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National Theatre & Opera House
The National Theatre & Opera House is highly regarded.
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Vasile Alecsandri National Theatre and the Opera Română are in the same impressive neobaroque building. Alternative performances are held in the smaller studio hall (sală studio) upstairs, which has its entrance on Str Cuza Vodă.
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National Theatre
England’s flagship theatre showcases a mix of classic and contemporary plays performed by excellent casts in three theatres (Olivier, Lyttelton and Cottesloe). Outstanding artistic director Nicholas Hytner has overseen some recent landmark productions and slashed ticket prices. There are constant surprises and recent triumphs have included the powerful War Horse with its life-sized equine puppets, Phèdre with the incomparable Helen Mirren, and the extraordinary musical London Road – focussing on the murder of five prostitutes in Ipswich.
Travelex tickets costing just £12 are available to certain performances during the peak period; otherwise, standby tickets (usually…
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Shakespeare’s Globe
If you love Shakespeare and the theatre, the Globe will knock you off your feet. This authentic Shakespearean theatre is a wooden O without a roof over the central stage area, and although there are covered wooden bench seats in tiers around the stage, many people (there’s room for 700) do as 17th-century ‘groundlings’ did, standing in front of the stage, shouting and heckling. Because the building is quite open to the elements, you may have to wrap up. No umbrellas are allowed, but cheap raincoats are on sale.
The theatre season runs from late April to mid-October and includes works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries such as Christopher Marlowe. The theatre’s…
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Wilton’s
A gloriously atmospheric example of one of London’s Victorian public-house music halls, Wilton’s hosts a real variety of shows, from comedy and classical music to literary theatre and opera. You can also take a one-hour guided tour of the building to hear more about its fascinating history. The hall’s Mahogany Bar is a great way to get a taste of the place if you’re not attending a performance.
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Polish Theatre
Housed in a modern glass and concrete building, the Polish Theatre is the major mainstream venue in town, staging classic Polish and foreign plays.
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Moscow Art Theatre
Often called the most influential theatre in Europe, this is where method acting was founded over 100 years ago, by Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko. Besides the theatre itself and an acting studio-school, a small museum about the theatre’s history is also on site. Watch for English-language versions of Russian classics performed by Studio Six (www.studiosix.nyc.org), an American offspring of MKhT.
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National Theatre Box Office
The Theatre Booking Office, sells tickets to both the Janáček and Reduta Theatres.
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Felsenreitschule
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Grosses Festpielhaus
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Vorarlberger Landestheater
Also known as the Theater am Kornmarkt, this German-language theatre is Vorarlberg’s main stage for opera, drama, comedy and musicals.
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Guildhall Theatre
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Gulbenkian Theatre
Out on the university campus, this large long-established venue puts on plenty of contemporary plays, modern dance and great live music.
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La Fura dels Baus
Keep your eyes peeled for any of the eccentric (if not downright crazed) performances of Barcelona’s La Fura dels Baus theatre group. It has won worldwide acclaim for its brand of startling, often acrobatic, theatre in which the audience is frequently dragged into the chaos. The company grew out of Barcelona’s street-theatre culture in the late 1970s and, although it has grown in technical prowess and received great international acclaim, it has not abandoned the rough-and-ready edge of street performances.
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Theatre Royal
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Everyman Palace Theatre
Musicians with a decent following will inevitably find themselves performing on the stage of the Everyman, which is a great venue for gigs that require a little bit of respectful silence.
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Théâtre National de Marseille
Dance and drama, sometimes in English.
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Ivan Zajc National Theatre
Performances at this theatre, built in 1885, are mostly dramas in Croatian, though opera and ballet are sometimes offered.
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Manoel Theatre
This beautiful place is Malta's national theatre, and the islands' principal venue for drama, concerts, opera, ballet and the much-loved Christmas pantomime. The performance season runs from October to May, and the theatre also hosts regular lunchtime and evening concerts. Programs are available at the booking office (10am-1pm & 5-7pm Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm Sat).
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Sanat Fabrikası
The 'arts factory' is a newly opened hub for live performance that attracts an appreciative, youthful crowd to its cosy theatre. The attached bar is ideal for a drop-in drink before, after, or during a show and can get rowdy on weekends.
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Kukol Theatre
Puppet shows.
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Children's Theatre
Puppets and pantomime.
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