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By Barry Humphries: from the David Dridan Family Collection

Exhibitions
The Galleries, Festival Theatre Foyer
Barry Humphries, 
Untitled (David Dridan in his Clarendon Studio, glass of wine essential), oil on board, 1977
36 dates

Dates

  • Opening Hours

    • Thursday
      10:00 am — 3:00 pm
    • Saturday
      10:00 am — 3:00 pm

Also open during Festival Theatre performances.


Prices

Admission

FREE

Since he was young, Barry Humphries always loved drawing and painting. From his first caricature as a child to his teens, armed with an easel, folding chair, and a nose slathered in zinc cream impasto, he would paint the Mornington landscape in situ. At university, he embraced Dadaism.

These landscapes, portraits, and self-portraits by Humphries, spanning from 1966 to 2004, were painted in Dridan's Strathalbyn studios or en plein air in the South Australian countryside.

By Barry Humphries is a unique story of friendship told through art and framed within the South Australian landscape.


Accessibility

Image credit:

Barry Humphries, Untitled (David Dridan in his Clarendon Studio, glass of wine essential), oil on board, 1977, loan courtesy of David Dridan Family Collection.

Performance Location: The Galleries, Festival Theatre Foyer

Gallery space in Festival Theatre foyer, with items on display in glass cabinets. The carpet is dark red in colour and the walls are white.

The Galleries are located in the Festival Theatre Foyer. The most direct way to enter the Festival Theatre is from King William Road, near the cor­ner of Elder Park, or Fes­ti­val Plaza. 

You can also walk from North Ter­race via the laneway along­side SkyC­i­ty Casi­no or by cross­ing the foot­bridge from Ade­laide Oval.

Access

If you require an acces­si­ble drop off area, use the dri­ve through zone just off King William Road, approx­i­mate­ly 100 metres north of the car park entrance. This is are is acces­si­ble when trav­el­ing north on King William Road. When King William Road is closed for major events, the near­est acces­si­ble drop off area is on the west side of Ade­laide Fes­ti­val Cen­tre, along­side Fes­ti­val Dri­ve under the River­bank Footbridge.

Taxi services

There is no for­mal taxi rank on King William Road, but taxis can use the dri­ve through zone just off King William Road, approx­i­mate­ly 100 metres north of the car park entrance. This is acces­si­ble when trav­el­ing north on King William Road. 

The near­est taxi ranks are locat­ed on North Ter­race, out­side the Casi­no and Rail­way Sta­tion, and on King William Street next to Run­dle Mall.

Car parking

The closest parking is available at Fes­ti­val Plaza Car Park, accessible from King William Road or Mon­te­fiore Road. Fol­low the signs on Fes­ti­val Dri­ve and dri­ve down to the low­er lev­els to park near B3 or B4. From there the King William Road lifts will take you to the Fes­ti­val The­atre entrance. Vis­it the Fes­ti­val Plaza Car Park web­site for more information. 

You can also use the Con­ven­tion Cen­tre’s River­bank Car Park or one of a num­ber of near­by city car parks. 

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.

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