While the Adelaide Festival's reputation is renowned, the cost of its shows can be unreachable for families — especially as the cost of living continues to soar.
But philanthropic organisation the Balnaves Foundation has worked to change that, at least for one show.
The foundation has given out nearly 200 tickets for the Adelaide Festival production Air Play for $5 each — a significant reduction from the show's usual ticket price of between $20 and $69.
Wandana Primary School, in Adelaide's north-east, received 27 of those tickets.
Principal Robyn McLachlan said many of the school's students would not have been able to attend without the discounted tickets.
"They wouldn't have an opportunity, just competing with everyday expenses," she said.
"Even to take our children to the city or to go on any excursion, the buses alone cost an exorbitant amount.
"So, to be able to have a discounted price to go to see something as wonderful as what they're seeing, [it means they will] have just a really special opportunity they really wouldn't have otherwise."
Michelle Bell has never have been able to afford a theatre show, but her daughters, students at Wandana, will now have the opportunity.
She said it was the "chance of a lifetime for them".
"It's something to remember," she said.
"I've never been myself so I can't have that memory, but my girls can."
Air Play has travelled the globe, playing to an estimated 150,000 people.
It was devised by husband-and-wife circus performers Seth Bloom and Christina Gelsone.
The production uses no words, only music, objects, and the two performers to create comedy, sculpture, circus and theatre.
Gelsone said the show was particularly appealing for people with sensory differences and audiences were often "fascinated by the objects in the show".
Ms McLachlan said the show's structure would benefit many of her school's students.
"We have a large majority of our students that are needing support around language and are overstimulated by noise," she said.
"This is going to be a really different experience for them."
