Amsterdam What's on
Until 30 Nov 2006. Large-scale aerial photographs by world-famous French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand are on show outside the Amsterdam Stopera. The Earth from Above is a UNESCO-sponsored project...
Dublin What's on
17 Dec 2005. As part of its many festive season offerings this year, the National Concert Hall in Dublin presents two candle-lit concerts with the Mozart Festival Orchestra in full 18th-century costum...
Paris What's on
18 Dec 2005. The annual All-Star game at the Bercy Palais Omnisports is the highlight of the basketball league calendar. Top players from the French basketball league compete in a one-off all-star gam...
Paris What's on
10-18 Dec 2005. This mini-festival at the Cit de la Musique celebrates the relationship between music and cinema. The concert series opens with ChaplinOperas, with the Intercontemporain Ensemble playi...
Dublin What's on
15-18 Dec 2005. Dublins Point Theatre hosts the acclaimed Russian State Ballet company in this festive season production of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, with Tchiakovskys beautiful music performed by...
Berlin What's on
16-18 Dec 2005. Londons Complicit Theatre presents Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare in a co-production with the National Theatre as part of the Spielzeiteuropa 05|06 Festival at the Berline...
Copenhagen What's on
17-18 Dec 2005. Christmas would not be the same without at least one performance of George Frideric Handels Messiah, and indeed Copenhagen has several. This concert at the Christians Kirke (church) is...
Oxford What's on
Cape Farewell -The Ice Garden.
15-18 Dec 2005. The Clarendon Quad of Oxfords Bodleian Library is to be transformed into an icy installation of sound, light and sculpture called Cape Farewell. David Buckland, the founding artist, ha...
London What's on
12-21 Dec 2005. The newly restored 18th-century Christ Church in Spitalfields hosts the first week of this Christmas music and carol singing festival in Londons East End. Opening night sees a celebrat...
Oxford What's on
Early Music by Candlelight Christmas Series.
11-21 Dec 2005. Charivari Agreable, Oxfords premier period instrument ensemble, presents a series of candle-lit Early Music concerts for the festive season in the magnificent gothic chapel at Exeter C...
London What's on
13-23 Dec 2005. The Royal Festival Hall presents a mixed bag of Christmas goodies with its annual Cool Yule series. Combining music of every genre with comedy and storytelling, this line-up of one-off...
Vienna What's on
12 Nov-24 Dec 2005. Advent is a magical time in Vienna, with coloured lights and festive markets brightening courtyards and squares all over the city. The traditional Christmas market beneath the brig...
Amsterdam What's on
25 Dec 2005. Amsterdams world-famous concert hall, the Concertgebouw, once again hosts the traditional Christmas matinee performance by the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, the Royal Concertgebouw Orch...
Madrid What's on
Cortos en La Casa - Monday film nights.
5-26 Dec 2005. La Casa Encendida presents a series of international short films belonging to the horror and black comedy genres every Mon night during Dec. The English-language titles include The carp...
Copenhagen What's on
Christmas in the Tivoli Gardens.
11 Nov-30 Dec 2005. Every year, the Tivoli Gardens in the heart of Copenhagen put on their festive finery with miniature villages scattered throughout the extensive park. Visitors can shop for gifts a...
Vienna What's on
6 Dec 2005-1 Jan 2006. Johann Strausss quintessential Viennese operetta Die Fledermaus is the Volksoperas festive season offering this year. First performed in Vienna in 1874, the work is based on the...
Berlin What's on
Circus Roncalli at the Tempodrom.
15 Dec 2005-3 Jan 2006. Bernhard Pauls Circus Roncalli returns to Berlin this Christmas with a completely new show, Weihnachstzirkus, involving 50 artistes from 15 countries. Hosted by the Tempodrom,...
Amsterdam What's on
22 Dec 2005-8 Jan 2006. The Royal Theatre Carr presents its annual festive season event, the World Christmas Circus Carr - Wereld Kerstcircus with top-line international acts. The Dosov springboard a...
Barcelona What's on
Caravaggio and European Realism.
8 Oct 2005-15 Jan 2006. This exhibition at the Museu Nacional dArt de Catalunya in Barcelona focuses on the influence of Caravaggios art on European painting. Born in Milan in 1571, Michelangelo Meris...
Madrid What's on
10 Dec 2005-22 Jan 2006. The Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid presents La Verbena de la Paloma as its Christmas season offering this year. Zarzuela is the Spanish form of operetta, involving dialogue,...
