Page 144 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Lisbon

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ENTERTAINMENT IN LISBON

For a smallish European capital, Lisbon major arts patron, has been joined by other
has a good and varied cultural calendar. private funds as well as state institutions.
Musical events range from classical and opera Football is a consuming passion of the
performances to intimate fado evenings, and Portuguese, and Lisbon’s Sporting and
large rock concerts. Dance, both classical Benfica teams play regularly at home.
and modern, is well represented in Lisbon. Lisbon out-parties many larger capitals,
The Gulbenkian Foundation, long the only with a nightlife known for its liveliness.

Booking Tickets Nimas show more European
Tickets can be reserved by films. Classics and retrospectives
phoning the Agência de can be seen at the Cinemateca
Bilhetes para Espectáculos Portuguesa, whose monthly
Públicos (ABEP). Pay in cash programme is available at
when you collect them from tourist offices.
the kiosk. Some cinemas and Theatre performances are
theatres accept phone or credit most often in Portuguese,
card bookings – it is best to but large institutions such as
check first. the Teatro Nacional Dona
Maria II and the Teatro da
Trindade occasionally stage
guest performances by
visiting companies. Less
formally, Chapitô sometimes
has open-air shows.
Classical Music, Opera Circus performance at the Chapitô
theatre, Alfama
and Dance
ABEP kiosk selling tickets on Praça World Music, Jazz,
dos Restauradores The Centro Cultural de Belém
(see p70) and the Fundação Pop and Rock
Listings Magazines Calouste Gulbenkian (see Lisbon’s musical soul may
Previews of forthcoming pp78–81) host national and be fado (see pp144–5), but
events and listings of bars and international events, including the city is no stranger to
clubs appear weekly in news- concerts and ballet. The other forms of musical
papers (see p155). English- Teatro Nacional de São expression. African music,
language events publications Carlos is Portugal’s national particularly that of former
include the monthly Follow Me opera, with a season that Portuguese colony Cape
Lisboa, which is free and widely mixes its own productions with Verde, plays a big part in
available throughout the city, guest performances. The Teatro Lisbon’s music scene.
including most hotel reception Camões hosts the Lisbon Venues include B.leza,
areas. The monthly Agenda symphony orchestra and the which has frequent
Cultural is in Portuguese (www. Portuguese national ballet. live performances.
agendalx.pt). The Coliseu dos Recreios offers The Hot Clube has been
a variety of events. Lisbon’s foremost jazz venue
Cinema and Theatre
Movie-goers are very well
served in Lisbon. Films are
shown in their original language
with Portuguese subtitles, and
tickets are inexpensive. On
Mondays most cinemas offer
reductions. The city’s traditional
cinemas have now largely given
way to modern multiplexes,
usually in shopping centres
such as Amoreiras or El Corte
Inglés (see p141). While these
screen mainstream Hollywood
fare, cinemas such as Espaço The house orchestra playing at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

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