Melbourne Recital Centre
Address
31 Sturt Street, Southbank VIC 3006
Opening Hours
Ticket Purchasing
Melbourne Recital Centre is an award-winning live music venue; where artists and audiences build a lifetime of experiences. They strive to create wonder for everyone, in and beyond the Centre and inspire community through music.
Please note that venue accessibility information may change. If you have any questions about accessibility or want to share anything about your access needs beforehand, contact the venue directly.
Venue and Box Office Enquiries:
(03) 9929 9600
boxoffice@melbournerecital.com.au
The box office phone is staffed Monday – Friday, 11am – 5pm.
Wed 7 May
- Accessible Bathrooms
- Clear signage (identifying location and directions)
- Companion Card accepted for all paid events
- Gender Neutral Toilet
- Hearing Loop
- Social Script
- Social Stories / Wayfinding Available
- Wheelchair Accessible
Melbourne Recital Centre comprises two striking performance spaces, carefully crafted to bring musicians and music-lovers together.
Elizabeth Murdoch Hall
Elisabeth Murdoch Hall is lined with exquisite plywood panels of Australian plantation Hoop Pine timber, designed to resemble the back of a beautiful instrument and provide greater acoustic intimacy across the 1000-seat auditorium. The platform acoustics enrich the strength, clarity and blending of instruments as well as the communication between ensemble players on stage.
Click here to take a 360-degree virtual tour of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall.
Primrose Potter Salon
The organic acoustics of Elisabeth Murdoch Hall extend to the Primrose Potter Salon, a uniquely intimate 140-seat performance and event space.
Comprising a series of diffusing timber panels with tessellated plywood faces which tip in and out to form a modulated wall and ceiling, the Primrose Potter Salon can be set up in multiple formations including concert-mode, cabaret-mode with tables and chairs and in the round.
There are accessible toilets located on all foyer levels and backstage areas of the Centre. Ambulant toilets are also available on the Ground Floor and Level 2. Please ask venue staff for assistance in locating the one nearest to your seating location.
This space changes depending on concert requirements. Please contact Box Office prior to arrival to confirm location.
Limited on-street parking available. Dodds Street, which is located next to Southbank Theatre and can be entered via Grant Street, has four accessible car spaces. On-street parking around Southbank is limited, with 3-hour limits in place in many areas.
Accessible car spaces at all major car parks throughout the Melbourne Arts Precinct, including the the Arts Centre Melbourne Car Park and the Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre Car Park.
Sturt Street entrance is the safest pick-up/drop-off point for taxis and ride share drivers.
If you require a drop off/collection area with no steps, we recommend Dodds Street which is located next to the Southbank Theatre and can be entered via Southbank Boulevard.
The closest taxi rank is on St Kilda Road in front of the State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne.
Tram: Route 1 - Stop 17 (Arts Precinct, Sturt Street). Approximately 10m walk. Route 1 tram is not wheelchair accessible. Alternatively you can alight at Stop 16, in front of the National Gallery of Victoria (approximately 200m walk).
Train: The nearest station is Flinders Street Station. Approximately 1.1km walk.
Bus: Route 605 operates along Southbank Boulevard (Disembark at Victorian College of the Arts/Southbank Blvd). Approximately 250m walk. Services towards City (Queen St) stop directly outside of Melbourne Recital Centre.