A 2000-patron live performance precinct in Melbourne has been installed next to, and on top of, a city car park.

The top level of Spiegel Haus Melbourne features a 250-seat theatre in a tent, two black-box venues each seating several hundred people, plus a rooftop beer garden with views of the city.

On the ground floor, there's the 400-capacity Spiegeltent. It's all been built next to Chinatown's Celestial Ave and on top of Lonsdale St's Golden Square Car Park.

At a media preview on Tuesday, tradesmen were still putting the finishing touches to the entertainment precinct ahead of its opening at the start of November.

The venue will launch with the Melbourne premiere of cabaret show Blanc de Blanc Encore, featuring UK aerial hoop performer Danielle Summers, and remain open until July ne

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