Melbourne performing art venues
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Melbourne
has more performing art venues than any other city in Australia.
The following is a list of venues and maximum capacities.
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
has more performing art venues than any other city in Australia.
The following is a list of venues and maximum capacities.
- The Butterfly ClubThe Butterfly ClubThe Butterfly Club is a performing arts venue in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Drawing from a growing interest in cabaret, the Club was conceived and created by artist and entrepreneur, Matthew Grant. Grant lived and worked from the building from 1993: opening to the public in 1998. By 2002...
(50 people) - Festival HallFestival Hall, MelbourneFestival Hall is a concert and sporting venue, located at 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is one of Melbourne's larger concert venues and has hosted a variety of local and international acts over many years....
(5445 people) - Marriner Group Theatres
- Princess TheatrePrincess Theatre, MelbourneThe Princess Theatre is a 1488-seat theatre in Melbourne, Australia.It is listed by the National Trust of Australia and is on the Victorian Heritage Register.-History:...
(1488 people) - Regent TheatreRegent Theatre, MelbourneThe Regent Theatre is a 2162 seat theatre in Melbourne, Australia. It is listed by the National Trust of Australia and is on the Victorian Heritage Register.-History:...
(2162 people) - Forum TheatreForum TheatreThe Forum Theatre is a theatre located on the corner of Flinders Street and Russell Street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. The building was designed by American architect John Eberson, who has designed many theatres across the globe, along with a local architectural firm...
(#1 1500 people #2 520 people) - Comedy Theatre (997 people)
- Princess Theatre
- AthenaeumAthenaeum, MelbourneThe Athenaeum or Melbourne Athenaeum is one of the oldest public institutions in Victoria, Australia, founded in 1839. The first President was Captain William Lonsdale, the first Patron was the Superintendent of Port Philip, Charles La Trobe and the first books were donated by Vice-President Henry...
(1000 people) - Her Majesty's TheatreHer Majesty's Theatre, MelbourneHer Majesty's Theatre is a 1706 seat theatre in Melbourne, Australia. Built in 1886, it is located at 219 Exhibition Street, Melbourne. It is classified by the National Trust of Australia and is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register....
(1705 people) - RMIT
- Capitol TheatreCapitol Theatre, MelbourneOpened in 1924, The Capitol Theatre is a spectacularly designed single screen cinema located in Melbourne, Australia . On 20 May 1999, it was purchased by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology , and is currently used for both university lectures and cultural events such as film and comedy festivals...
(600 people) - Storey Hall (700 people)
- Capitol Theatre
- Palais TheatrePalais TheatreThe Palais Theatre is a former cinema, now functioning exclusively as a concert venue, located in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. With a capacity of 2,896 people, it is the largest seated theatre in Australia....
(2896 people) - National TheatreNational Theatre, MelbourneThe National Theatre is a 783 seat Australian theatre and theatrical arts school located in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda, on the corner of Barkly and Carlisle Streets...
(783 people) - Melbourne Town HallMelbourne Town HallMelbourne Town Hall is the central municipal building of the City of Melbourne, Australia, in the State of Victoria. It is located on the northeast corner of Swanston and Collins Streets, in the central business district. It is the seat of the Local Government Area of the City of Melbourne...
(2492 people) - BMW Edge Federation SquareFederation SquareFederation Square is a civic centre and cultural precinct in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
(450 people) - Iwaki Auditorium ABCAustralian Broadcasting CorporationThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
Centre (375 people) - Victorian Arts Centre
- Sidney Myer Music BowlSidney Myer Music BowlThe Sidney Myer Music Bowl is an outdoor performance venue in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is located in the lawns and gardens of Kings Domain, close to the Arts Centre and the Southbank entertainment precinct...
(13,200 people) - Hamer Hall (2661 people)
- State TheatreState Theatre (Melbourne)Melbourne's original State Theatre was built in 1929 to seat 3,371 patrons and is situated on Flinders Street. It was conceived as an "atmospheric auditorium", a novelty in Melbourne at the time. Another notable feature was the dual-console Wurlitzer organ, the first to be built "west of Chicago",...
(2085 people) - Playhouse Theatre (884 people)
- Fairfax Studio (376 people)
- Blackbox (150 people)
- Sidney Myer Music Bowl
- Melbourne Recital CentreMelbourne Recital CentreThe Melbourne Recital Centre is Melbourne's second largest auditorium for classical music . It was opened in 2009, as part of the Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre complex, and is located on the corner of Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street in the Melbourne Arts Precinct,...
- Elizabeth Murdoch Hall (1000 people)
- The Salon (180 people)
- CUB MalthouseMalthouse Theatre, MelbourneMalthouse Theatre is the resident theatre company of the Malthouse performing arts complex in Southbank, part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct....
- Merlyn Theatre (520 people)
- Beckett Theatre (198 people)
- Tower Theatre (99 people)
- La Mama TheatreLa Mama Theatre (Melbourne)The La Mama Theatre is a theatrical venue located at 205 Faraday St, Carlton, Victoria. It opened in a former factory building on 30 July 1967 and still operates today under the direction of Liz Jones....
- La Mama Courthouse
- Melbourne Theatre CompanyMelbourne Theatre CompanyThe Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia, and has its own theatre, The MTC Theatre – which houses the 500-seat Sumner Theatre and the 150-seat Lawler Studio – located in Melbourne's Arts...
- Summer Theatre (500 people)
- Lawler Studio (150 people)
- University of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
- Melba Hall - Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (340 people)
- Ruskin Hall
- Red Stitch Actors Theatre
- Theatreworks St Kilda (160 people)
- Gasworks Art Park
- Gasworks Theatre (176 people)
- Gasworks Studio (60 people)
- Cromwell Road Theatre - Polyglot Puppet Theatre (120 people)
- South Melbourne Town HallSouth Melbourne Town HallSouth Melbourne Town Hall is a civic building located at Bank Place in South Melbourne, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It is of state heritage significance to Victoria being listed on the Victorian Heritage Register .-Architecture:...
- Arts House
- North Melbourne Town HallNorth Melbourne Town HallNorth Melbourne Town Hall is the former town hall of the Town of Hotham in the state of Victoria. It is listed in the register of the National Trust...
(400 people) - Meat Market
- North Melbourne Town Hall
- Monash University Clayton CampusMonash UniversityMonash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
- Robert Blackwood Hall (1598 people)
- Alexander Theatre (508 people)
- The Black Lung Theatre
- Chapel off Chapel
- Chapel (250 people)
- Chapel Loft (100 people)
- Forty Five Downstairs (150 people)
- St Martins Youth Arts Centre
- Main Theatre (348 people)
- Irene Mitchell Studio (100 people)
- The Store House (63 people)
- The Whitehorse Centre (Previously The Nunawadding Performing Arts Centre) (408 people)