News & Media
News and media.
Stories from the group, its venues and its archive, with sources. For interviews, images or history enquiries, get in touch through our contact page.
Thebarton Theatre, 2028
Thebby turns 100.
The Thebarton Town Hall opened on 11 June 1928. Its hundredth anniversary falls in 2028. Weslo is gathering archive material for the centenary: contracts, posters, photographs and stories from people who played and worked there.
If you have photos or memorabilia from a Thebby show, we would like to hear from you.
Stories
From the venues and the archive.
From the archive
Thebarton Theatre archive images
Sixty-six photographs of Thebby across the years, from the 1928 opening and fight nights to sold-out concerts and the 2019 community meeting.
Recognition, 2018
Bob Lott and Robbie Robertson enter the SA Music Hall of Fame
The two promoters were inducted as booking agents and promoters. Thebarton Theatre was honoured the same night, with members of The Angels, Redgum and The Twilights among more than 60 musicians.
Also recorded in Hansard, Parliament of South Australia
Holden Street Theatres, 2024
England & Son wins Best Theatre at the Adelaide Fringe
The UK show came to Hindmarsh through the Holden Street Theatres' Edinburgh Fringe Award, which it won in 2023 along with a Scotsman Fringe First.
Thebarton Theatre
Thebby reopens its doors
Thebarton Theatre is open again for concerts, comedy and theatre, with its program on sale through the theatre's website.
From the archive, 1992
The Nirvana contract
The SA Music Museum has published material from the Thebby archive on Nirvana's 1992 show. The concert contract is made out to Weslo Holdings.
From the archive, 2004
WOMADelaide credits Weslo Security
The 2004 WOMADelaide souvenir guide lists Weslo Security among the festival's suppliers, one record of a long run of festival work.
Interview
Bob Lott on the CBA years
Bob told InDaily that Central Booking Agency held a commanding place in Adelaide live music for around twenty years, and recalled weekends spent auditioning more than 100 bands.
Holden Street Theatres
Introducing the Arts Park
Holden Street Theatres is expanding its Hindmarsh site and adding to its program with a new venture, the Holden Street Theatres' Arts Park.
Thebarton Theatre
Saved from demolition in 1979
Weslo Holdings took over the old town hall lease and spent more than $1 million on new foyers, seating, bars and electrics. Parliament later credited the company with rescuing the theatre.
Source: Thebarton Theatre history
Also recorded in Hansard, Parliament of South Australia
Weslo Staff, 2008
Patrol dogs join the group
Weslo Staff bought an established patrol dog company, adding overnight site patrols to its security services.
Media enquiries
Writing about Weslo or Thebby?
We can arrange interviews with Bob Lott and our venue managers, filming at Thebarton Theatre and Holden Street, and access to the archive by appointment.
Available on request