Fortune Theatre, Dunedin

Fortune Theatre, Dunedin

Infobox Theatre
name = Fortune Theatre



caption = The Fortune Theatre in 2006
address = 231 Stuart Street (corner of Moray Place and Upper Stuart Street)
city = Dunedin
country = New Zealand
designation = Historic Place - Category I [cite web|title=Register of Historic Places|url=http://www.historic.org.nz/Register/ListingDetail.asp?RID=3378&sm=|work=New Zealand Historic Places Trust|accessdate=2008-04-11]
latitude = -45.873689
longitude = 170.50133
architect = R A Lawson
owner = Fortune Theatre Trust
capacity = 227 (Mainstage)
104 (Studio)
type =
opened = 1973
yearsactive =
rebuilt =
closed =
othernames =
production =
currentuse =
website = www.fortunetheatre.co.nz

New Zealand's Fortune Theatre is located in Moray Place, in the heart of the southern city of Dunedin, and lays claim to being the world's southernmost professional theatre company. Operating since 1973, it has been located since 1978 in the R A Lawson-designed former Trinity Wesleyan Church close to the city's centre (The Octagon).

The theatre is a repertory theatre, and is a regular host of both local and touring shows. The theatre was featured on Ghost Hunt, a New Zealand TV Show, as it is claimed that the Theatre is haunted. It also contains the entrance to a World War II underground bunker.

Financial difficulties in 2000 threatened the theatre with closure, and forced the sale of the building to the Dunedin City Council. The council currently leases the building back to the Fortune Theatre Trust. [cite web|title=Dunedin's sole theatre in danger|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3610988|work=NZ Herald|accessdate=2008-04-11] [cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2003|month=December|title=A look at the multi-million dollar contribution of City Property|journal=City Talk|pages=p.9|url=http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?MIvalObj=citytalk_december2003_preservh&MItypeObj=application/pdf&ext=.pdf|accessdate= 2008-04-11]

References

External links

* [http://www.fortunetheatre.co.nz/ Official website]


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