Melbourne is home to a host of intimate performance venues secreted away in laneways, pubs, galleries, churches and old halls. Discover these distinctive backdrops to the small-to-medium theatre performance experience.

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Alexander Theatre
Building 7 (Clayton Campus)
Monash University
phone: 03 99051111
Intended for performance of all kinds, the Alexander Theatre has a maximum capacity of 508. Boasting a fly tower, fore-stage lift and a false proscenium which can be adjusted over a wide range of variables, the venue is truly
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Arts House, Meat Market
5 Blackwood Street
North Melbourne
phone: 03 9322 3719
The Meat Market is a recently refurbished multi-genre arts space located in North Melbourne.
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Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall
Corner of Queensberry and Errol streets
North Melbourne
phone: 03 9322 3720
Since opening in May 1998 as a performance space, Arts House at the North Melbourne Town Hall has presented numerous performance seasons, concerts, festivals and events.
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Black Lung Theatre
coming soon...

phone: 0418 178 285
The Black Lung is a white walled studio, a curated independent theatre and art space, incorporating resident and visiting companies dedicated to new, experimental and devised theatre and a not-for-profit, incorporated associa
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Butterfly Club
204 Bank Street
South Melbourne
phone: 03 9690 2000
“Exclusive without being elitist. One of Melbourne’s best kept secrets.” Mietta’s Guide to Eating and Drinking in Australia
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Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel Street
Prahran
phone: 03 8290 7000
Chapel Off Chapel is the City of Stonnington’s premier arts centre.
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Chunky Move Studios
111 Sturt Street
Southbank
phone: 03 9645 5188
CThe Chunky Move Studios are Melbourne’s premiere, purpose-built dance studios.
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Dancehouse
150 Princes St
North Carlton
phone: 03 9347 2860
Dancehouse is one of Melbourne's most exciting venues for innovative dance and physical theatre. It is also one of the key centres for choreographic and contemporary dance development in Australia.
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Dog Theatre
42a Albert Street
Footscray
phone: 03 9689 2566
The Dog Theatre has been born from the overwhelming need for performance artists of the western suburbs to make their art on their home turf and to have the audiences on their side of town engage in that art.
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Factory - Rehearsal Centre for the Arts
65 Berwick-Cranbourne Rd
Cranbourne
phone: 03 5995 9520
The Factory is a place where performing arts groups can create and practise their craft in a dedicated rehearsal space. It is the first of its kind in Australia.
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Fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane
Melbourne
phone: 03 9662 9966
Situated in a former factory, and gallery, in Flinders Lane, fortyfivedownstairs offers a home for innovative, original performance in music, dance, drama and physical theatre.
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Gasworks Arts Park
Cnr Graham & Pickles Streets
Albert Park
phone: 03 8606 4200
Character filled theatres, galleries and studios set in beautiful park surrounds minutes from the city and beach. A large 150 seat theatre with adjacent gallery leading on to a bricked terrace and the park and a 50 seat Studi
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George Jenkins Theatre
Building A (Peninsula Campus), McMahons Road
Frankston
phone: 03 99051111
The George Jenkins Theatre, the Peninsula's playhouse, is a 426 seat intimate theatre, and an ideal venue for plays, dance, concerts and conferences. Its facilities cater for the corporate and education sectors, local perform
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La Mama
205 Faraday Street
Carlton
phone: 9347 6948
La Mama was established in 1967 to nurture new Australian theatre practice and has since played a vital role in the development of the Australian dramatic voice.
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Malthouse Theatre
113 Sturt Street
Southbank
phone: Bookings 03 9685 5111 Admin 03 9685 5100
Malthouse Theatre is dedicated to developing and presenting a broadly defined program of contemporary Australian theatre; a theatre often conceived and created in collaboration between writers, directors, designers and perfor
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National Theatre
20 Carlisle St (cnr Barkly St)
St Kilda
phone: 03 9534 0221
The theatre was built in 1920 and still retains its art deco foyers, grand staircase, barrel vaulting and auditorium.
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Northcote Town Hall
189 High Street
Northcote
phone: 03 9481 9500
The Northcote Town Hall, arts, community, culture, has had an extensive refurbishment that has injected new life into this historic local icon. Notable for its position on High Street and its decorative exterior, the Northcot
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Opium Den
176 Hoddle Street (conrner Yarra Street)
Abbotsford
phone: 03 9417 2696
A new cabaret and theatre space, Opium Den has a large gay and lesbian following, having hosted Wednesday Lotus and Friday Drag Kings for the past decade.
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Red Stitch Actors Theatre
Rear 2 Chapel Street (Opposite the Astor Cinema, behind All Saints Church)
St Kilda East
phone: 03 9533 8083 (bookings) 03 9533 8082 (Office)
Red Stitch Actors' Theatre has built a reputation as one of Melbourne's leading independent theatre companies through hard work and critically acclaimed productions of new, fresh and predominantly unseen work.
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Robert Blackwood Hall
Building 2 (Clayton Campus)
Monash University
phone: 03 99051111
Seating 1,598, the Robert Blackwood Concert Hall is designed for large scale music concerts. Its huge stage caters for a full size symphony orchestra, while its stepped staging makes the venue ideal for choral performances.
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St Martins Youth Arts Centre
44 St Martins Lane
South Yarra
phone: (03) 9867 2477
are conveniently located - close to the city and public transport.St Martins is the ideal place to rehearse and perform. We cater for both small and large productions
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Store Room
131 Scotchmer Street
North Fitzroy
phone: 61 3 9481 8496
At The Store Room you’ll experience the work of some of Melbourne’s new wave of theatre practitioners bravely pushing the boundaries of theatrical form and content.
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Theatre Husk
161A Heidelberg Road
Northcote
phone: 0432 822 520
The Theatre Husk provides emerging and established theatre practitioners with an affordable serviced hire space located in Northcote.
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TheatreWorks
14 Acland Street (on the corner of St Leonards Avenue)
St. Kilda 3182
phone: 03 9534 4879
Theatre Works is a medium-sized performance space in the heart of St Kilda with a rich and extensive history of producing quality, alternative in-house productions, while also providing a well resourced open access venue for
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Williamstown Mechanics Institute Theatre
Corner of Melbourne Road & Electra Street
Williamstown
phone: 03 9932 1000
The Williamstown Mechanics Institute Theatre was constructed in stages from 1860 and 1890 and is one of a small number of Mechanic Institute buildings built in Victoria. The oldest part being the rear hall built in 1860 is on
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The Impro Cave Summer Club
A totally new season from those cool kids at Impro Melbourne.

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Click to view the details of Lorraine's Hair and Face
Lorraine's Hair and Face
A Comedy Musical Thriller!

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Hazel Curtis: Fear Doctor
Strap on your Teena pads, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

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