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

Description

The seventh newsletter of the Friends of the Regent. It features an article on Wattie Gibsone, a cast member of a short silent movie, called "Frances of Feilding", Annual Report and profiles some of the committee members.

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

November 1999

Digitisation ID

2019Pa_FriendsoftheRegent_027891

Format

Paper