St James Theatre Auckland

The St James Theatre is a heritage stage theatre and cinema is classified as a "Category I" ("places of special or outstanding historical or cultural heritage significance or value") historic place by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. Located on Queen Street it was built as a replacement for the older Fuller's Opera House and was originally designed for vaudeville acts. Its architect, Henry Eli White, also designed many other famous theatres in Australia and New Zealand including the St James Theatre in Wellington. It has been described as "A beautiful historic three level live performance theatre renowned for its intimate atmosphere and the easy rapport developed between artist and audience. (Once) used by both local and international artists in a range of genres from hip hop and rock, to musicals and cabaret events."

The theatre has been closed since 2007 after a fire raised concerns about safety and compliance. The plan includes the development of an adjacent site for the St. James Suites, a 39-level, 309-apartment project.The works, intended to start in 2015, have been stalled. In July 2019, no work had been done on the theatre after funding for the apartment complex was lost in 2015. The saga continues.