When the ‘Palais Pictures' was built it was one of the largest theatres in the southern hemisphere. Opening on 11th November 1927 with Janet Gaynor in "Seventh Heaven", it was (with the Regent, South Yarra and the Victory (National) St Kilda) the first suburban cinema to screen talkies on 3 July 1929. Up until the 1950s, it was the place to go to the movies. On Festival Sunday, cinema buffs of all ages are invited to take a seat in the lush auditorium of the Palais Theatre as the silver screen once again flickers to life with a ...  more...

  Five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald joins legendary singer songwriter Boz Scaggs to perform all of their greatest hits, along with songs from their latest albums, Soul Speak and Speak Low. When Michael McDonald was a member of The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, he recorded some of his most well-known songs, such as "Takin' It to the Streets", "Little Darling", "It Keeps You Runnin", "Minute by Minute" and "What a Fool Believes" (which became a number one single in the U.S. and earned him a 1978 Grammy ...  more...

 "If you haven't caught this comic genius before, sell your grandmother to get a ticket." (Time Out, London) "Not only is Tim Minchin outrageously funny, he is also a beautiful singer and pianist. His piano solos are enough on their own to warrant the entry price" (The Daily Telegraph, Sydney.) "The entire show is of such a fantastically high standard that it's difficult to pick out highlights" (The Herald, Scotland) "Tim Minchin er noe av det morsomste jeg har sett noen gang" (Some Norwegian Paper) ...  more...

 ON SALE FRI 22 JANUARY   The management of the PALAIS THEATRE Management Pty Ltd are pleased to announce... The WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET tour commences in Melbourne....Australia's music capital. Wayne Shorter, the nine-time Grammy Award composer and saxophone virtuoso behind Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, 70s jazz fusion combo Weather Report, and Miles Davis' "Second Quintet" is universally regarded as a living legend in jazz and his signature sound and choice of notes, sense of economy and ...  more...

 LEGENDARY ROCKERS, STATUS QUO RETURN TO AUSTRALIA IN MARCH 2010!  "The Quo have always prided themselves on being a band best experienced live and thunderously loud" - The Guardian 2007   "The crowd blew their tops when the opening chords to, "Whatever You Want", were played...Quo were as lively as ever, jumping up and down, dominating the stage"  - BBC 2009 Following a hugely successful European tour, the original barnstorming rockers, Status Quo, return to Australia ...  more...

  Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Network Ten proudly present THE GALA. Proudly supporting Oxfam Australia......here it comes again... The night that stops the nation... The most sparkling spectacle on the comedy calendar... The funniest fund-raising extravaganza you'll ever have the good fortune to witness... The Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala raises comedy to the rank of awards-show razzle-dazzle - but where the television ...  more...