Dunedin's Fortune Theatre has announced its immediate closure. Fortune Board of Trustees chairwoman Haley van Leeuwen said the board had been through an exhaustive process of reviews, and had closed the theatre because it was no longer financially viable. The Fortune Theatre. Fortune Theatre is New Zealand’s southernmost professional theatre and was established in 1974 at the Athenaeum in the Octagon. It moved to its present location at the Trinity Methodist Church in 1978.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 30, 2018 22:30 UTC