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James Hay Theatre

James Hay Theatre

Christchurch | Ōtautahi

The James Hay Theatre is a sophisticated theatre featuring a proscenium arch and comfortable tiered seating made up of an upper and lower gallery.

  • There is wheelchair-allocated seating. Wheelchairs are available for guests — please contact the box office or ticketing agency to request one
  • There is lift access to the Mezzanine of the James Hay Theatre. The Circle level in the James Hay Theatre is stair access only
  • One accessible parking space is available - on Kilmore Street in front of the Christchurch Town Hall
  • Hearing loop facilities
  • Support animals are welcome.

For further accessibility information, please contact the venue.

James Hay Theatre

The James Hay Theatre has a functional fly rig system making it a flexible venue for productions and presentations that need a quick change of scene for creative impact. It is ideal for live theatre, opera, ballet, seminars and conference plenary sessions. A signatory event is the popular themed dinners held on the theatre stage.

Stephen Hough Masterclass

Troy Kingi Presents: 10|10|10 - The Final Chapter with the NZSO

Online Classroom Sessions: Introduction to the Orchestra (Years 3-8)

Online Classroom Session: Soundscapes - How Music Can Tell a Story (Years 3-4)

Online Classroom Session: Musical Emotions (Years 0-2)

Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)

One Thousand and One Nights

NZSO Chamber Strings

Mozart's Gran Partita

Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings

Elouan String Quartet

Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)

Madeleine Pierard Masterclass

Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital

Emerging Artists '27

Dvořák and Sibelius

Beethoven and Mozart

Todd Young Composer Awards

Organ Recital with James McVinnie

Matariki Concert with Louis Baker

Kia Kotahi Beethoven

From the Canyon to the Stars

Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi

Anna Lapwood: Cosmology

Anna Lapwood Organ Recital

A Short History of Beethoven Symphonies