"Open Theatre" - The Odeon
Built in 1883 and known as the Tuam Street Hall or Theatre and was New Zealand's oldest masonry, purpose built theatre. In 1930, it became the St. James Theatre, It became The Odeon Movie Theatre in 1960. Demolition started in September 2012 after the Christchurch earthquakes of 2010/2011 but seems to have stopped!?
The facade of the Theatre Roral is behind the containers and the theatre is being restored
Kilmore St. Designed by Frances Willis, built by Charles Luney,1929.
A scanned copy of a black and white photograph depicting the inside of the Ngaio Marsh Theatre at the University of Canterbury in 1967.
A photograph of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the Theatre Royal building.
A photograph of the Theatre Royal building.
A photograph of a detail of the Repertory Theatre.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Repertory Theatre.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Repertory Theatre.
A photograph of a window of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a window of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a window of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of the earthquake damage to the Repertory Theatre.
A photograph of detail above a window of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a detail of the Theatre Royal building.
A photograph of a detail of the Theatre Royal building.
A photograph of a window of the Theatre Royal building.
The Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a detail of a window of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a detail of a window of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a detail above a window of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
A photograph of a detail of a window of the Odeon Theatre on Tuam Street.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Lyttelton's Harbourlight Theatre".
Staff briefing in the C1 Lecture theatre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
The dome of the Isaac Theatre Royal covered in sheeting and suspended in the backstage area. In the foreground, a small digger sits on the bed of a truck, and a crane is visible to the left. The photographer comments, "This is the 'dome' of the Isaac Theatre Royal's heritage stage. The front section of the theatre has stayed and so has the back, but the middle has been completely demolished. The best way to hide a secret is in plain sight. Could this really be an ancient UFO stored secretly in the old theatre for decades and now exposed by the earthquake? Is the waiting crane and transporter ready to whip it away to another secret location in the dead of night?".
