After closing its doors for two months due to restrictions around social gatherings, Baycourt's box office has finally reopened this week with Tauranga mayor Tenby Powell first in line.
"It's great that Baycourt has reopened," said Powell. "We've been waiting for it for a long time."
"Baycourt have recently done a study that suggested that 80 per cent of all respondents don't mind coming back to the theatre to shows. They don't mind sitting together and really interesting, many people said that during lockdown level 1, and as we went through the levels, having access to arts and culture really helped them at times then they were feeling stress."
Despite the fallout from Covid-19, the theatre's schedule is quickly filling up, says theatre manager, James Wilson.
"We've got our first show this weekend which is a concert by the Kugels presented by Tauranga Musica, a fantastic local group being in the first show," he said.