Festival Theatre
Plan your visit to Festival Theatre, the Banquet Room, and The Star: Kitchen and Bar.

Step into a world of glorious enchantment.
The most lavish ballet of the year, The Sleeping Beauty returns to Adelaide Festival Centre to bewitch and entrance audiences once more.
Against Tchaikovsky’s luminous score, gilded costumes, extraordinary artistry, and dreamlike sets promise to transport you to a fairytale kingdom in a ballet for the ages.
This is ballet at its most spectacular. Don’t miss your chance to experience The Sleeping Beauty, an unforgettable masterpiece of romance and magic.
A visual feast.
A magical escape.
This venue is wheelchair accessible.
Accessible tickets and Companion Card bookings are now available online for many Adelaide Festival Centre shows on Ticketek.
If the show you are looking at doesn't have online booking available, please complete Ticketek's Accessible Seating Form and you will be contacted to process your booking.
The Australian Ballet has been inspiring and delighting audiences since 1962 and is Australia's national ballet company.
Discover The Australian BalletThe 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.
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.
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.
There are two car parks adjacent to Adelaide Festival Centre (Please note, Adelaide Festival Centre does not own or operate the car parks):
Adelaide Convention Centre Riverbank Car Park
Once you've parked, the eastern lift will take you to the promenade level where it's a short walk to the theatre. There is no direct access from this car park to Festival Theatre.
Festival Car Park
There is no direct lift or pedestrian access from Festival Car Park to the Dunstan Playhouse complex.
Go to Festival Car Park website
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.
We want to make your visit as enjoyable as possible and offer many ways to assist if support is required.
In the Stalls, row W has removable seats to accommodate patrons who wish to remain seated in their wheelchair or transfer to a theatre seat.
Lifts are located either side of the Festival Theatre auditorium with access to all levels.
Accessible toilets are available at all Adelaide Festival Centre venues.
Every theatre and event/function area of Adelaide Festival Centre is assistance animal friendly.
Festival Theatre has 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. Please advise the operator at the time of booking.
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