Digital Photograph: Temporary Theatre, London Street, Lyttelton

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
06 September 2011
 Description
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 6 September 2011 showing the temporary theatre erected on the site of the Volcano Café on London Street for a production of Macbeth by The Loons Circus Theatre Company. The green canopy supported on shipping containers was used to shelter the audience. The stage area was the demolition site partially visible to the left and foreground of the photograph.
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Maker
Production place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
The pop-up theatre pictured was created for the Loons Circus Theatre Company's production of Macbeth. The Scottish play, originally to have been staged in The Lyttelton Working Mens' Club, was part of the 2011 Christchurch Arts Festival. However the damage to the building in the June 2011 earthquake meant it was unusable and a new venue was needed at short notice. The Project Lyttelton Earthquake Fund purchased the green canopy which provided shelter for the audience while the rubble covered sites of three demolished buildings on London Street formed the stage.
Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Associated place notes
London Street, Canterbury Street
Associated event
Earthquake, 13 June 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
Associated event notes
Response to Events
Associated period
2011/2010s
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
DSCF1301
Accession number
2013.17.100

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