Events
Nature's Businessman: John Gould
Wednesday 15 May
**CANCELLED**
About Time
1 - 31 May
Family History for Beginners
Hooked by SBS's 'Who Do You Think You Are? Has the program inspired you to look into your own family history? If your answer is yes, attend one of the sessions being offered by the State Library. Learn what resources - both electronic and paper based - we have to help you with your quest.
Introduction and Online Resources
Thursday 30 May, 10.15am-12.45pm
Immigration and Newspapers
Friday 31 May, 10.15am-12.45pm
Centenary of ANZAC - 1914-1918
The State Library is preparing to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War. Library staff and volunteers, with the assistance of the public, will be telling the stories of South Australians who served in the Australian Imperial Force. Hear some of the soldiers stories we have discovered, learn about our First World War Flickr site and how you can contribute.
Self-guided Tours
Download the State Library's app for mobile devices and take a self-guided tour through Adelaide as it used to be. Tours include Lost Adelaide: west end - a walk through the lost architecture of the city's west, the significant South Australians tour where you can learn more about selected men and women of the North Terrace plaques, and more.
About Time Tours
Make Yourself at Home
Marvel at stunning heritage-listed buildings and architecture. Browse exhibitions featuring treasures from the collections. Hear stories about people, places and events that have helped to shape our state.
Weekday mornings at 11 am throughout May
Mondays and Tuesdays at 2 pm throughout May
Newspapers Through Time
Meet staff at work conserving old newspapers. Find out how microfilm is created and its role in newspaper preservation. See a typesetting machine from 1948. Find out about the history of newspapers in South Australia. Take home your free souvenir copy of the front page of an 1836 newspaper.
Wednesdays 2 pm throughout May
A Stitch in Time
Go behind the scenes and visit the State Library Preservation Studios. See conservators practising state of the art conservation techniques to save South Australia's precious cultural heritage.
Thursdays at 2 pm throughout May
Crime in the Colony
Join your guides on a wander through the State Library as they share tales of law and disorder and the rough justice handed out in colonial times. Hear about the prison hulk reminiscent of Dickensian times moored off Largs Bay, and the story of two young bushrangers who held up the Crafers Inn. Discover how to access information in Police Gazettes and other records of crime in the colony available in our Family History area.
Fridays at 2 pm throughout May
Tangent
State Library of South Australia and State Theatre Company of South Australia present Tangent, a series of discussions exploring the link's between State Theatre Company's productions and literature. The series will take place in the glorious Mortlock Chamber. These events are free but due to limited space, bookings are essential.
Imagine you're in a strange city, unaware that your twin brother is there as well. Then your brother's wife mistakes you for him-but not before you've tried to seduce his wife's sister. In a town the size of Ephesus, events like these can only lead to riotous confusion. Shakespeare's joyful comedy of mistaken identity follows the fortunes of not one but two sets of identical twins, accidentally separated in a shipwreck many years before, then miraculously thrown together again.
State Theatre Company are delighted to collaborate with Australia's national Shakespeare company-Bell Shakespeare, not seen in Adelaide for eight years. Adelaide's favourite clown, Nathan O'Keefe [Pinocchio, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)], will be joined by a cast of Adelaide and Sydney's best comic actors for the premiere season in Adelaide before heading across Australia on an extended six month tour culminating in a season at the Sydney Opera House.
3 June - The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare
29 July - Babyteeth, by Rita Kalnejais
26 August - Brief Encounter, Kneehigh Theatre's adaptation of Noel Coward's classic
23 September - Vere, by John Doyle
21 October - Maggie Stone, by Caleb Lewis
Foundation Events
General Tours
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