Major upgrades of Dunedin buildings central to public life are running on time, the Dunedin City Council says.
Applause rippled around the Regent Theatre last night and there wasn't even a show on.
This time the people who queued for seats at Dunedin's Regent Theatre could take them home.
More than 1800 chairs were this week unbolted from the Regent Theatre's floor for new homes with community groups and in homes as the theatre was prepared for its long-anticipated refit.
Demand has outstripped supply for the Regent Theatre's 1800 seats.
The Octagon skyline is undergoing a subtle change as construction begins on an extension to Dunedin's Regent Theatre stage house.
The last major fundraiser for the Regent Theatre's redevelopment fund was a "huge success" that will have pushed the fund significantly closer to its $2 million target, Otago Theatre Trust chairman Mike Shield says.
United States theatre performer Wolfe Bowart will do anything for a laugh.
They were huge once, variety concerts. The Commonwealth stopped whenever the Queen called for one. But the variety concert is a rarer treat these days, so with that in mind, we asked MC Doug Kamo for a few pointers to enjoying tonight's Star Regent Variety Concert.
A fundraising variety concert is expected to raise about $30,000 for the campaign to revitalise the Regent Theatre.
Resource and building consents for work on the Regent Theatre, in Dunedin, could be through within a week, and work on the theatre's fly tower could start by the end of the month.
The Dunedin City Council yesterday approved the Regent Theatre upgrade, as news came that a $50,000 grant had taken fundraising to $1.65 million.
The Otago Theatre Trust has all but raised the $2 million it needs for a major upgrade of the Regent Theatre, with the Dunedin City Council poised to approve the project today.
A $750,000 Otago Community Trust grant has lifted funds raised for the redevelopment of Dunedin's Regent Theatre to $1.3 million.
Dunedin great-grandmother Dawn Ibbotson (95) was 13 years old when the magnificent Regent Theatre auditorium was built in 1928.
The Otago Theatre Trust has been put under the spotlight for failing to gain impetus in its efforts to raise $2 million for a backstage redevelopment at the Regent Theatre.
The Regent Theatre's general manager has warned the curtains will come down on the theatre if $2 million cannot be raised by the end of June to help redevelop the backstage area.
Allied Press, the publisher of the Otago Daily Times, will co-ordinate a campaign to help raise funds towards the redevelopment of the Regent Theatre through its Dunedin community newspaper, The Star.