History
In the 1960s, the Adelaide Festival of Arts started to outgrow the city's existing venues. Liberal Premier Steele Hall chose the banks of the River Torrens as the site for the Centre.
The Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Robert Porter, supported by Labor Premier and arts advocate Don Dunstan, launched a public appeal to raise funds to build the Centre and the appeal raised its target within a week. The centre was designed by architect John Morphett. Work began in Elder Park in 1970 and on 2 June 1973 the Festival Theatre opened. The Dunstan Playhouse, the Space Theatre and the Amphitheatre followed.
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