Venice Entertainment

  1. Cinema Dante D'essai

    This is the best bet in Mestre for good flicks, a balanced mix of mainstream cinema and some quirkier stuff from the non-Hollywood circuits.

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  2. Cinema Giorgione Movie D'essai

    This modern cinema frequently presents quality movies, not just the big-name Hollywood schlock. There are two screens (one tiny) and as many as three screenings a day (roughly , and ).

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  3. Musica A Palazzo

    Climb the stairs to this noble mansion (Palazzo Barbarigo-Minotto) on the Grand Canal and take up a seat in the salon--and later the master bedroom for operatic duos and delicious excerpts of light classical music. On some evenings there's La Traviata , moving from one room to another. Rarely can one experience opera in so intimate a fashion, let alone in a grand Venetian mansion laden with stucco and original frescoes by Giambattista Tiepolo.

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  4. Summer Arena

    Set up under the stars in Campo San Polo in the hot months of summer, this outdoor cinema allows residents to see the movies from their windows! Again, it's all dubbed, and sound quality is poor.

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  5. Teatro Goldoni

    Named after Venice's greatest playwright, this is the city's main drama theatre. It's not unusual for Goldoni's plays to be performed here - after all, what better location? You might also see anything from Shaw's Pygmalion done by a Calabrian theatre company to contemporary Italian drama. All sorts of other events, including concerts, take place here too.

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  6. Teatro Junghans

    Locals call it the Teatro Formaggino (Little Cheese Theatre) because it looks like a wedge of cheese. With seating for 150 and a unique three-sided stage, it was inaugurated in early 2005 and is part of an urban-regeneration project in the formerly rundown factory zone of the island.

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  7. Teatro La Fenice

    The grand opera theatre of Venice is back in action, providing an experience music lovers will not want to miss. First-night spots can cost several thousand euros. First raised in 1792 and rebuilt after fires in 1854 and again in 2003, it is one of the world's great opera stages.

    Some of the operas are staged at the charming 17th-century Teatro Malibran (Calle del Teatro, Cannaregio 5870; tickets around €10 -95), with a capacity of 900, instead.

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  8. Teatro Toniolo

    This busy forum in Mestre, in business since 1912 (and renovated in 2004), runs programmes ranging from Shakespeare to local drama, occasionally in dialect. Concert cycles and children's theatre are also a feature.

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