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===Theatre and cinema===
In October 1896, the first movie was shown
On 26 January 1901 ''Life in Our Navy'', a 60,000 foot film of life on [[HMS Jupiter (1895)|HMS ''Jupiter'']], was shown by [[G. H. Snazelle]], who provided additional entertainment.
The Hall became a regular venue for screening films and the premiere of ''[[The Story of the Kelly Gang]]'' by the Tait brothers, the world's first dramatic feature film, was at the Athenaeum in 1906.
The theatre in its present form, a proscenium arch theatre with 880 seats on three levels, was created in 1924, designed by [[Henry Eli White]]. It was the first venue in Australia to screen talking pictures, presenting ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'' in February 1929. From the 1920s to the early 1970s, the theatre was mainly used as a cinema. The [[Melbourne Theatre Company]] (MTC) leased the theatre from 1976 to 1985 when the lease was taken over by various entrepreneurs who formed AT Management in 1997.
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