Christchurch is very much the arts capital of the south island. The websites:
www.bethere.org.nz and
www.localeye.info are good online event guides for what’s happening in the city.
Tickets for most events can be purchased in advance from
Ticketek (tel: (03) 377 8899; website:
www.ticketek.co.nz).
Music: Christchurch’s premier performing arts
center is the
Town Hall at 86 Kilmore Street (tel: (03) 366 8899), which puts on a variety of events throughout the year. This is the place to go for chamber or symphony orchestra. Situated beside the River Avon in the very heart of Christchurch, the complex provides a magnificent setting for the performing arts, and regularly attracts big names. The
Canterbury Opera also performs there too (tel: (03) 366 9932; website:
www.canterburyopera.com). The
Westpac Arena, one of New Zealand’s largest permanent multipurpose indoor venues, seating between 5,000 and 9,000, is another venue for big concerts.
Theater: The
James Hay Theater in the
Town Hall (see above), the
Isaac Theater Royal, 145 Gloucester Street (tel: (03) 366 6326; website:
www.isaactheaterroyal.co.nz) and the
Court Theater in the
Arts Center, 20 Worcester Boulevard, are the main theaters. The Court (tel: (03) 963 0870; website:
www.courttheater.org.nz) has its own in house theater troupe.
Film: The largest multiplexes in Christchurch are the
Hoyts 8 (tel: (03) 377 9945; website:
http://hoytsnz.ninemsn.com.au) in the old central railway station at 392 Moorhouse Avenue and
Reading Cinemas (tel: (03) 375 7080; website:
www.readingcinemas.co.nz) in the Palms shopping center in the suburb of Shirley, corner of New Brighton and Marshlands roads. Otherwise try
The Regent on Worcester, 94 Worcester Street (tel: (03) 366 0140; website:
http://hoytsnz.ninemsn.com.au/cinema/1ROW.asp).
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