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PERF
PERFORMING AR
ORMING ARTS
LATERNA MAGIKA
office 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun; 6, 9, 18, 21, 22)
Laterna Magika has been
wowing audiences since its first cutting-edge multimedia show caused a stir at the
1958 Brussels World Fair. Its imaginative blend of dance, music and projected images
continues to pull in the crowds. Nová Scena, the futuristic building next to the Nation-
al Theatre, has been home to Laterna Magika since it moved from its birthplace in the
Adria Palace in the mid-1970s.
THE
THEATRE
TRE
MINOR THEATRE
office 10am-1.30pm & 2.30-8pm Mon-Fri, 11am-6pm Sat & Sun; Karlovo Náměstí)
Divadlo
Minor is a wheelchair-accessible children's theatre that offers a fun mix of puppets,
clown shows and pantomime. There are performances (in Czech) at 3pm Saturday and
Sunday and at 6pm Thursday and Friday, and you can usually get a ticket at the door.
SHOPPING
GALERIE ČESKÉ PLASTIKY
Mon-Fri; 5, 8, 14)
This commercial gallery is a treasure house of 20th-century and
contemporary Czech sculpture, paintings, prints and photography. There are regular
themed exhibitions, and all items are for sale, at prices ranging from 2000Kč to 2 mil-
lion Kč.
AARTS & CR
S & CRAAFTS
BOOOKS
GLOBE BOOKSTORE & CAFÉ
9.30am-1am Thu-Sat;
;
Karlovo Náměstí)
A popular hang out for book-loving ex-
pats, the Globe is a cosy English-language bookshop with an excellent cafe-bar
tion and nonfiction, a big selection of secondhand books, and newspapers and
