The Capitol acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. We respectfully acknowledge their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. We also acknowledge the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

Lighting Off
Birrarangga Film Festival Opening Night
23 March, 6.30pm
Birrarangga Film Festival Opening Night
23 March, 6.30pm
Birrarangga Film Festival Opening Night
23 March, 6.30pm
Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle
24 May, 7pm
Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle
24 May, 7pm
Colson Whitehead: Harlem Shuffle
24 May, 7pm
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Rosi Braidotti: Posthuman Feminism

Presented in partnership with the Design and Creative Practice Enabling Impact Platform.
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Power and Politics

Presented in partnership with the Wheeler Centre
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Alexander McCall Smith

Presented in partnership with the Wheeler Centre
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Psycho at the Capitol

Presented in collaboration with Cinema Studies at RMIT and the Mapping Global Horror: Australia, Japan & beyond Conference at ACMI.
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Melbourne Design Week
Relive the action with video replays and image galleries in our Journal.

Past Futures film program
Take a deeper dive with essays on the imagined dystopias and utopias that made their way into our collective conscious, and into the design of now.

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The Capitol is available to hire for screenings, performances, talks, conferences, festivals, meetings and private events.

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The Capitol

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A shot taken of The Capitol Theatre from the back of the theatre. The ceiling is casting a white light, all the seats are empty, and the olive-green stage curtain is down.

“The best cinema that was ever built or ever likely to be built.”

— Robin Boyd

Originally built in 1924, and reopened in 2019, The Capitol has a spectacular architectural and cinematic history, and is recognised as a true Melbourne icon.

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