Made in Adelaide Showcase

The Hon. S.W. KEY (Ashford) (14:25): My question is directed to the Minister for Arts.

Mr Gardner: I think you missed a few from them, too.

The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta will not dispute the Chair's ruling. He is warned for a second and a final time, and probably should have been named. Member for Ashford.

The Hon. S.W. KEY: My question is directed to the Minister for Arts. Minister, how is South Australia promoting itself during the Edinburgh Fringe and festival season?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:25): I thank the member for Ashford for her continuing interest in our cultural sector. When we look around the world at different festival cities, the connection between Adelaide and Edinburgh is one of the strongest, with comparisons in the way we cluster our festivals: in Edinburgh in August and, of course, in Adelaide through our February-March festival season.

Next month, some of South Australia's best artists, venue producers and festival organisers will be descending on Edinburgh as we launch our first ever Made in Adelaide showcase, which will promote the state's arts and cultural offerings and drive cultural tourism. As well as artists, the delegations will include six home companies—Slingsby, Patch, Brink, Australian Dance Theatre, State Theatre and Windmill—and six producers and presenters: Holden Street Theatres, Gluttony, German Club, The Social Creative (the team behind the Royal Croquet Club), Tuxedo Cat and Arts Projects Australia.

Many of these groups have had a presence in Edinburgh in the past; however, this will be the first time we bring them all together under one coordinated banner promoting our state. The home base for Made in Adelaide will be Summerhall, a hugely popular Fringe hub in its own right, which will host a performance space as well as a branded bar, which will showcase some of South Australia's premium food and wine, and meeting spaces for artists, producers and the general public.

The live music elements of Made in Adelaide showcase the diversity of some of South Australia's most promising popular contemporary musicians, including: Tkay Maidza, who will perform on the back of her recent nomination at the BET Awards in Los Angeles; extraordinary multi-instrumentalist and composer Adam Page; as well as electronic pop duo Electric Fields, featuring Zaachariaha Fielding, one of our most promising young Aboriginal artists. These popular contemporary musicians present the diversity of music made in Adelaide and demonstrate just part of the reason why Adelaide is a UNESCO City of Music.

Arts South Australia will meet with other UNESCO Creative Cities while abroad, including Glasgow, City of Music, and Edinburgh, which is a UNESCO City of Literature, creating new networks for our artists and industry to leverage. Made in Adelaide has as its ambassadors the amazing Ali McGregor who, along with Eddie Perfect, just wrapped up as artist director of the most successful Adelaide Cabaret Festival to date, and the irrepressible German-born, Adelaide-based piano accordion-wielding Hans, who is sure to spruik Adelaide far and wide.

The Hon. L.W.K. Bignell: He's not German. He's Adelaide born.

The SPEAKER: He is a constituent of mine.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Excellent. Made in Adelaide is an incredible opportunity for all our artists, venues, festivals and producers. I wish them all the best as they represent our state at this important event.