Shaft Adult Cinema

264 Swanston Street,
Melbourne, VIC 3000

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Functions: Bar, Restaurant

Previous Names: Shaft Sinema

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Shaft Adult Cinema

Located in Melbourne city centre. The Shaft Sinema opened in 1971 as a single screen adult cinema. In 1988 it gained a second 75-seat screen upstairs which had been the Barrel Theatrette (which has its own page on Cinema Treasures), and was renamed the Ram Cinema, that screened gay male adult films.

It was renovated in 2008 with new seating in the original downstairs screen that operates 24 hours daily and has a seating capacity for around 33. The upstairs screen was converted into a luxury Blue Class Adult Cinema, with a limited number of wide leather reclining chairs, that can be booked in advance. The projection was Blu-Ray high definition with Dolby sound.

The Shaft Adult Cinema was closed on 20th September 2009, and in February 2010, it was being gutted to become restaurants and a bar.

Contributed by Ken Roe

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Ken Roe
Ken Roe on June 17, 2009 at 7:35 pm

A photograph of the Shaft Adult Cinema, taken during a visit to Melbourne that I organised for the Cinema Theatre Association (UK) in February 2006:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/3637244470/

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on February 21, 2010 at 4:37 pm

Porno down under???

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on November 16, 2010 at 2:29 pm

A photograph I took of the closed Shaft Adult Cinema in February 2010:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kencta/5182581310/

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on April 27, 2020 at 1:52 pm

The building is now a restaurant(Noodle Kingdom) on level 1(and level 2?), a restaurant(Gong De Lin) on level 3), a bar(Goldilocks) on level 4, and a cocktail bar(House of Corrections) on level 4 and the rooftop.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 15, 2020 at 6:55 am

Opened on 20/r/1978. 2nd screen opened on 15/5/1988 by taking over tne Barrel Theatrette. Closed on 20/9/2009.

davidcoppock
davidcoppock on October 15, 2020 at 7:05 am

Second screen had 75 seats.

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