3 May 2025

Opening Night! A new era for Otautahi's Court Theatre

From Saturday Morning, 11:35 am on 3 May 2025

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There’s a big weekend in store for Christchurch where the curtain is being raised on the new Court Theatre.

The new $56 million playhouse is the theatre's first permanent home since the 2011 earthquake destroyed its Arts Centre venue.

Since then, the theatre has masqueraded as "The Shed" in a converted warehouse in Addington. The new theatre is the latest act in a four-decades-old saga involving multiple venues and reinvention.

Court Theatre artistic director Ross Gumbley and Lara Macgregor, director of opening show The End of the Golden Weather, speak to Susie.

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