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VENUE HIRE

St Kilda’s Palais Theatre is Australia’s No. 1 Theatre Concert Venue and one of the top ranked venues in the world. Palais Theatre is a 1920’s art deco picture palace originally built to screen silent movies and present variety shows.

Designed in the ‘atmospheric’ style the theatre features a range of influences including gothic, French and Moroccan to make the audience feel that their night out would be one to remember. It maintains many original features and successfully bridges the gap of historic building and modern live music venue.

The venue is the largest seated theatre in Australia and features wonderful acoustics, a large raked stage, generous dressing room facilities and spacious foyers. The Palais Theatre is suitable for all styles of events including live music, comedy, ballet, opera and children’s events.

CONTACT

For venue hire availabilities, please contact bookings@palaistheatre.com.au or 03 8632 2178

For general venue or ticketing enquiries, please contact admin@palaistheatre or via phone on 03 7020 6250

Commercial and Live Entertainment

To receive our commercial hiring costs please contact us via bookings@palaistheatre.com.au and include the following information:

  • Event name or type of event
  • Ticket price/s - including any VIP prices and approximately how many tickets in each category (see Venue Capacity below)
  • Artist/s performing
  • Style of audience i.e families, gender, age
  • Anticipated size of audience (how many tickets are you aiming to sell).

With this information we will be able to provide you with a quote for costs.

Schools & Community Groups in City of Port Phillip

To receive our schools and community group hiring costs please contact us via bookings@palaistheatre.com.au and include the following information:

  • Event name or type of event
  • Ticket price/s or free
  • Artist/s performing or performers
  • Anticipated size of audience (how many tickets are you aiming to sell).

Palais Theatre has an exclusive ticketing agreement with Ticketmaster. All tickets for all events must be purchased through Ticketmaster. Palais Theatre does not allow promoters to sell their own tickets or use brokers or third parties to sell tickets.

With a capacity to seat 2,888, Palais Theatre includes 4 seating sections, Level 1 – Orchestra and Stalls, Level 2 - Lounge and Dress Circle. 

Venue hire terms and conditions include, but are not limited to: 

  • All tickets must be sold via Ticketmaster, we do not issue tickets on consignment or allow agents or third parties to on sell tickets.
  • Ticketing fees are not negotiable.
  • Hirers must use Palais Theatre ushers and security, including for merchandise sales.
  • If an event hasn’t sold enough tickets to cover costs via Ticketmaster the promoter/hirer will be required to pay all estimated costs prior to the event (staff, security, rigging, cleaning, electricity etc) as will the audio and lighting companies.
  • Palais Theatre may conduct a risk assessment prior to accepting a pencil booking and/or hiring agreement.