Story: Theatres, cinemas and halls

More links and websites

• New Zealand Historic Places Trust

  The trust helps protect New Zealand heritage sites and buildings. The site can be searched for registered theatres and halls.

• Regent Theatre, Palmerston North

  Originally a 1930s cinema, the Regent was restored to become a venue for live performance.

• Isaac Theatre Royal, Christchurch

  In 2013 this grand Edwardian theatre was undergoing repairs after being damaged in the Christchurch earthquake.

More suggestions and sources

• Brittenden, Wayne. The celluloid circus: the heyday of the New Zealand picture theatre, 1925–1970. Auckland: Godwit, 2008.

• Downes, Peter. Shadows on the stage: theatre in New Zealand: the first 70 years. Dunedin: John McIndoe, 1975.

• Frey, Michele, and Sara Newman. On a Saturday night: community halls of small-town New Zealand. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2012.

• Jack, Fiona. Living halls. New Plymouth: Clouds and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2011.

• White, Georgina. Thistle Hall 1907–2007: 100 years of community. Wellington: Wellington City Council, 2008.