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$10 million philanthropic gift will support Adelaide Festival Centre’s arts programming

Dr Pamela Wall AO’s $10 million pledge is the largest performing arts donation ever made in South Australian history.

17 Mar 2025 14:20

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Evie (aged 8), Dr Pamela Wall AO, Douglas Gautier AM, CEO and Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival Centre, Leila (15) and Emerson (10) at Adelaide Festival Centre. Photo: Naomi Jellicoe.

South Australian philanthropist and arts supporter, Dr Pamela Wall AO, has pledged an “extraordinarily generous” $10 million gift to the Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation.

Wall’s gift becomes the most significant donation made nationally by an individual to an Australian performing arts centre, according to a statement put out by Adelaide Festival Centre (AFC) on Sunday.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts