Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

Comedy Theatre
J C Williamson Comedy Theatre[1]
Address 240 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Melbourne
Australia
Coordinates 37°48′37″S 144°58′13″E / 37.81028°S 144.97028°E / -37.81028; 144.97028Coordinates: 37°48′37″S 144°58′13″E / 37.81028°S 144.97028°E / -37.81028; 144.97028
Owner Marriner Group
Capacity 997
Opened 28 April 1928[1][2]
Website
www.marrinergroup.com.au

The Comedy Theatre is a 997-seat theatre in Melbourne's East End Theatre District. It was built in 1928, and was built in the Spanish style, with a Florentine-style exterior and wrought-iron balconies. It is located at 240 Exhibition Street, and diagonally opposite Her Majesty's Theatre, it is a part of the Marriner Group.

Erected on the site of one of Melbourne's earliest play-houses the old "Iron Pot", (officially the "Coppin's Olympic Theatre") a theatre originally built 1855 and abandoned in 1894.[3] It was a prefabricated iron theatre purchased in Manchester, England by George Selth Coppin.[1][4][5]

Previous productions

Previous notable productions and performers at the Comedy Theatre include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Comedy Theatre Opening". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 April 1928. p. 26. Retrieved 4 December 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "NEW MELBOURNE THEATRE". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 April 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 4 December 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "GOPPIN'S OLYMPIC THEATRE". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 July 1855. p. 4. Retrieved 4 December 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ George Coppin 1819–1906, Live Performance Australia
  5. ↑ "MELBOURNE'S OLDEST THEATRES". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 21 January 1930. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
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