Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
The Comedy Theatre is a 1003-seat theatre in Melbourne's East End Theatre District. It was built in 1928, and was designed 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.
Erected on the site of one of Melbourne's earliest play-houses, the old "Iron Pot", a theatre originally built 1855 and abandoned in 1894. It was a prefabricated iron theatre purchased in Manchester, England by George Selth Coppin.
The Comedy Theatre was built and operated for fifty years by J.C. Williamson's. Paul Dainty purchased the theatre in 1978 for $800,000. Since 1996 the theatre has been owned and operated by Marriner Group.
It typically hosts commercial seasons of plays and smaller-scale musicals, as well as comedy and other entertainment events.Previous notable productions and performers at the Comedy Theatre include:Gallery
