Join Australia’s celebrated artists Scott Hicks and Jim Sharman in conversation alongside a screening of the original 1982 documentary The Hall of Mirrors.
In 1982, young filmmaker Scott Hicks documented the ground breaking 12th edition of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts and its iconoclastic Artistic Director, Jim Sharman. The resulting film, The Hall of Mirrors: A Festival, features interviews with legendary artists from Pina Bausch to Patrick White, alongside footage of Adelaide, a city on the cusp of explosive creativity. Scott Hicks went on to earn seven Oscar nominations for Shine, and Jim Sharman remains one of Australian theatre’s most beloved figures and successful exports.
For this year’s Wal Cherry lecture, we are bringing together these two dynamic artists in conversation alongside a screening of The Hall of Mirrors. This is a rare chance to watch the documentary on the big screen and to hear two of Australia’s most celebrated artists reflect on their legacies and on what it takes to drive creative innovation.
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The 2024 Wal Cherry Lecture is presented by the Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts at Flinders University, with thanks to our generous event partners Helpmann Academy and Don Dunstan Foundation.