
Subsidy programs available for regional and equity schools.
Adelaide Festival Centre’s centrED offers ticket and transport subsidies for eligible schools. Learn more or apply.
In the enchanted Hu木an, which means forest in Malay, wiggle your fingers and toes through textured leaves, smell the flowers, and play hide-and-seek with Hornbill.
Spot Owl under the moonlight and help Kingfisher look after her eggs. Even passing rain brings cheeky Gibbons with a tropical fruit picnic for their new friends.
Inspired by some of the works in Tails from the Coasts, Hu木an is a multisensory, inclusive adventure for children with access needs and their friends.
For schools
Each performance of Hu木an accommodates up to 30 students and their educators.
Please use the “Apply now” button to complete an expression of interest form for your school group. This is an application – schools will be informed whether they have been selected by the end of Week 8 (T3).
This program is FREE and schools that would like to have greater engagement with cultural programs, but have budget limitations that prevent this, are encouraged to apply. We also encourage special options classes or groups with significant numbers of neurodiverse students to apply. Travel subsidies will be available for eligible sites.
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- Accessibility
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This venue is wheelchair accessible.
- Age Suitability
- Ages 3-7
- Runtime
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45 minutes
Additional 10 minute pre-show engagement - Year Levels
- Preschool – Year 2 mainstream classes, Primary School aged special options classes
- Australian Curriculum — Learning Areas
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The Arts
- Drama
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The Arts
- Australian Curriculum — Capabilities
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- Critical and Creative Thinking
- Intercultural Understanding
- Australian Curriculum — Priorities
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- Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia
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Performance Location: Noel Lothian Hall, Adelaide Botanic Garden

Noel Lothian Hall is located at the Adelaide Botanic Garden, in the east end of the city.
Enter Noel Lothian Hall vis the Hackney Road entrance (Hackney Gate).
Please visit the Adelaide Botanic Garden website to plan your visit.
Adelaide Botanic Garden is wheelchair accessible from all entrance gates except for the Hackney Gate off Hackney Road due to its gradient.
The Garden has paved and bitumen paths running throughout the Garden. There are some areas that have gravel or sawdust pathways. Most of the Garden is flat, though there are some steep pathways leading to the Sunken Garden and Threatened Seed Orchard.
Visit the Adelaide Botanic Garden website for more information about access services.
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