Talk:Forum Theatre

ownership by church of scientology?
saw Tim Minchin at the forum last night and he said that the theater was once owned by the Church of Scientology. does anyone know if is this true?Pugsworth (talk) 05:04, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 5 December 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 20:46, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Forum Theatre → Forum Melbourne – This seems to be its current name, and the name "Forum Theatre" is hardly mentioned, and not referenced, in the article - although I see that the Wikimedia category is Forum Theatre. So just looking for views on the talk page. I don't know the venue myself. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:03, 5 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Oppose. "Forum Melbourne" is the branding of the current business, whereas the article covers the whole 100-year history of the building, which is (then and now) known as the Forum Theatre. Given that, I don't think "Forum Melbourne" is really an accurate name for anything before the current owners - the building serves a different function now compared to most of its pre-1995 uses. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 11:13, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I'm not opposed to this, just think that the various names need to be better represented in the lead and explained in the body. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:27, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
 * I've had a crack at it - your suggestion turned out to be a really good idea, because there were a couple of details that weren't clear in some of the more easily-found online sources. The Drover&#39;s Wife (talk) 06:21, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
 * That's great, thanks for that, . Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:24, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose as above. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:59, 7 December 2022 (UTC)