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10am and 8.30pm, for about US$1.50 a show. All films will be in Farsi or dubbed into
Farsi, and don't expect anything remotely controversial.
For something different, the Film Museum of Iran (
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)
has four films a day in
Iran's oldest cinema.
Azadi Cinema Center
( 8871 1305; cnr Dr Beheshti St & Khaled Eslamboli; 10am-9pm)
Burnt down in
1997, the classic Azadi has been rebuilt and its seven screens are the most watched in
town.
CINEMA
Music
There is still much debate in Iran about the religious eligibility of organised public per-
formances of modern music, so getting approval for a rock concert, for example, is pro-
hibitively hard. They do sometimes happen but it's tough to find out where or when. Tra-
ditional and classical music is easier to find, though again dates are infrequent and not
widely advertised in the English media. Your best bet is to ask in the music store at House
of the Artists (
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)
or call Teatre Shahr (
Click here
)
.
Nightclubs
Dream on.
Theatre
Iranshahr Theatre
(Tamashakhane Iranshahr;
Click here
;
www.tamashakhaneh.ir
; 8881 4115/6; Park-e
Honar Mandan, Baroroushan St, off Iranshahr Ave; Taleqani)
One of Tehran's oldest
theatres, this beautiful building in peaceful Park-e Honar Mandan always has something
(or several things) performing. Use Google translate to see which plays are coming up.
THEATRE
Teatre Shahr
(City Theatre;
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;
6646 0595; cnr Valiasr & Enqelab Aves)
The huge, circular
Tezatre Shahr, opened in 1968, is Tehran's biggest and most impressive theatre and the
place you're most likely to see Iranian stage actors at work - performing in Farsi, of
course. Some booking staff speak English so call to find out what's coming up. Perform-
ances are normally at 6.30pm or 7.30pm and cost about US$4.
THEATRE
