The stage set as we entered the theatre.
"Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, France. The original house, which burned down in 1915, was cofounded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia." - Wikipedia
This is being stage in Melbourne at the beautiful Regent Theatre ....."The Regent Theatre is an historic former picture palace built in 1929, closed in 1970, and restored and reopened in 1996 as a live theatre in Collins Street, in the city of Melbourne, Australia. It is one of six city theatres collectively known as Melbourne's East End Theatre District." - website