Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
| J C Williamson Comedy Theatre | |
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| Address | 240 Exhibition Street, Melbourne Melbourne Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°48′37″S 144°58′13″E / 37.81028°S 144.97028°ECoordinates: 37°48′37″S 144°58′13″E / 37.81028°S 144.97028°E |
| Owner | Marriner Group |
| Capacity | 997 |
| Opened | 28 April 1928 |
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The Comedy Theatre is a 997-seat theatre in Melbourne's East End Theatre District. It was built in 1928, and was built 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, it is a part of the Marriner Group.
Erected on the site of one of Melbournes earliest play-houses the old "Iron Pot," (officially the "Coppin's Olympic Theatre") a theatre originally built 1855 and abandoned in 1894. It was a prefabricated iron theatre purchased in Manchester, England by George Selth Coppin.
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Theatre in December 2012
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