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civic commented about Civic Theatre on Dec 15, 2005 at 2:51 pm

Whilst the atmospheric style of the Civic is in the style of a John Eberson theatre, his firm had no involvement in the Civic. The Ausralian architects had contacts with Eberson’s firm and he was initially on the credits for Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. There is no doubt about the influential style of the Civic and it is called an Eberson style theatre -but no Eberson involvement occured.

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civic commented about Civic Theatre on Jun 7, 2005 at 5:29 pm

The Civic is equipped with state of the art projection and sound and has an exra large screen. It is home to the annual Internationl Film Festival as well as the occaisonal film screening, but is not part of ‘chain’ of exhibition distribution. The original ‘flamingo’ curtain is only used for film screenings.

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civic commented about Civic Theatre on May 29, 2004 at 11:07 pm

The Civic has one of the largest screens in Auckland and a ‘state of the art’ sound system. The art deco ‘flamingo’ curtain is only used for films. It is home to the annual Internation Film festival but is not exclusively a cinema.
Eric kearney

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civic commented about Akron Civic Theatre on Oct 25, 2003 at 10:45 pm

Greetings:
Congratulations upon the wonderful restoration!
The Auckland Civic Theatre is so similar and having had a complete restoration in 1999 I appreciate how excited all concerned must feel – deservedly so!
sincerely
Eric Kearney

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civic commented about Akron Civic Theatre on Oct 25, 2003 at 10:39 pm

Greetings;
I congratulate all concerned upon the wonderful exciting realisation of restoring the magificent building. Three years ago our theatre was completely restored and in the 21st century it is a tribute to all concerned to continue offering to the new generations a picture palace.
sincerely,
Eroc kearney