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3 unusual facts about Forum Theatre


Experimental theatre in the Arab world

Forum theatre techniques were also deployed that led to “spect-actor” interventions with separate Jewish and Arab students focusing on violence-charged scenarios.

Forum Theatre

Today, it is used for concerts by many artists, having hosted performances by Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Katy Perry, Cat Power, The Grates, Dirty Three, Sufjan Stevens, Blind Guardian & The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among others.

In more recent times, the theatre has been used as a venue for numerous acts during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, including local favourite Akmal Saleh and international acts, such as Mark Watson, Jason Byrne, Arj Barker & Megan Mullally among others.


1952 VFL season

In May 1952, as part of its promotion of the Burt Lancaster movie Ten Tall Men, the management of the Melbourne cinema The State Theatre on the corner of Flinders Street and Russell Street (now known as the Forum Theatre) measured the height of the ten tallest VFL players.


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