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the eclectic live-music program. Jazz groups are often followed by open jam sessions, and
experimental music of all colours gets a run. While many performers are local, international
acts also get a look in.
THEATRE
SALA BECKETT
box office 10am-2pm & 4-8pm Mon-Fri & 1hr before start of show; Joanic)
One of the city's principal alternative theatres, the Sala Beckett is a smallish space that does
not shy away from challenging theatre, contemporary or otherwise, and usually a heterodox
mix of local productions and foreign drama.
CINEMA
VERDI
A popular original-language movie house in the heart of Gràcia, handy to lots of local eater-
ies and bars for pre- and post-film enjoyment.
CINEMA
VERDI PARK
93 238 79 90;
www.cines-verdi.com
;
Carrer de Torrijos 49;
Fontana)
Sister to the Verdi cinema, the Verdi Park is an art-house cinema.
THEATRE
TEATRENEU
93 285 37 12;
www.teatreneu.com
;
Carrer de Terol 26;
box office 1hr be-
fore show; Fontana or Joanic)
This lively theatre (with a bustling, rambling downstairs bar facing the street) dares to fool
around with all sorts of material, from monologues to social comedy. Aside from the main
theatre, two cafe-style spaces serve as more intimate stage settings for small-scale produc-
tions. Films are also shown.
SHOPPING
A wander along the narrow lanes of Gràcia turns up all sorts of surprises,
mostly tiny enterprises producing a variety of pretty garments and trinkets.
These places tend to come and go, so you never quite know what you might
turn up. Carrer de Verdi has plenty of interesting threads shops.
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