The Universal Theatre was a theatre at 13 Victoria Street, Fitzroy in Melbourne, Australia which operated from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.
[1] It was established as part of the Universal Workshop in the mid-1970s by colourful barrister John Weller.
The Universal Workshop was a former factory containing the theatre, a cinema and studios.
[2] The Universal Theatre opened as a professional venue in May 1979 with Robyn Archer's cabaret A Star is Torn, which played for five weeks.
Long-running productions included Wogs Out of Work and Torch Song Trilogy.