Theatre Alive - Venues

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 more ...
	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. more ...
	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. more ...
	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 more ...
	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 more ...
	Chapel Off Chapel 12 Little Chapel Street Prahran phone: 03 8290 7000 Chapel Off Chapel is the City of Stonnington’s premier arts centre. more ...
	Chunky Move Studios 111 Sturt Street Southbank phone: 03 9645 5188 CThe Chunky Move Studios are Melbourne’s premiere, purpose-built dance studios. more ...
	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. more ...
	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. more ...
	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. more ...
	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. more ...
	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 more ...
	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 more ...
	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. more ...
	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 more ...
	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. more ...
	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 more ...
	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. more ...
	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. more ...
	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. more ...
	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 more ...
	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. more ...
	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. more ...
	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 more ...
	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 more ...