Back Issues: The mammoth restoration of The Regent
- Description
-
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. In 2023, it has been 25 years since restoration was completed of the Regent on Broadway. Originally opened in 1930, its beauty astounded people. By the 1940s it became part of the Kerridge Odean cinema chain. A lot of the building's original features disappeared over the next decades.
With public support, The Regent Action Group set about advocating for the theatre's restoration in 1989. Council bought the building in 1993 and restoration work commenced in 1996. Much of the theatre was returned to its 1930s original state, with facilities added fit for modern performing arts requirements. The reopening in 1998 was celebrated with two weeks of festive events and performances.
Identification
- Content type
- Born digital
- Relation
- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- April 29, 2023
- Digitisation id
- 2023Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041080
- Format
- Born Digital
- Held in
- IMCA Digital Archive
Related items
Creation
- Created By
- Dr Tania Kopytko
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- Copyright
Taxonomy
- Community Tags