New ceiling installed in a lecture theatre in the College of Engineering.
New ceiling installed in a lecture theatre in the College of Engineering.
A page banner promoting an article about the reopening of the Court Theatre.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. The damaged Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. The damaged Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
New ceiling installed in the E8 lecture theatre in the College of Engineering.
New ceiling installed in the E8 lecture theatre in the College of Engineering.
New ceiling installed in the E8 lecture theatre in the College of Engineering.
New ceiling installed in the E8 lecture theatre in the College of Engineering.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. The damaged Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. The damaged Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. The damaged Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
A PDF copy of pages 318-319 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'Macbeth'. Photos: Darryl Cribb
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Earthquake in Christchurch. A cyclist rides past the damaged Repertory Theatre".
A police officer stepping over camera equipment in front of the damaged Repertory Theatre building.
A man speaking on a mobile phone in front of the damaged Repertory Theatre building.
Looking down Kilmore Street. The vacant lot at the back was previously the Repertory Theatre.
Scaffolding poles ready to be assembled in the E8 and E9 lecture theatre.
A worker cutting the scaffolding poles for the E8 and E9 lecture theatres.
A worker cutting the scaffolding poles for the E8 and E9 lecture theatres.
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Side view of the former Majestic Theatre on the corner of High, Lichfield and Manchester Streets.
Photograph captioned by Fairfax, "Christchurch earthquake aftermath. Building inspectors looking at the Repertory Theatre on Kilmore Street".
Clock Tower at old ChCh central Train station (Now movie theatre and science alive activity centre)
Clock Tower at old ChCh central Train station (Now movie theatre and science alive activity centre)
All that remains of the Theatre Royal plus the interior dome under plastic wrap at the back
A video of an interview with artefact analyst Gwen Jackson, about the artefacts found at the site of the Theatre Royal. Hundreds of artefacts were found under the Isaac Theatre Royal, including bottles and ceramic shards. This was part of a greater project by archaeologists to examine pre-1900 sites in the Christchurch central city before work is conducted on them. Archaeological assessment of pre-1900 buildings is required by the 1993 Historic Places Act before work can be done on the site.
A PDF copy of pages 246-247 of the book Christchurch: The Transitional City Pt IV. The pages document the transitional project 'The Earthquake in Chile'. Photos: Sharon Mazer. With permission from Free Theatre.
The Pink Pussy Cat building formerly Lawrie & Wilson Auctioneers. Beside it the Odeon Theatre is supported by shipping containers.