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Civic Theatre Review
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Civic Theatre
- Address: Queen and Wellesley Sts., City Center, Auckland
- Phone: 09/307-5075
- Category: Architectural Sites
- Location: City Center
Fodor's Review:
This extravagant art nouveau movie theater was the talk of the town when it opened in 1929, but just nine months later the owner, Thomas O'Brien, went bust and fled, taking with him the week's revenues and an usherette. During World War II a cabaret show in the basement was popular with Allied servicemen in transit to the battlefields of the Pacific. One of the entertainers, Freda Stark, is said to have appeared regularly wearing nothing more than a coat of gold paint -- now the café at the front of the Civic bears her name. The building reopened in late 1999 after being closed for extensive refurbishment. To see the best of the Civic, don't restrict your visit to standing outside. Sit down to a show or movie, look up to the ceiling, and you'll see a simulated night sky.
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