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ADELAIDE: The Dunstan NEW ZEALAND
Playhouse will again be closed over
the summer until March to enable CHRISTCHURCH: The recent
upgrade for disability access earthquake put all cinemas and theatres
temporarily out of action. However the
ADELAIDE: The 2011 Fringe
old Odeon, Theatre Royal and
Festival from 18th February to 6th
Majestic Centre escaped any damage.
March, will again use the former Hoyts
The Regent at Rangoira had minor
Twin in Arcade Lane.
damage and the council-owned building
NORTH ADELAIDE: Funds for
will be closed for two months. The old
restoration of some heritage features at
BUSSELLTON: The 50th birthday (1917) Harbour Light Theatre in
the Piccadilly Cinemas added a nice
of the Busselton Drive-In Theatre was Lyttelton had its distinctive twin towers
touch to help celebrate the theatres 70th
celebrated on Friday December 3rd damaged, but these are repairable.
birthday. (Report in this issue)
with a night of nostalgia. Live WELLINGTON: The city’s oldest
entertainment in the theatre grounds open cinema, the (1917) Paramount,
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
preceded the screening of two iconic has had a new platter and Kineton
PERTH: The fate of Perth’s first Australian films Picture Show Man and projector installed. This replaces the
cinema complex, the former The Man from Snowy River. two Cinemeccanica Victoria 8s with
CineCentre in the Murray Street, is PERTH: The Perth Entertainment 6000ft spools installed in 1990.
now in question. Since Greater Union Centre which opened in 1974 and has
exited the three-screen site, the building been closed since 2002, will finally be
has been used by a bridal store who are demolished in 2011. A land swap
relocating. agreement between the State
Government and Kerry Stokes Group
will enable the City Rail Line and Bus
Station to be relocated underground.
MARGARET RIVER: Movies
returned to this popular holiday
destination with the December 18
opening of a new outdoor venue —
Movies in the Vineyard at the Cape AKAROA: The long-disused
Mentelle Winery. Luna Palace Cinemas 35mm projection equipment from the
and American Express are presenting a Gaiety Theatre has been removed and
COMO: Plans are afoot for the season of films throughout the summer transported to the Regent Theatre in
historic Cygnet Cinema to be period using digital projection and a Rangoira. Here it will be put to good
refurbished and expanded to five specially constructed outdoor screen. use in the small Cinema 2 auditorium
screens, with an outdoor cinema,
which is currently being restored.
restaurants and shops added under new
TOKOROA: Cinema 3 has been
$20 million plans for the landmark.
sold by the South Waikato Council to
Concept plans for the heritage-listed
Mr Eddie Donnithorne of Matamata.
cinema have been drawn up by
He will operate the business through
architect Bill Hames for the Stiles
South Waikato Cinemas Ltd and
family who built the art-deco theatre in
officially took over in mid-September.
1838.
DEVONPORT: As reported in
CR#67, the (1912) Victoria Theatre
came to life again as a cinema on
schedule on October 26. Its three new
NATIONAL auditoriums are the: The Victoria (180
seats); Albert (116) and Benwell (44).
Amalgamated Holdings Ltd has
TE AWAMUTU: Keeping up with
booked a profit of $60.6 million on the
new technology, the Regent 5 Cinemas
sale of its 49% share of its cinemas in
has now had a Super-Screen and new
NORTHBRIDGE: Perth’s new the United Arab Emirates.
sound system installed by progressive
State Theatre Centre could exceed After over two years of discussion, owner Alan Webb.
$100 million before it opens to the public AMC Cinemas sold five cinemas (44
— nearly double its original budget. screens) to Hoyts in October. This gives Newsreel Contributors:
The complex includes the main Hoyts control of AMC locations at With thanks to: Aaron Stroop. Mike
575-seat Heath Ledger Theatre and a Frankston (Vic), Stafford, Sunnybank Trickett, Brian Hunt, Crosley Carpenter,
200-seat Studio. It is due to open with a and Redcliffe (Qld) as well as Tweed Kevin Adams, David Lascelles, Roderick
Civic Ceremony on January 27, 2011 Heads (NSW). This gives Hoyts 25% Smith and many others for news and pics.
followed by a show on January 29 and of the Australian market, and they are *Send your NEWS snippets to the Editor at:
a public open day on January 30. expected to have a public float in 2011. cinemarecord@hotmail.com

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