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===Wal Cherry Lecture===
The biennial Wal Cherry Lecture<ref>{{cite web | last=Berrigan | first=Michelle | title=2022 Biennial Wal Cherry Lecture | website=Ping! Student news at Flinders | date=19 July 2022 | url=https://blogs.flinders.edu.au/student-news/2022/07/19/2022-biennial-wal-cherry-lecture/ | access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref> is held in honour of prolific playwright [[Wal Cherry]], who was foundation professor of drama from 1967. He also chaired the school of language and literature (which became the school of humanities) from  1968 to 1970, and the theatre management committee in from 1968 until 1978, and was dean of University Hall in from 1970 to 1974.<ref name=adb>{{cite book|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cherry-walter-john-wal-12311|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter=Walter John (Wal) Cherry (1932–1986) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University| first=Gus |last=Worby| date=2007 |quote=This article was published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17, (Melbourne University Press), 2007}}</ref> 

In 2024, Flinders graduate [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]]' 1982 documentary film about the 11th [[Adelaide Festival of the Arts]] under artistic director, [[Jim Sharman]], titled ''The Hall of Mirrors: A Festival'', was screened at the [[Space Theatre, Adelaide|Space Theatre]] in the [[Adelaide Festival Centre]], followed by a conversation with the two men.<ref name=cherry2024>{{cite web | title=2024 Wal Cherry Lecture | website=Flinders University | date=21 November 2024 | url=https://www.flinders.edu.au/alumni/our-alumni/event-galleries/wal-cherry-2024 | access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref> The 2024 lecture, presented by the Assemblage Centre for Creative Arts at Flinders, in partnership with the [[Helpmann Academy]] and the [[Don Dunstan Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web | title=The Hall of Mirrors: A Retrospective 15.11.24 | website=Helpmann Academy | date=4 November 2024 | url=https://helpmannacademy.com.au/the-hall-of-mirrors-a-retrospective/ | access-date=6 March 2025}}</ref> was part of the celebration of 50 Years of Flinders Drama Centre.<ref name=cherry2024/>