State Theatre (Melbourne)
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| State Theatre | |
| Address |
100 St Kilda Road
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| City | |
| Country | Australia |
| Architect | Roy Grounds |
| Owned by | Victorian Arts Centre Trust |
| Capacity | 2079 |
| Opened | October 1984 |
| Current use | live theatre, opera, ballet, dance |
| http://www.theartscentre.net.au/ | |
The State Theatre is part of the The Arts Centre located by the Yarra River and St Kilda Road, the city's main thoroughfare. The State Theatre is a venue for ballet, opera and other productions (but not plays, which are performed elsewhere). Like the other performance venues within the Arts Centre, the State Theatre is underground. The stage is one of the largest in the world.
Companies performing opera in the State Theatre include Opera Australia (which has presented seven or eight operas each season) and Melbourne City Opera. In the future, it is anticipated the Victorian Opera, created in November 2005 after the separation between the Sydney and Melbourne "wings" of Opera Australia, will also be making appearances there.
The theatre is frequently home to The Production Company, a theatre company specialising in short season revivals of classic Broadway musicals.
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