Court Theatre Christchurch

Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the highly regarded Court Theatre Company had to leave their central location and “camp” in a temporary venue until a new home could be found. In 2020 the Council and the Court agreed a new development plan to provide a new purpose built 360-seat theatre on a city centre site, forming an important part of a new Arts precinct.

In a joint venture, the UK’s leading arts architects Haworth Tompkins and Christchurch’s Athfield Architects have completed the detailed design work on The Court Theatre’s new home, which will include a 360-seat main playhouse auditorium, a 130-seat studio theatre where children’s and family shows can be held, education and rehearsal rooms, and front-of-house facilities.

Charcoalblue have provided Theatre Planning advice and full technical facilities design for all the spaces in the new venue. The main auditorium has been designed as a tight, high focused room with a degree of flexibility and deep integration of technical facilities responding to a very particular and well defined client brief.