The Free Theatre
The Free Theatre is a cinema or theatre at The Gym, Christchurch Arts Centre, 30 Worcester Boulevard, Central City.
Checked 25 Oct 2026
Free Theatre Christchurch was established in 1982 as an incorporated society. The company offers a unique experience for… Read full description ↓
Sits inside Electrical Engineering Extension, School of Engineering, and Setting, highly significant in the District Plan
One of 13 cinemas & theatres in Christchurch Central City, 41% of the city’s count
From its website and public pages
Read from the site itself 2 Oct 2026, Its own website.
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 7
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other cinemas & theatres
More nearby cinemas & theatres 5
All 13 cinemas & theatres in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →
Also in Christchurch Central City
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds 6 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | The Gym, Christchurch Arts Centre, 30 Worcester Boulevard, Central City | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cinemas & theatres | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 021 025 61384 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | freetheatre.org.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| info@freetheatre.org.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 | |
| Menu | freetheatre.org.nz | Its own website |
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How the council’s directory described it
Free Theatre Christchurch was established in 1982 as an incorporated society. The company offers a unique experience for artists and audiences not catered for by local commercial theatres or the amateur theatres that imitate them. Check the website for their latest events.
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | City centre zone | District Plan |
| Heritage item | Electrical Engineering Extension, School of Engineering, and Setting, highly significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
| Consent CRC154729 | Water Take/Use, held by The Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Board, to 14 Sept 2050, 24 m from the pin | ECan consents |
The reports nearby
3,322 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,684 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 3,322 reports on file
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A cinema or theatre in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
The Gym, Christchurch Arts Centre, 30 Worcester Boulevard, Central City, on Worcester Boulevard. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 021 025 61384 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email info@freetheatre.org.nz (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Lumiere Cinemas (31 m), Two Productions (48 m), Little Andromeda (463 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 5 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Opening 2022: Boutique Arts Hotel (21 m); the Rolleston Ave near Gloucester St bus stop is 164 m away: route 8; a separated cycleway passes within 103 m; nearest park: Armagh Reserve (335 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website
Read source notes 7
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0),
- Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents, recorded where the consented activity happens (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
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