St. James Theatre

The St. James Theatre is a large proscenium stage theatre in central Wellington, New Zealand, and home to the Royal New Zealand Ballet. The building was designed in 1912 by New Zealand-born theatre designer Henry Eli White.

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Type: Theater building
Description: theater and former cinema in Wellington, New Zealand
Also known as: “His Majesty’s Theatre”, “St James Theatre”, and “St. James Theatre, Wellington”
Address: 77 Courtenay Place, Te Aro

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of New Zealand and Wellington Opera House.

Museum of New Zealand

Museum

Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.

The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. Usually known as Te Papa, it opened in 1998 after the merging of the National Museum of New Zealand and the National Art Gallery. Museum of New Zealand is situated 390 metres northeast of St. James Theatre.

Wellington Opera House

Theater building

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The Wellington Opera House is a proscenium theatre in Wellington, New Zealand, located on Manners Street opposite Te Aro Park. Wellington Opera House is situated 260 metres northwest of St. James Theatre.

Wesley Church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Te Aro and City.

Te Aro

Suburb

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Te Aro is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It comprises the southern part of the central business district including the majority of the city's entertainment district and covers the mostly flat area of city between The Terrace to the west, and Cambridge Terrace at the base of Mount Victoria.

City

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Wellington City is that part of the urban area of Wellington in New Zealand that is administered by Wellington City Council. The Windy City is centred on the western foreshore of Wellington Harbour and stretches as far north as the suburb of Tawa.

Mount Victoria

Suburb

Photo: Jack Magnus McDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Victoria is a suburb of central Wellington, New Zealand, named after the 196 metres hill Mount Victoria to the east. Mount Victoria's residential area is on its north-western slopes.

St. James Theatre

Categories: movie theater, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.29337° or 41° 17′ 36″ south

Longitude

174.77972° or 174° 46′ 47″ east

Levels

Operator

Venues Wellington

Open location code

4VCPPQ4H+MV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 288450695

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=theatre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q565497

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“St. James Theatre” goes by many names.

Egyptian Arabic: “مسرح سانت جيمس”
French: “St. James Theatre”
German: “St. James Theatre”
Polish: “St. James Theatre”
Spanish: “St. James Theatre”
Spanish: “Teatro St. James”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Clock Park and Timezone.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua and Courtenay Place at St James Theatre.

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