More Info →"In the Spotlight" - the magazine of the Friends of the Regent (Theatre)

Description

Vol 3, No.1 newsletter of the Friends of the Regent, featuring profiles on former staff Cornelis Van Dongen, Percy Chase and Val Kennedy, and current staff Janice Jones and AlistairCameron. Also obituaries for Ron Osbourne and Ian Ogier.

The Regent Theatre in Broadway, opened 4 July 1930 as a cinema and theatre. It was designed by Charles Hollingshed for owners Williamson Films Ltd, and built of reinforced concrete by Julian and Co at a cost of £46,000. One of its features is a solid marble staircase. In the 1990s the theatre was purchased by the Palmerston North City Council and restored as the city's premier theatre. It is leased to the Regent Theatre Trust Board who run the facility.

Identification

Object type

Multi-Page Document

Archive

Friends of the Regent

Date

April 2013

Digitisation ID

2019Pa_FriendsoftheRegent_027910

Format

Paper