Loading Docs 2015 - Please Open

This 2015 edition in the Loading Docs series explores the past, present and future of Crystal Palace, a dilapidated but stately theatre on Auckland’s Mt Eden Road that has been drawing the curtains since the 1920s. Co-directed by Karl Sheridan and Robin Gee, who work under the Monster Valley moniker, the documentary canvasses the spilled Jaffas, dances, surf film screenings and local legends of the venue — and is also a plea to bring the ballroom and cinema back to life. In March 2016 Monster Valley answered their own call, and took over management of the theatre.

There is a romance that old theatres have and the Crystal Palace has it in abundance. With its beautiful plaster work and the pair of old carbon arc projectors that have provided the images for audiences over the decades, we fell under her spell.

– Directors Karl Sheridan and Robin Gee

Key Cast & Crew

Robin Gee

Co-Director

Taylor MacGregor

Co-Producer

Karl Sheridan

Co-Director , Co-Producer

Sean Loftin

Cinematographer

Levi Beamish

Editor

Ruby Reihana-Wilson

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