#Latest news with #LaraMacgregorRNZ News03-05-2025EntertainmentRNZ NewsOpening Night! A new era for Otautahi's Court TheatrePhoto: supplied 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.
RNZ News03-05-2025EntertainmentRNZ NewsOpening Night! A new era for Otautahi's Court TheatrePhoto: supplied 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.