Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ENTERTAINMENT
ALEXANDERPLATZ
JAZZ
( 06 3974 2171;
www.alexanderplatz.it
;
Via Ostia 9; concerts 9.45pm Sun-Thu, 10.30pm Fri & Sat ; Ottavi-
ano-San Pietro)
Small and intimate, Rome's top jazz joint attracts top Italian and international
performers and a respectful, cosmopolitan crowd. Book a table if you want to dine to the
tunes.
FONCLEA
( 06 689 63 02;
www.fonclea.it
; Via Crescenzio 82a; 7pm-2am Sep-May; Piazza del Risorgimento)
Fon-
clea is a great little pub venue, serving up nightly gigs and sounds ranging from jazz and
soul to funk, rock- abilly and gospel (concerts start at around 9.30pm). Get in the mood
with a drink during happy hour (7pm to 8.30pm daily). From June to August, Fonclea
moves to a riverside site under the Ponte Palatino on the Tiber.
LIVE MUSIC
AUDITORIUM CONCILIAZIONE
( 06 3281 0333;
www.auditoriumconciliazione.it
;
Via della Conciliazione 4; Piazza Pia)
On the main ap-
proach road to St Peter's Basilica, this auditorium plays host to performances of the
Orchestra Sinfonica Roma (
www.orchestrasinfonicadiroma.it
)
as well as other classical
and contemporary concerts, dance spectacles, film screenings and exhibitions.
THEATRE
TEATRO GHIONE
( 06 637 22 94;
www.teatroghione.it
; Via delle Fornaci 37; Via di Porta Cavalleggeri)
A former cinema,
the Teatro Ghione is a popular theatre near St Peter's that offers a varied program of classic
and modern plays, concerts and musicals, staging anything from Pirandello to Oscar Wilde
and Chopin to Sarah Kane.
THEATRE
