Wayne Brittenden with Gwelfa Lett, Barry Milner and past TET Kings Theatre projectionist Cameron Lett at the Kings Theatre Emporium.
Wayne Brittenden with Gwelfa Lett, Barry Milner and past TET Kings Theatre projectionist Cameron Lett at the Kings Theatre Emporium.
New Zealand journalist and independent documentary film maker, Wayne Brittenden, visited Stratford's King Theatre recently to check out the historical site that his father once managed.
Wayne is a former National Radio correspondent in Tokyo and later worked for the BBC.He now works as an independent documentary maker, based inLondon.
Wayne is also an accomplished author, after writing The Celluloid Circus: The Heyday of the New Zealand Picture Theatre 1925 - 1970, which features not only the TET Kings theatre but the former second picture theatre in Stratford.
Not only did Wayne's father manage the TET Kings Theatre in the early 1940's, but Wayne has also been in contact with New Zealand's 'most experienced' usherette Gwelfa Lett for years so it was nice to finally meet..
Wayne was "blown away" by how much of the original design of the theatre was intact, "if this was in the UK it would be considered 'London Pro' as it is so close to the original form."
