Melbourne has more performing art venues than any other city in Australia. The following is a list of venues and maximum capacities.
The Butterfly Club (50 people)
Festival Hall (5445 people)
East End Theatre District venues:
Princess Theatre (1488 people)
Her Majesty's Theatre (1700 people)
Regent Theatre (2143 people)
Forum Theatre (Forum 1 - 1500 people / Forum 2 - 543 people)
Comedy Theatre (997 people)
Athenaeum (880 people)
RMIT
Capitol Theatre (600 people)
Storey Hall (700 people)
Palais Theatre (2896 people)
National Theatre (783 people)
Melbourne Town Hall (2492 people)
BMW Edge Federation Square (450 people)
Iwaki Auditorium ABC Centre (375 people)
Victorian Arts Centre
Sidney Myer Music Bowl (13,200 people)
Hamer Hall (2466 people)
State Theatre (2079 people)
Playhouse Theatre (884 people)
Fairfax Studio (376 people)
Melbourne Recital Centre
Elizabeth Murdoch Hall (1000 people)
The Salon (136 people)
CUB Malthouse
Merlyn Theatre (520 people)
Beckett Theatre (198 people)
Tower Theatre (99 people)
La Mama Theatre
La Mama Courthouse
Melbourne Theatre Company
Summer Theatre (500 people)
Lawler Studio (150 people)
The Owl and Cat Theatre (seats 40 people
University of Melbourne
Melba Hall - Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (340 people)
Ruskin Hall
Red Stitch Actors Theatre
Theatreworks St Kilda (160 people)
Gasworks Art Park
Gasworks Theatre (176 people)
Gasworks Studio (60 people)
Cromwell Road Theatre - Polyglot Puppet Theatre (120 people)
South Melbourne Town Hall
Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall (400 people)
Meat Market
Monash University Clayton Campus
Robert Blackwood Hall (1598 people)
Alexander Theatre (508 people)
The Black Lung Theatre
Chapel off Chapel
Chapel (240 people)
Chapel Loft (150 people)
Forty Five Downstairs (150 people)
St Martins Youth Arts Centre
Main Theatre (348 people)
Irene Mitchell Studio (100 people)
The Store House (63 people)
The Whitehorse Centre (previously the Nunawading Performing Arts Centre) (408 people)
