Some students from an Adelaide primary school will experience the theatre for the first time at the Adelaide Festival thanks to a philanthropic organisation.
Air Play is a theatre production running at the Adelaide FestivalBut philanthropic organisation the Balnaves Foundation has worked to change that, at least for one show.
The foundation has given out nearly 200 tickets for the Adelaide Festival production Air Play for $5 each — a significant reduction from the show's usual ticket price of between $20 and $69.Principal Robyn McLachlan said many of the school's students would not have been able to attend without the discounted tickets.Air Play brings together comedy, sculpture, circus and theatre.
"Even to take our children to the city or to go on any excursion, the buses alone cost an exuberant amount. "So, to be able to have a discounted price to go to see something as wonderful as what they're seeing, [it means they will] have just a really special opportunity they really wouldn't have otherwise."
Michelle Bell has never have been able to afford a theatre show, but her daughters, students at Wandana, will now have the opportunity."I've never been myself so I can't have that memory, but my girls can."
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