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If you want to get discounted theatre tickets in London, you can either go to the Tkts booth in Leicester Square (expect queues) or try a site such as Lastminute.com which can offer discounts or packages for the theatre. The queue at the Tkts booth can be quite long so you can check availability on the Official London Theatre Tickets website. The other ticket booths you see dotted around London typically share the same inventory so there is little difference to whether you go to one or the other (the service charge may just differ).
www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/tkts/today/Leicester Square, London W1
I'm old enough to remember going to seven Edinburgh Fringe shows in one day at 50p per show. Some were rubbish but who cared at 50p a ticket. Nowadays, choosing a show is a more serious activity with tickets costing an average of £7.
Never fear, checkout www.festivalpreviews.com. This website hosts video preview clips of the shows so that you can see for yourself whether you might like it. The site also has festival clips from Brighton, Adelaide, Avignon, Tokyo, etc etc.
Just 16 miles away from Belo Horizonte is the small town of Sabara, which is also worth a visit for its celebrated cathedrals and Elizabethan theatre, the only one of its kind in South America.
The International Festival of Alternative and Experimental theatres is one of the oldest theatre festivals in Poland. It has been organised continuously since 1975. Always taking place in April, it is a good opportunity to combine a spring city break and cultural event. The weather in spring is usually bit more friendly than in London and you will enjoy spending the first nights out, having a drink.
The festival is an opportunity to get a first glance at the new season's productions. It uses the theatre in an attempt to make us aware of a problem that concerns us all from an unknown and extraordinary angle.
So many amazing shows for competitive prices and the atmosphere is lovely.
Royal Parade, Plymouth
This is a wonderful intimate theatre in Kings Cross. It's the only theatre to produce all Australian work and has some of the most exciting new plays in Sydney. On Monday it has a Pay What You Can policy so anyone can afford to go.
A great show for the price of a round of drinks.
Some of the best new dance I've seen (Memento Mori, Tanya Khabarova).
The best of the Edinburgh fringe and brand spanking new plays so fresh they still creak a little bit.
Occasionally the purveyors of arty nonsense. You can always leg it at the half if it's bad. Some great theatre and the odd hilarious turkey.
www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk
1 Hope Place, Liverpool, L1 9BG
Free plays with a high standard of acting talent seeking exposure and discovery, great atmosphere and the chance to see future and current stars pitting their skills against the bardic benchmark.
Delacorte Theatre in Central Park
www.publictheater.org/view.php?mode=eventdisplay&eventid=210
PS122 is the centre of experimental performance (dance, theatre, live art, etc) in New York City. It has been a hub of interesting work for over 30 years.
Sometimes the work is fantastic and sometimes it is not so good - but the low ticket price makes it worth the risk. Their biannual festival, Avant-Garde-Arama is an experience worth the risk.
www.ps122.org
It is on 1st Avenue and 9th Street in the East Village. You can get their via the L train to 1st avenue, the 6 train to Astor, the R train to 8th Street, or the F to 2nd Avenue.
Treat Membership gives you 50% off at restaurants, special offers at theatres, hotels and much more. Have a look at their website!
This is a brand new theatre opening October 25, 2007 in beautiful Newark, NJ, just over the bridge from New York City.
Thur 10/25 & Fri 10/26 features My Chemical Romance opening for Bon Jovi. Check this out for a night of music enjoyment.
Tickets are available now at www.ticketmaster.com.
Prudential Center
165 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
www.prucenter.com
When visiting Paris, if you want a real taste of the city and the French way of life, there is a tiny theatre called Theatre de la Huchette.
This place hasn't changed since it was created in 1947 and has performed the same play La Cantatrice Chauve by Ionesco for 50 years. It is a real experience that is worth enjoying but get your tickets a bit before the performance as it really is a tiny place.
I went to see the play twice after I was told about it. It's like being thrown in the Paris d'apres guerre. Amazing experience! The theatre is at "23 rue de la Huchette" in the Latin quarter. You can even enjoy some pancakes from Brittany in a restaurant nearby afterwards.
23 rue de la Huchette, in the Latin quarter.
Deep deep into the Bois De Boulogne, so deep in fact that when you ask a taxi driver to take you there, he does not know what you are talking about, is a secret garden.
A garden exclusively inhabited by flowers and plants depicted from the heights of British literature. For here is the Jardin de Shakespeare. A fenced-off and beautiful garden, in which you will find only plants mentioned in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Shouldn't this garden be in somewhere in Regent's Park? Well no, because it's in Paris and more.
During the summer month on the natural stage at the end of the garden, companies come to perform repertories from The Complete Works in French and in English with French subtitles. Maybe we should do the same for Alexandre Dumas in Regent's Park?!
A fantastic, small and friendly live music, comedy and drama venue tucked away in the coastal town of Lossiemouth, Moray.
The atmosphere in this restored quayside building is amazing for both spectators and performers, cosy in the winter - cool in the summer.
We have seen two stage shows there in recent weeks and both were of the highest standard, there are regular music gigs and comedy acts running throughout the year. Staff were welcoming and friendly, ticket prices very reasonable, a relaxed air about the place - small but perfectly formed!
Pitgaveny Quay, Lossiemouth, Moray IV30 6TW
www.thewarehoustheatre.co.uk
01343 814004
In Paris you can buy theatre tickets for the same day at half price if you go to the Kiosque at Place de la Madeleine, Metro Madeleine, after noon.
It may not be the first Eurostar city that you associate with cutting edge European culture, but in fact Strasbourg is the home of television channel Arte – a station that many would assume is broadcast from Paris or even Amsterdam.
The ‘Channel 4’ of the European world, they bring ambitious, cultural programming to France and surrounding countries.
Check out their website in advance to see if there is a themed evening of films and discussions showing when you are in town. If you are lucky you may even catch a live opera broadcast!
Visit one of the greatest theatres - Le Theatre du Soleil. It's on the outskirts of Paris, and just getting there and being there is an experience.
The plays are avant garde and after being there you feel like you've become part of a Parisian secret. Not to be missed!
Ninety-seater Theatre de la Huchette (Metro Mont St Michel) shows Ionesco classics every night, as it has done since 1957.
It is like the Barbican/Southbank of Delhi. Excellent architecture, a culturally alive place with art galleries, theatres and some old pictures of Delhi. It is good to check out listings to see what's on.
Next to Khan Market, Lodhi Gardens and India International Centre.
Do you expect from every trip a small miracle? Walk down the Petite Rue des Bouchers in Brussels and follow the Schuddeveldegang until you find yourself in a dark cosy little pub.
As you start sipping your Kwak, the gods of travel will start their magic. A barrel organ will be playing, and six puppeteers will entertain you with Three Musketeers, Cyrano de Bergerac or traditional Belgian mystery plays. Eric Satie was among the fans.
Come to Brussels to discover the tiny Théâtre Royal de Toone, a family-run marionette theatre that has continued its tradition since the early 19th century.
Impasse Ste Pétronille (66 Rue du Marché-aux-Herbes)
Close to the Grand Place
www.toone.be/
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