Theatre sights in Asia
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Nehru Centre
This cultural complex includes a decent planetarium, theatre, gallery and the serpentine but interesting history exhibition Discovery of India. The architecture is striking: the tower looks like a giant cylindrical pineapple, and the planetarium resembles a UFO.
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National Centre for the Performing Arts
Critics have compared it to an egg, but it's more like a massive mercury bead, an ultramodern missile silo or the futuristic lair of a James Bond villain. To some it's a dazzling work of art, to others it's the definitive blot-on-the-landscape. The unmistakable building rises – if that is the word for it – just west of the Great Hall of the People, its glass membrane perennially cleaned by squads of roped daredevil cleaners fending off the Běijīng dust. Despite protestations from designers that its round and square elements pay obeisance to traditional Chinese aesthetics, they're not fooling anyone: the theatre is designed to embody the transglobal (transgalactic perhaps)…
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Dago Thee Huis
The famous, but now very faded, Dago Thee Huis offers city views through a tangle of power lines and a forest of radio towers. The complex has a cafe-restaurant, outdoor and indoor theatres and a small children’s playground.
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Opera House
A grand colonial building with a sweeping staircase, the Opera House, also known as the Municipal Theatre, is hard to miss at the intersection of Ð Dong Khoi and ÐL Le Loi.
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Dago Thee Huis
The famous, but now very faded, Dago Thee Huis offers city views through a tangle of power lines and a forest of radio towers. The complex has a cafe-restaurant, outdoor and indoor theatres and a small children’s playground.
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Uchiko-za
About halfway between the station and Yōkaichi is Uchiko-za, a magnificent traditional kabuki theatre. Originally constructed in 1916, the theatre was completely restored in 1985, complete with a revolving stage. Performances are still held at the theatre; call ahead for a schedule.
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Kanamaru-za
Japan's oldest kabuki playhouse, though it had a lengthy stint as a cinema before falling out of use. The restorations are superb; wander backstage and see the revolving-stage mechanism, basement trap doors and a tunnel out to the front of the theatre. The playhouse is 200m east of the main approach to Kompira-san.
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Awa Puppet Theatre
For hundreds of years, puppet theatre thrived in the farming communities around Tokushima. The traditional dramas can still be seen at Awa Jūrobei Yashiki, in the former residence of Bandō Jūrobei, a samurai who allowed himself to be executed for a crime he didn't commit in order to preserve the good name of his master. The tale provided inspiration for the drama Keisei Awa no Naruto, first performed in 1768. Sections from the play are performed at 11am daily, and at 11am and 2pm on weekends. More puppets can be seen at nearby Awa Deko Ningyō Kaikan. To get to the museum, take a bus for Tomiyoshi Danchi (富吉団地) from Tokushima Station and get off at the Jūrobei Yashiki-…
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