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Venue	Majestic Theatre
Address	70 Willis Street Wellington 6011 New Zealand
Notes	Located in the Te Aro district of the city centre. Built on the site of the Empress Theatre, the Majestic Theatre opened on May 13, 1929 with Estelle Brody in “Kitty”, a part-talkie. It was operated by Fuller-Hayward. There were two Doric columns on each side of the proscenium, above which was a large sunburst. It had a cabaret lounge in its basement. It was taken over by Kerridge Theatres in 1945 and they were still the operators in 1960. By 1968 it was again operated by Fullers Theatres. In 1975 it was given a makeover to the plans of architect WJ Prouse. It was closed on 19th May 1984 and remained empty for a while until it was demolished to build the Majestic Centre on the site.
Related Venues	Has part Majestic Cabaret
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Latitude \| Longitude	-41.28700021 \| 174.7752371
Events	Date Contributor Organisation
	Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985
	Wellington Summer Shakespeare Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985
	David Copeland - Director Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Jeremy Donovan - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Michael Galvin - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Philippa Gibson - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Simon Grant - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Sarah Johns - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Lester McGrath - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Ron Mikalsen - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Fiona Peat - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Cameron Rhodes - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 Jonathan Russell - Actor Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985 William Shakespeare - Playwright Twelfth Night, 6 February 1985
Venue Identifier	29111
Dataset	Theatre Aotearoa