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| Former names | State Theatre (1920-1962) |
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| Address | 154 Flinders Street Melbourne Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°49′00″S 144°58′10″E / 37.8165732°S 144.9693686°E |
| Owner | Marriner Group |
| Designation | Victorian Heritage Register, Historic Buildings Register |
| Capacity | 2,000 standing (Forum 1), 520 seated (Forum 2) |
| Current use | live music, comedy, film |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 23 February 1929 |
| Years active | 1929–1985, 1995–present |
| Architect | John Eberson |
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The Forum Theatre (originally the State Theatre) is a historic theatre and former cinema now used as a live music and event venue located on the corner of Flinders Street and Russell Street in Melbourne, Australia.
Built in 1929, it was designed by leading US 'picture palace' architect John Eberson, in association with the local architectural firm Bohringer, Taylor & Johnson. Designed as an 'atmospheric theatre', the interior intended to evoke a Florentine walled garden, complete with a cerulean-blue ceiling sprinkled with lights like twinkling stars, mimicking a twilight sky.[1]
It was renamed the Forum Theatre in 1962, converted into two separate cinemas in 1963, then after the cinemas' closure used for religious services for several years; however, since 1995, it has operated as live music and events venue Forum Melbourne, more commonly known simply as The Forum.
- ^ "State Theatre, Melbourne". Encyclopaedia of Australian Theatre Organs. theatreorgans.com. Retrieved 22 December 2013.