Design 6: Research - NZ modern theatre buildings

Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts

Waikato University, Concert Chamber = a fixed-tier auditorium for up to 340 or for conferences holding 250 - 300 pax. Playhouse Theatre = flat-floor, multi-configurable theatre space, with seating for 180 – 220 depending on staging requirements

Raye Freedman Arts Centre -

Newmarket, main auditorium that seats 258, six studios suitable for music, dance and theatre rehearsals, classes, meetings and conferences. Two studios have sprung floors suitable for dance.

Expressions Art & Entertainment Centre - 2003 (Architects+)

Upper Hutt, 200-seat theatre with flexibility for 40 at tables and 84 seated

Telstra Clear Pacific Events Centre - 2005 (Cox Creative Spaces)

600 seat end stage format with some seating around the sides. Can also transform into a large flat floor area for banquets.

Bruce Mason Centre - 1996,

http://www.bmcentre.co.nz/Theatre.html

Multifunctional theatre (ballet, opera, musicals, plays) - several possible modes and at maximum capacity seats 1164 theatre style. In this mode theatre seats 916 patrons in the downstairs stalls, and 248 in the upstairs grand circle. Can also transform the auditorium into a large flat floor area for banquets.