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same-day tickets for some productions are often available at the i-SITE.
Wellywood has simply too many good indy cinemas to list, so here are a few inner-city
picks. Movie times are listed in the daily
Dominion Post
and at
www.flicks.co.nz
.
Circa
THEATRE
( 04-801 7992;
www.circa.co.nz
;
1 Taranaki St; Tue-Sun)
Waterfront Circa houses two
auditoriums in which it shows everything from edgy new works to Christmas panto.
Standby tickets available an hour before the show.
BATS
THEATRE
OFFLINE MAP
( 04-802 4175;
www.bats.co.nz
;
1 Kent Tce)
Wildly alternative but accessible BATS
presents cutting-edge and experimental NZ theatre - varied, cheap and intimate - in its
freshly revamped theatre.
Light House Cinema
CINEMA
( 04-385-3337;
www.lighthousecuba.co.nz
; 29 Wigan St; adult/child $17.50/12.50)
Tucked
away near the top end of Cuba St, this small, stylish and modern cinema screens a wide
range of mainstream, art-house and foreign films in three small theatres. High-quality
snacks.
Embassy Theatre
CINEMA
( 04-384 7657;
www.eventcinemas.co.nz
;
10 Kent Tce; adult/child from $18.50/13.50)
Welly-
wood's cinema mothership is an art-deco darling, built in the 1920s. Today she screens
mainly mainstream films with state-of-the-art sound and vision. Bars and cafe on site.
Paramount
CINEMA
( 04-384 4080;
www.paramount.co.nz
;
25 Courtenay Pl; adult/child $15.90/10.50; noon-
midnight)
A lovely old complex screening largely art-house, documentary and foreign
flicks.
