[1] It was renamed as "'Belvoir St" in 1984 by Sue Hill and Chris Westwood when the building was purchased by a syndicate of people (Belvoir Street Theatre Pty Ltd).
[5] Later that year, Signal Driver, written by Patrick White and directed by Neil Armfield, was 'the first play produced from the ground up by Belvoir'.
[10] This policy, which continued from 1985 to the end of the 2011 season,[11] prompted former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating to describe the Belvoir as "Australia's last commune".
[12] In 2005, Belvoir temporarily moved to the Seymour Centre, Chippendale, while the theatre building underwent an $11.6 million renovation, and returned the following year.
[20] Belvoir has featured many actors, writers and directors who went on to have illustrious careers, such as Cate Blanchett, Simon Stone, Leah Purcell, Benedict Andrews, Mitchell Butel, Tommy Murphy, Kate Mulvany, Anne-Louise Sarks, Wesley Enoch, S. Shakthidharan, and former artistic director Neil Armfield.
[21] In 2014 there were currently 600 shareholders,[22] including noted actors, directors, writers and performers Robyn Archer, Gillian Armstrong, Peter Carey, Judy Davis, Mel Gibson, Max Gillies, Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, David Williamson, Neil Armfield and Colin Friels.
Previous shareholders have also included Joan Sutherland, Ruth Cracknell, Gwen Plumb, Dorothy Hewett, Mike Willesee and Patrick White.
[25] Past recipients of the award or fellowship include:[25] In 2018 philanthropist Andrew Cameron established support for an up-and-coming artist to have a two-year residency at Belvoir.
Through the Priority Funded Schools Program Belvoir also allows selected students to attend some performances free of charge.
[31][needs update] (Miss Peony was rehearsed and produced but the season was cancelled due to Covid restrictions.