25 jobs lost as theatre closes
PA Palmerston‘North New Zealand’s only ' provincial professional theatre, Centrepoint, in Palmerston. North, will dose on December 18. The news yesterday came six months after the theatre was denied a grant, by the Queen Eliabeth ILArts Council. 'The council' opted to share the funds available between theatres in'the main centres. Aftotal of 25 staff.wlH lose their, jobs, including' Kelly Johnson, a rising star ill the New Zealand film industry. The chairman, of the Centrepoint Trust Board,. Mr Philip Monk, said yesterday
that the closing was the result of the Lotteries Board not making further funds available to the Arts Council. Mr Monk said that all Ceritrepoint required was . $47,000, which would see it through until an application could be made for a further grant from the Arts Council next year. . He said that the theatre would open its Christmas show, the New Zealand premiere of the Broadway play, “Crimes of the Heart,” Tf this evening. The season would end on December 18. Centrepoint was founded seven years ago.
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