Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

ECU City campus

In February 2026, WAAPA relocated to the ECU City campus, a $853 million vertical university campus located at the Perth City Link in the central business district. The 65,000 m² (700,000 sq ft) campus features a highly advanced acoustic environment, utilizing "box-in-box" engineering to isolate its primary performance venues.^[15]

Prior to the move, the WAAPA buildings and facilities formed part of the Edith Cowan University campus in Mount Lawley.

The academy features six flagship public performance spaces designed for professional-grade training and public engagement:

Playhouse Theatre: A 238-seat venue featuring a traditional proscenium arch, serving as the main home for drama, musical theatre, and opera.

Recital Hall: A 368-seat premier acoustic space tailored for orchestral, chamber, and choral music.

Flex Theatre: A 152-seat "black box" space with a retractable seating system for experimental and immersive performance.

Jazz and Contemporary Music Studio: A 200-seat, club-style venue designed for jazz, soul, and contemporary music.

Dance Theatre: A 143-seat specialized venue with a high-clearance ceiling and sprung flooring for classical ballet and contemporary dance.

Aboriginal Performance Theatre: An 80-seat dedicated space for the teaching and public performance of First Nations song and dance.

Beyond the main stages, the campus houses over 300 performance-capable spaces, including 18 world-class rehearsal studios, specialized production workshops for costume and set design, and advanced sound recording suites. The facility also integrates the WA Screen Academy, providing digital media and broadcasting students with professional-grade television and radio studios that interface directly with the academy's live performance data networks.^{[citation needed]}

Former Mount Lawley campus

Prior to its closure, the WAAPA facilities at the ECU Mount Lawley campus featured multiple buildings and workshops, including eight public performance spaces. These included the 297-seat Geoff Gibbs Theatre proscenium, the 200-seat Richard Gill Auditorium, the 194-seat court style Roundhouse Theatre, an outdoor amphitheater, Enright Studio, dance studios and a jazz studio.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]} Four more purpose built dance/rehearsal studio spaces were also created. A recording studio, electronics studio, and four production workshops for design and costume making were also added to the existing workshops and behind the scenes production facilities.^[23] Other facilities included twelve large rehearsal and dance studios, music and ensemble studios, a specialised visual and performing arts library collection, multiple exhibition spaces, and fully equipped broadcasting facilities with studios for television and radio. The addition of the broadcasting facilities allowed broadcasting students to gain first hand experience of working within a media environment.^[24][25]