St Petersburg
This cinema inside the Angleterre Hotel is one of the best places in the city to see movies in their original language, with subtitles rather than dubbing…
Must-see entertainment in Russia
St Petersburg Theatre of Musical Comedy
St Petersburg
Dating back to 1929, this theatre, as its name implies, specialises in musical and comedic plays and performances. Over the White Nights tourist season…
St Petersburg
The BDT, which will celebrate its centenary in 2019, has a reputable repertoire and is a good place to see Russian drama. Recently renovated, it is one of…
St Petersburg
Named after the island on which it stands, this huge arena seats 68,000 spectators at sporting events, and up to 80,000 at concerts. All eyes will be on…
Vladivostok
Zabriskie is Vladivostok’s main rock and jazz club, drawing an older crowd to view live music acts. It doubles as a nightclub with dancing after…
St Petersburg
This huge arena is the home stadium for the city's top ice hockey team SKA and is also used for major pop concerts by local and international stars, such…
St Petersburg
Art-house movie theatre that shares a grand building (a former concert hall) with Dom Kino. There are two screens and they often show films in their…
Western European Russia
Attending a concert is the best way to get a look at the reconstructed hall where Mikhail Glinka once entertained Russian nobility and launched the…
Northern European Russia
This rickety-looking historic building plays host to the city's most exciting jazz and blues events. An international jazz festival takes place here in…
Bolshoi St Petersburg State Circus
St Petersburg
Russia's oldest permanent circus complex (built in 1877) is looking splendid since a recent major renovation. Circus troupes and artists from other cities…
St Petersburg
Since 1917, this venue under the arches on central Nevsky is the city’s oldest professional puppet theatre. Mainly for children, the shows are well…
Northern European Russia
As well as its vibrant program of mostly classical music (October to May), the Philharmonia also organises a two-week Summer at the Kremlin festival of…
St Petersburg
This ‘big’ puppet theatre is indeed the biggest in the city, and has been active since 1931. The repertoire includes a wide range of shows for children…
St Petersburg
This large venue hosts an annual festival of plays from the Baltic countries, as well as Russian and European plays and a growing repertoire of…
St Petersburg
This low-key Russian restaurant and bar has very popular live jazz sets at 9.30pm and 11.30pm on Friday and Saturday, when it's practically standing room…
St Petersburg
Named after the famed naval ship docked nearby, this place stages a mixed bag of ballets, rock and metal concerts and musical theatre.
Obraztsov Puppet Theatre & Museum
Moscow
The country’s largest puppet theatre performs colourful Russian folk tales and adapted classical plays. Kids can get up close and personal with the…
Moscow
Dedushka Durov (Grandpa Durov) founded this zany theatre for kids as a humane alternative to the horrible treatment of animals he saw at the circus. His…
St Petersburg
This delightful theatre’s name means ‘the actor’s shelter’ and it does a pretty good job of fulfilling its role, providing refuge for some of the city’s…
Moscow
Everything about Yar is over the top, including the vast, gilded interior, the traditional Russian menu and the Moulin Rouge–style dancing girls. The…
St Petersburg
Named after Vera Komissarzhevskaya, a great actress who gained her reputation as leading lady in Vsevolod Meyerhold performances during the late 19th…
Northern European Russia
The 'Wheel', an Arkhangelsk institution, hosts rock, thrash metal, folk, rockabilly and country gigs from local and visiting acts on weekends and some…
Northern European Russia
The Philharmonia hosts orchestral concerts and operas. Its Kamerny Zal stages organ and chamber music in the 1768 Lutheran church of St Catherine.
St Petersburg
This 7000-seat stadium is home to local basketball team BK Spartak (www.bc-spartak.ru), who play here from October to April. The complex also houses a…
Northern European Russia
This large student-oriented basement bar beneath the Philharmonia is where Peterozavodsk's fledgling and established rock bands come to strut their stuff.
St Petersburg
The former home stadium of Zenit, St Petersburg’s top football team, today this 21,000-seat arena is where Tosno plays many of its home games.
Northern European Russia
Kamerny Zal stages organ and chamber music in the 1768 Lutheran church of St Catherine. There’s a busy 'white nights' program in June.
Western European Russia
Hosts plays and concerts in a clever modernist building – the facade mimics the effect of a stage with the curtains drawn.
Vladivostok
The popular local football team, Luch-Energiya, plays games at this bayside stadium from April to November.
Northern European Russia
International ballet and opera performances are hosted in the theatre's becolumned neoclassical building.
Northern European Russia
This magnificent Parthenon pile stages light operas, plays, ballets and folk-group shows.
Western European Russia
A fun, small-scale, occasionally experimental theatre that presents mostly comedies.
Western European Russia
Home of the city’s classical orchestra; visit the website for concert details.
Western European Russia
Quality productions are mounted at this handsome classical-style theatre.
Yakutsk
A strikingly modern venue in the centre of the city that has theatre in Yakut and far more accessible traditional music performances.
