High end, large performance venues:

St James Theatre (Odeon Cinema/Assembly of God Church), Tuam St – currently there is a campaign to save it for the performing arts.
Burnside High School Aurora Centre – expensive
Jack Mann Auditorium, Chch College of Education, Ilam – used by NASDA
Repertory Theatre, Kilmore St
Ngaio Marsh Theatre, Students Association, University of Canterbury, Ilam – set up for student productions but too expensive for many of them.
Court 1
Town Hall Auditorium, James Hay Theatre, Limes Room and Conference Room
(Otahuna?) Ballroom at Tai Tapu
Anglican and Catholic Cathedrals

Outdoor spaces:

Mona Vale – theatre groups must leave zero footprint
Botanical Gardens (incl. Cockaigne Garden)
Hagley Park Band Rotunda ( has power)
Amphitheatre at University of Canterbury Students Association
Governor’s Bay (which bit?)
Victoria Square by the clock(?) – power available
Lyttelton Harbour
Avon River
Bridge of Remembrance
Huge school grounds

Medium venues:

Court 2
Hagley Theatre Company Open Space
University Theatre
Southern Ballet Theatre
Harbour Light – Lyttelton
Arts Centre venues e.g. Hurst Seager
Christ’s College Auditorium – and other school auditoria, e.g. Hornby
Mill Theatre, Riccarton
Malthouse (Canterbury Children’s Theatre) upstairs
Music Centre of Chch – e.g. Chapel
Red Theatre group apparently exploring old Metro cinema off Worcester St east of Square (is this the same as Creation?)
Community Halls
Nibelheim (under SOFA gallery)

Small spaces:

Cambridge/Barbadoes/Kilmore, opp. “The Bri…” Madras. Busking site. Poetry reading
Wunderbar
Art Galleries (e.g. new Chch one) have performance spaces
Physics Room Gallery (above Alice in Vidoeland)
Nga Hau E Wha marae
Site-specific-abandoned houses and clifftops
WEA halls
NASDA spaces
Trinity Room at Music Centre
Circo Arts spaces, at certain times
Yoga Studios, e.g. at Science Alive
Repertory Theatre’s Green Room

Rehearsal Venues:

Music Centre of Christchurch 140 Barbadoes St. (where Operate's office is) ph. Linda 377 5000 rates and photos of rooms also posted on website www.musiccentre.org.nz

Don Whelan Room or old Drama Centre room (very large, wooden floors) $25/hour, $125/day, $87.50/evening
Mollie Clarke Room (large, wooden floors) $15/hour, $70/day, $55/evening
Smaller rooms for play readings (rm 104, 117, old Drama Centre office) $12.50/hour, $62.50/day, $44/evening
Repertory Theatre green room – sometimes in use for rehearsals by Repertory theatre. Kilmore St. ph. 379 8866
CircoArts studio (medium studio with dance floor, mirrors and sound sys. used for classes during the day but available some evenings and weekends) Cnr. Barbadoes St. Moorhouse Ave. ph. 940 8061
WEA Hall (large) $15/hour ph. 366 0285
NASDA ph. 343 7792
Canterbury Children's Theatre 332 3271
School halls, theatres and auditoria

Community Centres and Halls: (all have regular bookings, especially evenings)

St. Albans Community Centre (small hall, suit rehearsals with cast of up to 10) $10/hour 1047 Colombo St. ph. 379 6305
Linwood Community Arts Centre – med-large wooden floor hall ph. 981 2881 Worcester St Stanmore Rd corner
Sydenham Community Centre (large room, seats 60) $16/session (up to 3 hours) 25-27 Hutcheson St. ph 331 6146
Woolston Community Centre (small hall) $10/hour Woolston park, Ferry Rd ph. 389 3720
Shirley Community Centre (many rooms) Cnr Slater St. and Shirley Rd. ph. 385 1417 (Monday and Wednesday 10-2)
Phillipstown Community Centre $7.50/hour 21a Nursery Rd. ph. 379 3256
Risingholme Community Centre (theatre, rooms) 22 Cholmondeley Ave. Opawa ph. 332 7359