New Zealand

Cinemas and Theatres in Wellington

Cinemas

• Penthouse Cinema 
   
• Reading Cinemas Paraparaumu, Central Wellington, Hastings, Invercargill, Napier, Porirua, Rotorua and Christchurch
   
• The Embassy Theatre is New Zealands Grandest Picture Palace. It is popularly considered to be the spiritual home of 'The Lord of the Rings' and hosted the Australasian premieres of both 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'The Two Towers' as well as the World Premiere of 'The Return of the King' in December 2003.
  Built in 1924, The Embassy is one of Wellingtons most beloved icons and is a prominent landmark at the top end of Courtenay Place the entertainment hub of Wellington. The Embassy embodies art deco cinema paradiso with sweeping marble staircases and original tiled foyers, having been fully refurbished to its former glory. 
   
• Hoyts Cinemas
• Village Cinemas

 Theatres and Theatre Groups

• Backyard Theatre Productions are based in Wellington, New Zealand and are a group of theatre enthusiasts who are developing and presenting theatre for local audiences.
• BATS theatre is a presenter venue staging an annual programme to its audience. Their programme aims to develop live performance practitioners, audiences and new theatre works from Aotearoa New Zealand, presenting the best of cutting edge and experimental theatre from New Zealand and overseas.
• Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe is a community theatre group based in Eastbourne, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Circa Theatre is one of New Zealand's 7 professional theatres. We opened in 1976 and in 1994 moved to our new location situated at Number 1 Taranaki Street, in central Wellington, on the waterfront, next to Te Papa: the National Museum Of New Zealand.
• Hutt City Musical Theatre was formed in 1983 and has enjoyed 21 years of producing amateur musicals in Lower Hutt.
• Khandallah Arts Theatre Inc an active community theatre based in Khandallah
• Porirua Little Theatre
• The Wellington Improvisation Troupe (WIT) is Wellingtons not-for-profit, community-based improvisational theatre group.
• Wellington Gilbert & Sullivan Soc Inc.

Links

• Artscalendar.co.nz is the on-line New Zealand arts calendar of current and forthcoming events - concerts, recitals, ballet, opera, drama, musicals, exhibitions
• Playmarket is New Zealand's only playwrights' agency & script advisory service.
• Wellington Film Society 
• New Zealand Film Festivals 

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