Marseille's
nightlife has
something for everyone, with
plenty of live rock and jazz, as
well as the more choice pastimes
of theatre-, opera- and
concert-going. Virgin Megastore,
at 75 rue St-Ferréol (Mon-Thurs
9am-9pm, Fri & Sat
9am-midnight, Sun 9am-7pm), and
the ticket bureau in the tourist
office are the best places to go
for
tickets and information
on gigs, concerts, theatre, free
films and whatever cultural events
are going on. Virgin also stocks a
wide selection of English books
and runs a café on the top floor.
Other places with info are the
book and record shop FNAC, on the
top floor of the Centre Bourse
(Mon-Sat 10am-7pm), the café,
travel agency and comic shop La
Passerelle, 26 rue des Trois-Mages
(noon-midnight), and the New Age
music shop
Tripsichord ,
next door. At any of these places,
you can pick up a copy of
Taktik
, Marseille's independent free
weekly listings paper, which comes
out on a Wednesday.
The clubs around cours
d'Estienne-d'Orves - mainly jazz,
some Caribbean - are for trendy
kids from the upper-crust arrondissements
, with prices to match.
Live music and clubs
Café Julien , 39 cours Julien, 6e
(tel 04.91.24.34.15). Lively bar
with mixed clientele. Nightly DJs
and weekend live rock and reggae
music. Closed Mon. Casting Café ,
148 av Pierre Mendes-France, 8e (tel
04.91.71.24.12)....
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Film, theater and concerts
Ballet National de Marseille
, 20 bd Gabès, 8e (tel
04.91.32.72.72,
www.ballet-de-marseille.com
). The home base of Roland
Petit's famous dance company.
Chocolat Théâtre ,
59 cours Julien, 6e (tel
04.91.42.19.29, chocolattheatre@wanadoo.com
).
Theatre-restaurant-exhibition-space
with shows ranging from male
striptease to avant-garde
improvisations.
Théâtre Nationale de
Marseille "La Criée"
, 30 quai Rive Neuve, 7e (tel
04.91.54.70.54, tnmlacriee@wanadoo.fr
). The top theatre in town,
hosting a varied programme from
French classics to modern
experimental works.
Les Variétés , 37
rue Vincent Scotto, 1er (tel
04.96.11.61.61). The only cinema
in Marseille which regularly
shows v.o. films.
