
- Runtime
- 45 minutes
- Year Levels
- Year 1 – Year 12
In partnership with
School Performances
Performance Location: Dunstan Playhouse
You can enter Dunstan Playhouse by foot from North Terrace, Adelaide Railway Station, Adelaide Oval, or King William Road.
From North Terrace, walk down the laneway alongside SkyCity Casino. From King William Road, you can walk over Festival Plaza (there’s a lift and escalator down to the Dunstan Playhouse level) or along the Walk of Fame from Elder Park.
Accessible drop off
There is an accessible drop off area located off Festival Drive under the Riverbank Footbridge.
A designated disability drop off is also available 45 minutes before performances. To access this drop off area, turn onto Festival Drive from King William Road, pass the Festival Plaza car park entrance and stay left, driving through the EOS Hotel visitor drop off loop to arrive at the Dunstan Playhouse & Space Theatre access drop off.
Taxi services
The best place to be dropped off by taxi is on King William Road at the Festival Theatre or on North Terrace. There is also a drop off area located off lower Festival Drive underneath the Riverbank Footbridge.
Car parking
The nearest car park is the Convention Centre Riverbank Car Park.
- Open: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Location: Festival Drive (adjacent Montefiore Road), Adelaide
- Entry: Festival Dr via King William Rd (Height: 2.0m) | Festival Dr via Montefiore Rd (Height: 2.0m)
Once you've parked, the eastern lift will take you to the promenade level where it's a short walk to the theatre.
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Public transport
Accessible by many forms of public transport including trains, buses, the tram (stop at Railway Station) and a free bus service that operates on a loop throughout the city and North Adelaide with stops on the corner of King William Road and North Terrace.
Accessible seating
Boxes 1 and 4 plus selected seats in row L have removable seats to accommodate patrons who wish to remain seated in their wheelchair or transfer to a theatre seat.
Toilets
Accessible toilets are available at all Adelaide Festival Centre venues.
Assistance animals
Every theatre and event/function area of Adelaide Festival Centre is assistance animal friendly.
Audio assistance
Festival Theatre and Dunstan Playhouse have hearing loop facilities, limited to particular seats in the venues.
Audience members who require hearing assistance are now able to enjoy the show via the Beyerdynamic Hearing System.
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