A dancer in mid‑movement wearing a flowing sheer yellow costume, with fabric extending outward against a plain light background.
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The Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre

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Architect/Designer: Built 1988, HASSELL (Project architect Greta Stoutjesdijk, senior interior designer Leah Hudson-Smith) 2018.

Description

The Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre is the home of The Australian Ballet and The Australian Ballet School, located in the heart of Melbourne’s Arts Precinct in Southbank. Purpose-built to support the daily work of Australia’s national ballet company, the Centre brings together rehearsal studios, creative workspaces and specialist facilities within a functioning professional environment.

What's On

Visitors to the Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre will be guided by staff of the Australian Ballet around selected areas of the building, including wardrobe, artistic health and studios, offering a rare opportunity to see behind the scenes of an active performing arts organisation and to better understand the spaces, processes and people that support ballet beyond the stage.

Images: (1) Jill Ogai, Principal Dancer, The Australian Ballet, 2025. Photo: Pierre Toussaint. (2) Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre Exterior, 2018. Photo: Kate Longley. (3) Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre Interior, 2018. Photo: Kate Longley. (4) Primrose Potter Australian Ballet Centre Interior, 2018. Photo: Kate Longley.

Important Details

Tour/event summary information

Friday 24 July + Saturday 25 July
Tours run 10am, 11.30pm + 1pm
Running for 50 minutes in groups of 12

Bookings

Bookings required—$7 booking fee applies
First release tickets: 12pm Wednesday 1 July
Second release tickets: 10am Saturday 4 July

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Meeting Point

Meet at Level 1 foyer

Accessibility

Ramp or level (step free) entry, Lift access to all public levels, Accessible bathrooms, All-gender bathrooms, Accessible parking, Assistance animals welcome

Ramp or level (step free) entry, lift access to all public levels, accessible bathrooms, all-gender bathrooms, accessible parking, and assistance animals welcome.

For car access, enter parking via Kavanagh Street, featuring a 1.9m height restriction. There is pedestrian access via a temporary walkway bridge from Arts Centre Melbourne. For public transport, take tram line (1) to Stop 17 (Arts Precinct) on Sturt Street. Flinders Street Station is a 10-minute walk away.

Location

2 Kavanagh St, Southbank VIC 3000

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