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 Palais Theatre, St Kilda, 2016 | |
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| Former names | Palais Pictures (1927–57) |
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| Address | Lower Esplanade St Kilda, Victoria 3182 Australia |
| Location | Greater Melbourne |
| Operator | Live Nation Australia |
| Capacity | 2,896 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1927 |
| Renovated | 1952, 2007–16 |
| Architect | Henry Eli White |
| Website | |
| palaistheatre.com.au | |
The Palais Theatre, formerly known as Palais Pictures, is a historic picture palace located in St Kilda, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. With a capacity of nearly 3,000 people, it is the largest seated theatre in Australia.
Replacing an earlier cinema of the same name destroyed in a fire, the new theatre, designed by Henry Eli White, opened in 1927. Sitting adjacent to Luna Park, it helped to establish the St Kilda beach foreshore as an entertainment precinct, and remains an iconic landmark in the area. From the 1950s, it became primarily a live entertainment venue, and hosting ballet performances, operas, stand-up comedy shows and big name acts.
The Palais is included on the Victorian Heritage Register, and in 2015, it was inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.