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The South Canterbury Drama League - The Playhouse - As was sung in Chicago - "We simply cannot do it alone"

  • HVAC UPDATE AND SOME GREAT NEWS!!

      5 May 2025
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    A new era of comfort has dawned at your community theatre The Playhouse, with the successful installation of a state-of-the-art HVAC and AC system.

    This achievement is the result of over a year of diligent planning and creative fundraising, coupled with the coordination and labor of a dedicated team of designers, installers and electricians. Thank you all so much.

    The system had it's first outing during the production of Fame Jr. and received high praise breathing life and crisp, cool/warm air into every scene.

    Thank you for your generous donations which helped us reach this goal. :-)

    GREAT NEWS!

    We have remaining funds!! This offers us the opportunity of enhancing our Lounge and Rehearsal Room with similar upgrades as well!!

    So there is now just $5000 which stands between us and the completion of this next stage of the project. (the final stage will be completed sometime in the future which will be to install units in the Playspace. *We held Blackadder in this space last year)

    We heartily invite any last donations to help us achieve this vision—every contribution, big or small is much appreciated.

    Thank you so much for your support.

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  • AC units are about to make an appearance.

      4 March 2025
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    Good News,

    By the end of this week we should have the steel brackets made up by Humphries Engineering for Henderson Building to have these installed before Gavin Lowe Energy gets back into fitting the last bits and pieces of the internal work. This will be, running the A/C pipework and electrics out to the A/C outdoor units fitted on the west wall above the Lounge roof. This will be starting at the beginning of next week; also, a heat pump unit is to be installed in the Lighting Box.

    From the beginning of next week, Gavin Lowe Energy say there is about 2 weeks’ worth of work left to complete this project. All this in perfect time for the onslaught of autumn and winter. With all things going well, this should make attending the shows through this period much more enjoyable.

    With all the work and money going into this project, this is the biggest alteration to The Playhouse since we renovated the stage and wings, and constructed the wardrobe addition building in 2014. This may seem to some like a black hole in space sucking up all and sundry, because when you look up into the roof void you will have to look very hard to see what has been going on. Trust me there is a lot of hardware up there and to experience the fruits of all this work you will just have to get your tickets for this year’s shows.

    Mark Lowen

    Thank you so much for your donations.

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  • January HVAC Update

      28 January 2025
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    Happy New Year everyone!

    We closed the fundraiser just before Christmas to let everyone have a bit of a breather over that busy time but have reopened it now to help with our final push of funds for this project.

    The scaffolding is now gone, the insulation is in and the Air Conditioning units will be in by the end of the month.

    We had an awesome bunch of people turn up for the reinstallation of the seating, cleaning in the room under the seating and a general tidy up and thank them all very much.

    There is still some money to raise to get us over the line but we will get there with your help.

    Thank you to everyone who has donated so far.

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  • Here's how it's looking so far

      2 December 2024
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    Hey thought we'd touch base and let you know how things are going.

    The insulation is done and bulk head unit that holds our EIGHT units is currently being installed.

    Come mid December, we will hear back if we have received a major grant and will update you when we have that information.

    In the meantime, thank you all once again for helping with your donations towards this project. We are blown away by the support we've received so far.

    If you wish to donate, it's an easy process, just click the donate button. Thank you.

    *pictured are Karel Hill and Cameron Lines painting our insulation.

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  • We've reached an important milestone!!!

      14 October 2024
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    Thank you all so much for the on-going support of this fundraiser. Today we reached an important milestone with $100,000 in the kitty for our HVAC installation.

    The scaffolding is in and the electrical works have begun.

    Thank you

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  • Thanks so much for your support so far!!

      22 September 2024

    We've been blown away by your support so far towards this fundraiser and want to take this opportunity to update you on developments.

    This isn't a nice to have piece of equipment it's essential to the comfort of all who use the Playhouse and the first stage is kicking off early October!!! We'll be removing all the chairs and lighting equipment from the theatre and setting up the scaffolding and starting the insulation. We are really excited about this first stage.

    We would love if you would share our update and fundraising page with your contacts and will update you all soon on any further developments.

    The Timaru Herald have done a story which you can read on the link. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350419454/south-canterbury-drama-league-fundraising-upgrade-theatre?fbclid=IwY2xjawFcGO5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHf1oRwNJ5WTX83WT12xs7AbtIUP2FONlKe2mNtB6iKYyKvzCvWpw5fp7Uw_aem_Zz5sxleeYylzr1LWIJHCWA

    Thanks again.

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