Posted by:   richard still   on   3/01/2012 19:33:18

Topic:   blondie

i remember going to see blondie and i was on crutches and our seats were the top of the thgreater back row i had to climb all those stair what a mission that was i seen the frocks at the civic too

Posted by:   Naseexefe   on   2/01/2012 05:01:15

Topic:   Amazing thread

Right now looked through the post. amazing work.

Posted by:   eric Kearney   on   20/12/2011 06:46:47

Topic:   Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Civic -83 years young!

Posted by:   LILY   on   8/12/2011 08:20:37

Topic:   Lenore Truscott

It was an exciting afternoon at the civic to celebrate Lenore Truscott and to see her wonderful photo in the showcase. Ross organized the afternoon and there were many stories told about those wonderful caberet times in the 1940’s!

Posted by:   Ray   on   23/08/2011 19:56:47

Topic:   Alf

Hi Eric,Just found the site, extremely sad to read of Alf's passing. He was a real character and was very kind to me when I needed a job and worked with you all in the ྌs. Kind regards

Posted by:   William E.Tidler   on   25/03/2011 00:38:50

Topic:   Queen st.

Was stationed in Auckland durning ww2 with e US Army for over a year and enjoyed the Civil Theather many times . Still the best that I was ever in.

Posted by:   eric   on   17/03/2011 18:34:59

Topic:   Civic Verandah

George F has updated work in progress regarding the Civic Verandah on http://civicduties.blogspot.com/

Posted by:   eric   on   9/02/2011 08:39:25

Topic:   Iris Norgrove

8.2.11. Iris (Norgrove) Gray died quietly in her sleep last night in Melbourne this morning in her 89th year. All her family remained over there but she lived in NZ in retirement until a year or two ago when she returned to Melbourne to be closer to her family. Iris was a celebrated Civic theatre organist and there are is a biography and photo on this website.

Posted by:   Ana Ivanovic-Tongue   on   16/01/2011 23:54:00

Topic:   Atmospheric theatres

George, do you know how many intact & operational atmospheric theatres remain today in the world?

Posted by:   george   on   7/01/2011 15:11:26

Topic:   Work continues

Work will start in the new year on a significant revamp of the Civic's elaborate street verandah, which was retained essentially intact during the major restoration eleven years ago, but which now needs some work. This will see it in stages stripped of its underside decorative tiles, fascia, and upper roofing, so that ageing internal timber framing can be replaced, and the main steel structural frame upgraded. All visible finishes will of course be reinstated, but with a rather steeper fall to t