royal wanganui opera house
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It is also available for wedding ceremonies, funerals, conferences, public meetings, fashion shows, concerts and similar. Note that there are different Conditions Contracts and Ticketing Contracts for Professional and Local Non Professional bookings. To qualify for a local non professional booking the hirer must be a Wanganui based registered charity or Wanganui based educational organisation
Friends of the Opera House steering committee established Membership drive for Friends of the Opera House begins. It was their duty to maintain all parts of the building, furnishings, scenery and equipment in a clean and serviceable condition to the satisfaction of the council's officer appointed to oversee the work.
In its one hundred years, the Opera House has probably had eight, possibly nine, manager custodians, an average of one every 12 years, all of them men. It appears likely though, that the manager was not only involved in cleaning the building, but in front of house, back stage and lighting activities. When the Opera House was developed as a picture theatre, Lacey Smith was appointed to manage the picture theatre while Arthur Gaskin continued as Opera House custodian and managed any live performances. High praise indeed for the first manager and custodian of the Wanganui Opera House. This needed to be a significant amount, given that the town clerk's salary was 275 pounds a year and his office boy, 14 year old H Robinson, received 26 pounds a year.
In 1917 the council decided it was time to put a bath in the caretaker's quarters, and sought a quote for that and for putting the sanitary arrangements in order. Thomson noted that the main opera houses and theatres in New Zealand at the time could hold audiences of between 1250 and 1500 people. Access to the stage is gained from the right of way, next the Council Chambers , through large folding doors, and here there are also two large fire escapes. At night electricity was used to light the theatre, power for which is derived from a 16 hp Crossley Brothers engine . Cr Green If the Opera House were closed tomorrow the prices of other picture shows would be increased.
The New Zealand Picture Supply Company held a lease for showing pictures in the Opera House. The days of the old picture show was gone and in its place was the picture theatre, well equipped, well directed, and with the latest in screens and motor work. Mr Smith managed the theatre almost solely for cinematograph entertainment and travelling shows and local theatre companies wanting to use the opera house were charged a rental based on the average nightly takings of the picture show. Opening night record It was a remarkable feature of the new building because 'electric lighting was quite new in New Zealand theatres'.
On each side of the stage were movable ground lights, each carrying 10 lamps
Friends of the Opera House steering committee established Membership drive for Friends of the Opera House begins. It was their duty to maintain all parts of the building, furnishings, scenery and equipment in a clean and serviceable condition to the satisfaction of the council's officer appointed to oversee the work.
In its one hundred years, the Opera House has probably had eight, possibly nine, manager custodians, an average of one every 12 years, all of them men. It appears likely though, that the manager was not only involved in cleaning the building, but in front of house, back stage and lighting activities. When the Opera House was developed as a picture theatre, Lacey Smith was appointed to manage the picture theatre while Arthur Gaskin continued as Opera House custodian and managed any live performances. High praise indeed for the first manager and custodian of the Wanganui Opera House. This needed to be a significant amount, given that the town clerk's salary was 275 pounds a year and his office boy, 14 year old H Robinson, received 26 pounds a year.
In 1917 the council decided it was time to put a bath in the caretaker's quarters, and sought a quote for that and for putting the sanitary arrangements in order. Thomson noted that the main opera houses and theatres in New Zealand at the time could hold audiences of between 1250 and 1500 people. Access to the stage is gained from the right of way, next the Council Chambers , through large folding doors, and here there are also two large fire escapes. At night electricity was used to light the theatre, power for which is derived from a 16 hp Crossley Brothers engine . Cr Green If the Opera House were closed tomorrow the prices of other picture shows would be increased.
The New Zealand Picture Supply Company held a lease for showing pictures in the Opera House. The days of the old picture show was gone and in its place was the picture theatre, well equipped, well directed, and with the latest in screens and motor work. Mr Smith managed the theatre almost solely for cinematograph entertainment and travelling shows and local theatre companies wanting to use the opera house were charged a rental based on the average nightly takings of the picture show. Opening night record It was a remarkable feature of the new building because 'electric lighting was quite new in New Zealand theatres'.
On each side of the stage were movable ground lights, each carrying 10 lamps
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