Lyttelton

British

/ ˈlɪtəltən /

noun

Humphrey. 1921–2008, British jazz trumpeter and band leader who influenced the British revival of New Orleans jazz

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The National's Lyttelton Theatre will return to a repertory model for the first time since 2020, meaning multiple shows will be staged concurrently featuring the same cast.

From BBC

On New Year's Day in 1908, explorer Ernest Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition aboard the ship Nimrod set sail from Lyttelton, New Zealand, on a quest to be the first to set foot on the South Pole.

From Science Daily

Soon renamed after the town it served, the tug is still there, lovingly cared for by the volunteers of the Tug Lyttelton Preservation Society.

From BBC

The steam tug Canterbury, built in 1907 for £14,126 and 10 shillings, was soon making a 69-day journey via the Suez Canal to Lyttelton, New Zealand, to serve as the port's tug, pilot boat and fireboat.

From BBC

An audience in the National’s Lyttelton Theatre is left riled up, torn up and dazed.

From Washington Post

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