ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT 2006-07 27 September 2007 Adelaide Festival Centre King William Road ADELAIDE SA 5000 GPO Box 1269 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Telephone: (08) 8216 8600 Facsimile: (08) 8212 7849 Website: www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au ABN: 90940 220 425 Contents Introduction............................................................................................................... 4 Highlights of 2006-07........................................................................................... 5 Chairman’s Report ................................................................................................ 6 CEO & Artistic Director’s Report .................................................................... 8 Trustees........................................................................................................................10 The Objectives of Arts SA ............................................................................... 11 The Objectives of Adelaide Festival Centre Trust ............................... 11 South Australia’s Strategic Plan ................................................................... 12 TO BE THE HEART OF THE FESTIVAL STATE............................. 12 Adelaide Festival Centre Season 2006-2007 including the following Adelaide Festival Centre presented programs:................................................................13 TO BE THE BEST ARTS CENTRE IN THE COUNTRY................... 28 Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2007........................................................................28 A Year Long Festival of Theatre, Dance and Music..........................................31 iNSPACE ..........................................................................................................33 Sunday activity..................................................................................................34 Sunday Spectrum .............................................................................................35 Fringe activities.................................................................................................36 Something on Saturday ....................................................................................37 Summer Family Fun .........................................................................................37 Morning Melodies .............................................................................................38 Behind the Arts Lunch Series ...........................................................................39 Visual Arts.........................................................................................................40 Performing Arts Collection ................................................................................46 TO DOUBLE OUR AUDIENCE IN FIVE YEARS.............................. 53 FROM 2005/06 TO 2010/11.............................................................. 53 GreenRoom ......................................................................................................53 Student Tix........................................................................................................54 ACE Card..........................................................................................................54 Branding ...........................................................................................................54 Education Program (CentrED) ..........................................................................55 Multicultural Programming ................................................................................58 OPERATIONS................................................................................... 61 Production Services..........................................................................................61 Patron Services ................................................................................................62 Showbitz ...........................................................................................................62 Carpark.............................................................................................................62 Volunteers.........................................................................................................63 Catering ............................................................................................................64 FINANCE .......................................................................................... 65 BASS ................................................................................................................66 Workshops........................................................................................................66 2 Development.....................................................................................................67 Risk Management.............................................................................................69 Fraud ................................................................................................................69 Freedom of Information ....................................................................................70 Energy Efficiency Action Plan ...........................................................................70 Consultants 2006-07.........................................................................................71 Account Payment Performance 2006-07 ..........................................................71 Overseas Travel 2006-07 .................................................................................71 MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES .................................... 72 Workforce Planning ..........................................................................................73 Quality Staffing .................................................................................................73 Safe and Healthy Employment Conditions........................................................79 Legislative Requirements..................................................................................82 STAFF LIST 2006-07........................................................................ 92 ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE FOUNDATION ........................... 100 ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE FINANCIALS - ATTACHED ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE FOUNDATION FINANCIALS - ATTACHED 3 Introduction Under the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust Act 1971 the Festival Centre was established as a statutory authority and charged with the responsibility for encouraging and facilitating artistic, cultural and performing arts activities throughout South Australia, as well as maintaining and improving the building and facilities of the Festival Centre complex. As the creative heart of South Australia the Festival Centre delivers artistic, educational, social and economic outcomes for locals and visitors from around Australia and the world. Our aspiration is for a city and State that is a hub of arts excellence and to be acknowledged as such – locally, nationally and internationally. The Festival Centre is an iconic arts and tourism entity for South Australia and strives to realise the aspirations of the community to be an active and essential creative performing arts centre presenting the best in arts and entertainment from around the world. The arts are a vital part of our community and must be celebrated and valued. At the Adelaide Festival Centre we believe that the arts cannot only provide immediate enjoyment, they offer a lifetime of cultural, intellectual and personal fulfilment. All people have the need and right to participate in arts and culture to provide opportunities for creative expressions and a deeper understanding of the world we live in. We are proud of our leadership role within the Australian and international arts sector and of our contribution to a vibrant and healthy community. We appreciate our audiences and value their feedback. We value and support our staff and as a team, in collaboration with other artists and arts organisations, we constantly strive to improve our work. We are working very hard to be more relevant to more people and to increase our visitor numbers dramatically through significantly increased programming. We are reaching out to more people to find us more relevant and to visit us more often. Free and low-cost programming, including Something on Saturday for children aged three to ten and their families, Morning Melodies, an affordable day-time program, and a comprehensive visual arts program, continues to be a cornerstone of what we do as do our learning opportunities – both curriculum-based learning for students and informal learning activities. The Festival Centre is committed to establishing closer links with young people recognising that they are our future audiences. With seed funding from the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation, we have established the GreenRoom a young friend’s membership offering activities and events for young people to engage with us more regularly, and Student Tix, a program offering discount tickets to full-time students. Through a combination of a renewed artistic and programming vision and partnerships with government, tourism, the arts sector and business we believe we can make a larger contribution to making Adelaide and South Australia a great place in which to live and visit. 4 Highlights of 2006-07 x Adelaide Festival Centre initiated a year long festival of theatre (CentreStage), dance (Pivot(al)) and music (trans:mission).